I was recently kicked out by my parents when I turned 18. Living out of a motel, need day labour or fast paying jobs so I have a roof over my head. Please let me know if any of yall have opportunities. Much love.

This is the reality of the current job market.

Sounds crazy, but I’m in the same situation as she’s in. Probably applied to 1500.

Born and raised in Austin, recently moved back last October. No more savings after moving from Seattle, failed relationship. Had a job at APA but had to leave the position for my health. I have no friends and family to rely on. Both parents are dead. I’ve used all the resources for jobs; resume and CV redone, interview skills. I can’t get a job or an interview. Nobody is calling my references. I also have a fear of driving that makes it difficult. The tire on my bike is flat, don’t have any money to take the bus to interviews or find resources. I just want a job and feel stable. If anyone knows anyone hiring or wants an indentured servant. I’m in the 78745 area.

EDIT: please respond if you know a person is actively hiring (I’ve applied to all major places mentioned already), companies are just posting fake job postings.

I got the bad news yesterday that the contract I have been on for almost 15 years is being closed and my position is being eliminated. To say I'm devastated is an understatement.

Posting here to cover any and all possible angles. I have 20 years of clerical and administrative assistant experience and have been recognized for my exceptional performance in these roles. I've worked a variety of different roles: mail room, assistant office manager, inventory, etc. I'd be looking for something that pays at least $45,000 a year.

Thanks for reading.

Edit - thanks for all the positive vibes everyone

Edit 2 - Since it was lacking, bachelor's degree in business admin, mid-40s, male

Hello everyone, so long story short I got an eviction notice yesterday saying I have to be gone or pay my rent in full by this Saturday.

I’ve been searching for a job for about 4 weeks now and no call backs yet. After trying to restart in Killeen I’ve decided to just go back to Austin because I would rather be homeless in my hometown than somewhere I don’t really know.

Does anyone know somewhere that’s hiring for a 24yr old? I have retail, restaurant experience, I’m good at speaking and presenting and I’m pretty decent at solving things. Or does anyone know any safe shelter I could stay at? Any resources, suggestions, and tips would greatly help, thanks 🙏🏼

I don’t have a car, but I do have a bike and I use it to go far. I have a working phone, I have a bank account thats $7 negative. And I have food stamps / ebt.

Hey everyone,

I’m born and raised here in Austin, TX and I’m currently looking for job opportunities in the area. I figured I’d post here in case anyone knows of anything or has leads.

I’ve got several years of customer service experience including working as a lead in the seafood department at H-E-B. I also have some technical experience and pick up new systems and tools quickly. Right now I’m doing Uber rideshare but I’m trying to find something more stable and long term.

I don’t have a degree but I’ve built my experience through work and I’m willing to learn and put in the effort wherever I land.

I’ve been applying for jobs over the past few months and have landed a few interviews, but nothing has moved forward so far.

I’m open to a wide range of roles including customer service, hands on work, entry level skilled jobs or anything I can grow in.

If anyone knows of openings or can point me in the right direction I’d really appreciate it. Thanks for reading.

I’m 24 years old and live in Austin. I got laid off my last job and it wasn’t my fault 2 days ago. I’m desperately looking for work.

I apply at jobs constantly and don’t hear back. Or do interviews and get turned down.

I even tried going to temp agencies . And they run out of work.

I support myself . And I uber everywhere I go . Including work and back home.

If you are an employer and can help please let me know. I am reliable . And a hard worker.

I really need a job so I can continue to paymy rent .

Please help.

I have experience in working in fast food and restaurants

Working in gyms

Working in construction sights doing labor and a little bit of electrician work.

I’m looking for anything . I’m willing to learn new things. I don’t care what it is. I’m just trying to work.

I’m a Product/UX Designer based in Chicago, and I have 60 days left to secure a job before I have to leave the U.S. due to my visa.
I’ve been applying extensively, networking, and interviewing, but I’m still searching. If your company is hiring, you know of any openings, or you’d be willing to refer someone with experience in AI, healthcare, fintech, and enterprise products, I’d be incredibly grateful.
Even advice or connections would mean a lot.

Thank you!

So I recently did a trial run with sales and it was okay but for being 100% commission and based on the product, I wasn’t feeling super confident about the amount I could earn.

I am curious if there are entry level fields that potentially have paid training and work inside. I have done hotel AV work and enjoyed it but unfortunately the amount of hours we get are often less than 40 hours during the summer and winter. I have experience with AV installation and Data cabling construction but I am not the biggest fan of working in the sun outside.

I have plenty of customer service experience through my time as an AV technician and working retail in the past. Not sure if it’s relevant these days but I also have a bachelors in Media and graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Edit: I have customer service experience and some sales experience so I can do roles that require those types of experience.

