Lost my job today - now what? I am totally lost :-(

not happy wrote:

I saw this coming a mile away yet did nothing.

I am the kids sports manager at a private tennis/golf club. The club has been suffering financially for a couple years but I thought it would hang in there. Today I got notice that they are cancelling all sports programs and I lose my job as of January 1st.

The job is totally niche and also not something that I would like to do again.

So I'll be out on my a$$ as a 31 year old with an arts degree in 3 months. I need a fix for this and I am totally at a lose and devastated :-( I have no real hard skills to speak of. I really really don't want to be working at walmart...

Sell everything you have and move to Kenya, you have realized this is Letsrun?

Some serious advice would be great.

Master plumber

$130,000

Sounds like you don’t like working hard, why not go back and get your teachers certificate? You can be a phys ed teacher, short hours, lots of vacation and a license to whine endlessly about how hard you work and don’t get paid nearly enough. Some people will be on your side, mostly other teachers and stay at home moms, who also like to go on endlessly about how hard they have it. Sounds like you have the right background.

Summer vacation wrote:

Sounds like you don’t like working hard, why not go back and get your teachers certificate? You can be a phys ed teacher, short hours, lots of vacation and a license to whine endlessly about how hard you work and don’t get paid nearly enough. Some people will be on your side, mostly other teachers and stay at home moms, who also like to go on endlessly about how hard they have it. Sounds like you have the right background.

That's me route. But if you want to make double for only workout no three days a week and hardly do anything become a firefighter.

Or become a stay at home mom. Even better.

you have 3 months of advanced notice and the world is at your fingertips, you could be anything you want (as long as it doesn't require an advanced degree). and you're sitting here whining?! F if I know what you want to do, but seriously it could be anything. Job market is very tight right now and as long as you don't have a criminal background you can get a job.

I'm clearly struggling here so you kick me when I'm down?Why would you say I don't like working hard? Worked my butt off in my current job.

Summer vacation wrote:

Sounds like you don’t like working hard, why not go back and get your teachers certificate? You can be a phys ed teacher, short hours, lots of vacation and a license to whine endlessly about how hard you work and don’t get paid nearly enough. Some people will be on your side, mostly other teachers and stay at home moms, who also like to go on endlessly about how hard they have it. Sounds like you have the right background.

You have three months and you're bitching? I wouldn't hire you, because you're an idiot.

That said, you have three months. And a background in communications or whatever. Great.

First of all, work at Costco, not Walmart. Seriously not a bad gig. Can you write? Any kid publications in your town? Write the sports stuff in there. Can you shoot photos (not with your iPhone)? Better. Shoot kid school portraits. Shoot portraits at portrait places. You have three months to learn how to shoot photos with a real camera, which is actually a rare skill any more. Get on that.

Can you fake a background in coaching? Transfer run coaching to cycling coaching (the fitness aspect), and put up a Wix web site to coach old dudes who race bikes. Those retards spend $6K on fancy bikes yet weight 260, they'll pay you to tell them to ride tempo or whatever. Put up flyers at bike shops to get business doing that.

Look at police or sheriff dispatching.

Summer vacation wrote:

Sounds like you don’t like working hard, why not go back and get your teachers certificate? You can be a phys ed teacher, short hours, lots of vacation and a license to whine endlessly about how hard you work and don’t get paid nearly enough. Some people will be on your side, mostly other teachers and stay at home moms, who also like to go on endlessly about how hard they have it. Sounds like you have the right background.

Practical advice + makes fun of teachers = post of the week. Well done.

Why even respond if it's just to kick me when I'm down? Why am I an idiot? Because my first instinct is to get out and seek advice and try to improve my situation? Should I sit in silence and not do anything? How does this make me an idiot? Please explain?Your advice is what's idiotic - instead of reasonable steps to a steady job you suggest starting a low-income hail mary business or become a cop. Then you proceed to insult people who have money to afford a nice bike. crawl back into the hole you came from you goon.

You can be a trucker. They make decent money. Just need to take a few classes and boom you'll be all set. 3 months is plenty of time.

A long term solution is go back to school. You'll learn some skills and get a degree to get a better job.

I don't want to say "I don't want to be a trucker" or people will call me a whiner but I want honest feedback. Basically what would you do in my situation? Would you honestly become a trucker?

Stop worrying dude wrote:

You can be a trucker. They make decent money. Just need to take a few classes and boom you'll be all set. 3 months is plenty of time.

A long term solution is go back to school. You'll learn some skills and get a degree to get a better job.

not happy wrote:

I saw this coming a mile away yet did nothing.

I am the kids sports manager at a private tennis/golf club. The club has been suffering financially for a couple years but I thought it would hang in there. Today I got notice that they are cancelling all sports programs and I lose my job as of January 1st.

The job is totally niche and also not something that I would like to do again.

