Re:How to survive and thrive in a down market
by 52-6F-62 on Friday July 27, 2018 @10:37AM
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I'm not sure that I have any viable advice for you.
But I was in school at the same time as well. I had to leave because the money dried up. (I was reliant on government and bank loans, and couldn't for the life of me find a part-time job that would take me on at the time)
I ended up having to leave school halfway through my second year, give up my apartment, leave the city and move home a few hours outside of the city to a small, small town. The bits of available labour out there dried up as well. I thankfully had a family member in Calgary and moved there with the promise of a construction job.
When I arrived, the job never materialized. Fortunately the town was fairly insulated against the recession due to the oil sands boom up in Fort McMurray (well before the fire) and I was able to find a job working in audio/visual boutique sales. I made a subsistence there, though I was miserable and my time there was largely feels like a waste. The oil sands workers on their off-time would spend loads of money in the city, so it kept sales flowing. I'll skip the rest of the story, because it's tedious.
It seems like the advice everyone else has is good. I get concerned about the same thing sometimes. If the city dried up, would I have to leave my girlfriend to find work elsewhere? Would I have to put my career on pause again?
But I was in school at the same time as well. I had to leave because the money dried up. (I was reliant on government and bank loans, and couldn't for the life of me find a part-time job that would take me on at the time)
I ended up having to leave school halfway through my second year, give up my apartment, leave the city and move home a few hours outside of the city to a small, small town. The bits of available labour out there dried up as well. I thankfully had a family member in Calgary and moved there with the promise of a construction job.
When I arrived, the job never materialized. Fortunately the town was fairly insulated against the recession due to the oil sands boom up in Fort McMurray (well before the fire) and I was able to find a job working in audio/visual boutique sales. I made a subsistence there, though I was miserable and my time there was largely feels like a waste. The oil sands workers on their off-time would spend loads of money in the city, so it kept sales flowing. I'll skip the rest of the story, because it's tedious.
It seems like the advice everyone else has is good. I get concerned about the same thing sometimes. If the city dried up, would I have to leave my girlfriend to find work elsewhere? Would I have to put my career on pause again?