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Anon is 23 (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you got the degree you can land a basic government job that isn't in a major city. Process permits for 20 an hour in a small town easily. And the smaller more rural towns don't usually require a degree and will consider someone who will just live in town.

And from there you can work you way up way better than any corporate environment.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly? You don't need a degree for any of those admin jobs in mid-sized cities either. At least in the US, give or take.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't just mean the admin jobs though. There's some field jobs, especially in water (drinking and waste, which I followed) and food (inspecting restaurants I avoided.) Health departments, for example, are in need of staff across the country, especially after the 2023 culling of covid funding. Public service is retiring fast.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Agreed, I think I sorta group those types of jobs as admin in my head which is inaccurate. Like working in a health department seems administrative, but clearly there’s field work there.

Public service can be hard to break into as well. It often takes months to years to land a local government job.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Definitely can be, though I walked into a rural health department who had paper applications. They didn't use online applications as a screening method. Got the job that month. They were also a weird teamsters union department, and probably wouldn't have hired me if I weren't white. So the mileage definitely varies.

(And yeah I processed paperwork 80% of my time there.)