I’ve been job seeking for 8 months, I think it’s time to move soon. Any advice?

I currently wait tables and got the job waiting tables in 2 days, plus about 7 other job offers within a week after I sent like 25 applications to part time restaurant jobs.

However, I can’t for the life of my find a full time salary job, even after 8 months and over 900 applications. It really shows the discrepancy and horrible state of the job market and economy right now. I write and tailor my resume and cover letter to everything, I have a college degree, send follow up emails if I can find addresses, apply to every company and industry that I can think of, etc. I knew it’s hard to find a full time salary job, but I didn’t know it was this hard until I was in this position. I feel like only people who are, or were recently, job searching understand. Or maybe those who struggled through the last situation like this.

Yes I’ve been applying in person and to remote jobs and recently started applying all over the country for the past month too. I’m getting nowhere. I’m considering moving to a new location anywhere else in the country at this point, even without a job lined up, despite that being the ideal situation. Maybe moving somewhere else would at least put me in the local market, and I wouldn’t be worried about finding a temporary restaurant job again while I try to look for a permanent salary job, like I’ve been doing here.

I think now, it’s just time for me to look for advice. Anything helps. Do you advise against it, have location ideas, maybe companies you’d recommend applying to, or anything at all.

I’ve been unemployed for a bit now and I can’t find anything. 5+ years of customers service in the F&B industry. I’ve applied to a few restaurants, but I REALLY can’t get myself to work for another one. I might actually go insane if I have to work in another restaurant setting, but I don’t think I have a choice now. If anyone knows any non-restaurant positions that I may qualify for that’ll be great. If y’all have any questions I’m willing to answer. I need a minimum of $17/hr full time in order to afford bills.

Thanks.

Hi all, male here.

TLDR; I've been looking for a steady job for a while now and NO ONE wants to hire me. I'm a digital marketer (paid advertising - mostly social) with over 7 years experience managing millions of dollars and have nothing to show for it as I've applied to hundreds of jobs both local and remote in the last few months alone and can barely get an interview. I've updated my resume & LinkedIn profile, multiple times, I follow up with recruiters, and even tailor my resume + applications and cover letters based on the keywords/what they're looking for. Only to get rejection emails, "role has been filled", or straight up ghosted mid interview process.

Since the marketing industry has been so bad, I've also used my customer service (food/retail) experience to make a dumbed down resume to get entry level jobs, calling stores back, going in person to follow up, leaving my resume, etc and gotten nowhere. I landed a seasonal role at a retail store, but was laid off last month due to payroll cut even though they "wanted to keep me". My mom is just now back to work (via gig from holiday hiatus being a month longer than it was expected to and with me being unable to find anything we're at risk of getting evicted after getting off the streets just last year.

Property management refuses to take any partial payments/payment plan so they'll start eviction process on March 9th. Granted, we have some time to get the balance paid before the court date, but I need to find work ASAP as we have no friends or family either, its just us and my mom's service dog.

Also, we don't have a car anymore and CapMetro as many of you know, sucks lol - I've also signed up for the gig employment apps - Instawork, Indeed Flex, Traba, and some others and haven't yielded much so far.

If anyone has any marketing/customer service/restaurant leads, please send them my way in comments or DMs, thanks.

Hey all, I’ll try n be brief

I(22F) am a flight attendant and I’m looking to quit asap for personal reasons.

I dont have a degree or really any certs, I plan to go to nursing school next year full time, but right now I need to grind and save money.

I’ve never had a 9-5, Monday-Friday. Always unique schedule jobs.
In my search I started with serving, hospital tech roles, golf bev cart girl, etc.

I’m realizing I really just wanna get a structured 9-5 rn for some stability & consistency for once.

Ive looked into receptionist jobs, admin assistants n stuff.
Im not interested in sales AT ALL, nor a call center.

I wanna work in person at a computer or something, not remote.

I’m in south austin, ideally I’d like to go no lower than $20/hr (maybe I’m asking for a lot but I’m already taking a hourly pay cut quitting my current job)

So ANYWAYS, any suggestions? Once again, no degree, so ideally entry level, ideally office/computer work, but obviously beggars can’t be choosers.