So I'll be out on my a$$ as a 31 year old with an arts degree in 3 months. I need a fix for this and I am totally at a lose and devastated :-( I have no real hard skills to speak of. I really really don't want to be working at walmart...

Hit up the guy who was posting about the costume donut shop gig.

What do you like to do? I mean, What ARE you?

not happy wrote:

I saw this coming a mile away yet did nothing.

I am the kids sports manager at a private tennis/golf club. The club has been suffering financially for a couple years but I thought it would hang in there. Today I got notice that they are cancelling all sports programs and I lose my job as of January 1st.

The job is totally niche and also not something that I would like to do again.

So I'll be out on my a$$ as a 31 year old with an arts degree in 3 months. I need a fix for this and I am totally at a lose and devastated :-( I have no real hard skills to speak of. I really really don't want to be working at walmart...

1.) Think about what YOU want to do.

--Make a list.

--Does it involve more schooling?

--Does it involve moving?

2.) Look at your local community college for certification degrees. You can become a plumber, electrician, truck driver, HVAC, etc. in as short as two weeks!

3.) You said you already have a degree in art. Is this something you want to pursue? You didn't say specifically what type of art degree though. I have a buddy who does quite well as a wedding photographer. Lots of free time too! (He supplements it with real estate photos & you can add senior portraits for more money too.)

4.) Don't forget, you're NOT on a timeline here. You will, I believe qualify for unemployment. This will give you more time to figure things out too.

5.) Someone gave a smart aleck answer about teaching. There is a major shortage of teachers in the U.S.!! And, being an art teacher would be a sweet gig! It's an elective. There's no real pressure for standardized testing either. You have summer's off. You could coach too (esp. with your background).

5A.) Getting a teaching certification isn't too bad. It's about 5 classes. Schools will give you a Provisional License while you take classes. Or, if you go the private school route, you won't even need a teaching license.

You never said if you're married or have children. This does change things.

Keep a chin-up, brother!

You are in luck as the ACA has survived and now, as Nancy Pelosi offered, "You can be anything you want to be." Buy an RV, travel the country, climb mountains, run through the desert and connect with life. Your skills are always transferrable to other jobs. At 31 being sports instructor at a club isn't a career position to begin with, so you need to figure out a long term solution to survival.

I am surprised if you saw this coming a mile away and did nothing to prepare. That is like knowing a hurricane is coming through your town and you do nothing to prepare for 150 mile an hour winds.

Where is your motivation to be a productive member of society? It doesn't seem you have looked at anything other than just hanging with the little kids.

not happy wrote:

Why even respond if it's just to kick me when I'm down? Why am I an idiot?

You shouldn't be down. You make it sound like we urinated on a toddler with luekemia.

Possibly a million people with high school education or college degrees they aren't using are in your situation or a lot worse. Be grateful for your abilities and keep a positive attitude. Look at some interview tips.

The first thing you need to learn how to do is not take message board criticism, or criticism in general, too seriously. Seriously, why are are you taking the time to response to these yahoos that are poking fun? If you are looking for advice, you will have to take a hard look at yourself and take the suggestions in stride. You can't get upset by every loser that has a smarta$$ response.

I am in your shoes my friend. I had a great career 2 years ago made an average of $89,000 a year and had a best year of $114,000 with deployment. I was very good at what I was doing. Most importantly I knew the inns and outs as in understood I was needed held an important role and did not see my career going anywhere except up. At 32 heart attack hits not from life style just a genetic blockage. However at this point my career ends. My career had everything I desired challenge, competition, and excitement. My wife and I spent the next 6 months applying to applicable jobs of similar standard and I found one. The issue was I took an internship. I was now 33 years old venturing into a new career. I know 33 is still young but when you find out there are plenty of people coming in with you that did not have to take an internship who are not only less educated but were a lower rank in the military it infuriated me. I saw $18,500 my first year after taxes, health care and their forced retirement. Needless to say I was frustrated I had a perfect credit score and saw that slip out from under me and lead to a hardship bankruptcy after a year and a half battle to avoid drowning. I have worked my but off but they wont promote me to what was promised. I now make $26,000 take home. There are people that work here that skip daily and got promoted but yet they ask me to cover for them. I went to HR about this and they said well we will talk to your supervisors and find out details for you. Yeah that is a good idea tell my direct leadership that I have issues with what is going on like that's not going to hurt me. They told me to work on a few things then they will promote me. So I got all of the requirements completed then they say now my attitude is like I don't want to be hear. Well because I see the corruption and don't like it. I have realized they wont make me permanent because after 120 days I am out of hear as in being let go as well. The problem with corporations now days is if you work your but off but are not an attractive female, or minority don't expect to go very far. The best thing you can do now is avoid partying and being angry start the job search now you have a few months use them wisely I apply daily and am starting to get some bites now. Also avoid being a Peter Gibbons it wont help you. I have outside sorces at my current job that I can use as references because they know I work my tail off.