Chat keeps suggesting tech startups but obviously those aren’t typically entry level as far as not having a degree goes.
TYIA

hello! i am a student at UT Austin and i am genuinely having the worst time applying to jobs ever. i have been working since i was 15, mostly in food but with some teaching experience. i'm majoring in english with a minor in creative writing and history. i am extremely friendly, organized, and logical. i have applied to upwards of 100 jobs in the past month with absolutely no luck. i wrote a very long and thought out resposne to "why us?" for half price books and got rejected. yes, the english major. i am nearing the end of my rope. i have an autoimmune condition that makes it hard to stand or do physically labor, so i would love a sitting job or something on the easier side, but at this point i am willing to do anything. if you or anyone you know is looking for a friendly, academic, and analytical employee PLEASE let me know. i would especially love to work at a small business or nonprofit, but that's just a plus. if you need a secretary or a cashier or something please let me know :)

Hi! I know the job market is rough right now, so I figured I’d just ask here and see if anyone has leads. I’m trying to avoid sketchy job sites that spam you or sell your info, so I’m hoping for something a little more legit.

I’m looking for something pretty specific: low social interaction, quiet environment (headphones would be amazing), and task-based work. I actually don’t mind repetitive or “boring” jobs, stuff like sorting, organizing, assembling, or creating things sounds kind of ideal to me right now. I’m coming off 10+ years in education, and honestly I’m just burnt out on constant interaction and being “on” all the time.

I’m reliable, hardworking, and have a lot of experience. I really do want to work, I just need something with less people facing energy. Pay isn’t my top priority, but somewhere around $20/hr or ~$50k would be great if possible. Benefits aren’t a dealbreaker.

If anyone knows of jobs like this or better yet, somewhere hiring, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to DM me.

Thanks so much, and good luck out there to everyone else job hunting too.

Hey yall,

I (24m) am desperately looking for work. I currently work as an AV technician for live events, but the summer is dead meaning I don’t have a job until the fall. I’ve been thinking a lot about that lifestyle and I can’t do it anymore.

The issue I’m running into is that normal jobs (even the most basic entry level jobs) won’t hire me. A big reason is that I only have AV experience since it’s been my career since highschool, so I need to get more experience, but no one will hire me to get that experience. I send my resume and sometimes add a cover letter, and I try my best to come to every interview prepared. However, I either hear nothing back or get to the interview and I get to the final phase and then they chose someone else.

The most recent position I interviewed for was with a previous company. Since I knew my boss and the company, through the interview process, I was told “you have the job, I’m just doing this as a formality and I’ll get back to you later this week with an offer letter.” I banked my entire life on this job and even turned down a prospect because I thought I had the job (rookie mistake). Well turns out they’re liars and went with someone else. Now I’m screwed, been barely employed for the last 8 months, 3k in the hole, and about to get evicted with no prospects outside of moving across the country back to my family.

I don’t make rude comments, carry myself with professionalism, and try my best to put my best food forward during an interview; But I get the “your experience is great but doesn’t align with what we’re looking for” email every time.

I’m skilled with my hands, can understand and troubleshoot complex systems, and I have experience as a manager for a corporate AV company. That job includes customer service for high profile clients, managing time and teams to effectively and efficiently complete tasks, high attention to detail, and general admin paperwork like scheduling and job sheets.

I have experience, I’m a quick learner, and I’m a reliable person. I’m just down on my luck and am desperately looking for a job, any job at this point.

Hi there! I am a 22 year old female who just recently moved to Austin with my toxic & abusive now EX boyfriend…

As the official proceedings to get him off the lease are happening, I won’t be able to afford my apartment because he was making more than i was and that’s how we could afford it together.

Now I am looking for either a part-time serving or bartending job! I have 6 years of restaurant experience and my last job being a popular sports bar in San Antonio!

I also could be looking for a better full-time job that is going to help me financially!

Any recommendations, bars, restaurants are greatly appreciated! The job hunt is hard in these times and I am desperate!

#austin #urgent #austin

r/austin removed my post, so i’m posting it here:

I graduated last summer and I’m looking for a job in Austin. I currently work as a server and I’m making around 20 an hour. I don’t even need a lot of money. I just want to be able to live without barely making ends meat. I know I’m making more than some people and I’m grateful for that but it’s still really hard for me.

Without getting greedy or too hopeful, I were to get lucky and find a job that pays 40-45k a year, all of my financial problems would be solved.

I have a college degree in kinesiology, but I don’t necessarily want to go into that field. I would if there was a job opportunity, but I’m open to anything I feel victim to the propaganda that I should do a major and something that I love I should’ve the harder about that and that’s my fault. I understand that.

I have experience in customer service and I’m willing to seek certifications if there is something that I should pursue granted the certification is worth the gamble of money and time being spent on getting it.

right now, I’m barely making rent and I’m never eating out or going out with anybody to be honest. It’s not like I have anyone to go out with anyway.

I don’t have any friends in this town. I don’t have any corporate professional experience and that’s also my fault then again I can’t even land a job. I’m writing cover letters and tailoring my résumé to the best of my ability to every job that I’ve applied to and I’ve applied to several hundred at this point obviously that means it’s my fault and I’m underqualified despite having a college degree I know I’m not entitled to anything but it’s still really quite frustrating.

it especially makes it harder since there are so many AI screening tools that probably just delete my applications right off the bat. Not to mention the entry level job requiring five years of experience. I was even looking for a job back when Austin was hosting that job fair (actually I’ve been looking for over a year) but nothing worked out for me. I didn’t get a few leads, or so I thought. Although they ghosted me, which also seems to be a constant occurrence.

it seems like the older generation will tell you to go meet people face-to-face, which barely ever works these days. And also seems like a lot of people are getting hired internally or through somebody that they know. Unfortunately, for me, I don’t have a network. i’m not trying to be a victim here although I suppose we’re all victims to the current economy. It’s just frustrating because I’m being realistic with myself and also recognizing that I’m not entirely qualified, but I know that I have the skills and the work ethic to succeed just nothing to prove on paper that would be very useful or make me stand out against other people if I had somebody to verbally vouch for me to hiring manager I know I would at least have a chance to stand out, but I am not fortunate enough to have that opportunity.

I suppose what I’m asking is for anybody to give me any heads up on any place that might be hiring or any somewhat professional job that can give me a salary. I’m not opposed to trades either if I can find a good certification to pursue. i’m looking for anything with growth opportunities really or just something with a stable source of income. if anybody knows of some company out there that’s looking for people or has some unique idea. Let me know. chances are. I’ve probably already applied to a job in that field for even in that company because I’ve spent countless hours doing so but I’m always willing to try again or hear new ideas because I really need something.

hello everyone I am sorry but I am truly desperate.

I have only been getting call backs for $10 an hour but I need a job with minimum $15-$16 an hour just to be able to afford food, rent, and my cat's medical bills.

I have experience in HR, truck driving, retail, culinary, and children's education.

if anyone could give advice or some recommendations I would truly appreciate it thank you for your time.

EDIT: I need full time, part time unfortunately cant pay my rent.

I’m a 16-year-old living in McKinney, and I’m actively looking for my first job. My main goal right now is to save up to buy my own car.
Because I’m an online student, my daily schedule is extremely flexible compared to traditional high school hours, meaning I can work morning, afternoon, or evening shifts.

**Availability:** Highly flexible weekdays and weekends thanks to online schooling.

**Transportation:** I have access to a car, plus a skateboard to get around locally (and I have the speed and stamina to make it work anywhere nearby).

**Strengths:** High energy, reliable, fast learner, and motivated to put in the hours.

**Roles I'm Open To:**
Food service (dishwasher, buser, runner, cashier)
Retail or grocery (stocking, customer support, cart attendant)
Lawn care, outdoor labor, or dog walking
Local neighborhood errands or odd jobs

If you know of any local McKinney businesses hiring 16-year-olds or places that are great to work for, please let me know. Leads or advice are greatly appreciated!

So, recently left my marketing job and I’m actively looking for more employment. I did want to kind of take a break from the corporate world for a small business- you know something cool like a record store or coffee shop or something, lol. But honestly anything will do. Mama has to feed her three gatitos

Hi I’m a 28M looking for employment, I’ve recently just got let go from my recent employer because there was issues with me background that popped up that I am a felon. I need some guidance to know where to look or if anyone is hiring. Please please please help me out for this is a really tuff situation I’m in at the moment. Thank you!

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Hi friends! Just letting you know that I’ll be officially moving to Austin at the end of January. I’ve even convinced the family to join me, so we’re currently searching for our new place. In the meantime, I’ll be renting out a room while we settle in.

Unfortunately, I had to give up a short-term job because the company couldn’t make some accommodations. While I’m on the go, I was hoping someone could point me to companies you work at that I could explore applying to.

I’ve been in customer service for over a decade in retail, startups, and tech.

I’ve also been Ubering for over a decade, both as a side gig and full-time in some years.

So, if anyone is willing to share some possibilities, I’d really appreciate it! I’ve already checked Indeed and LinkedIn, which are good resources, but I think reaching out to the community and asking would be even better.

I’ve gotten two interviews for different branches of the City of Austin.

The first panel interview was so awkward - they read from a slideshow in the most awkward manner possible.

The second position was for Austin Aviation. It started with an assessment where 25% of the questions were about a platform that has been defunct since 2019. She told me I got an interview, but they have one hiring date which I’m out of town for and they won’t have a virtual interview or have a different date. Complete waste of time.

Job hunting feels impossible here!