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How job seekers are using AI to supercharge their job hunt

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Justified anger? How to respond?

I just finished my second year of law school. Law students usually work for attorneys while they’re in school and I’m no exception. I started at my current job a year ago this month at a small criminal defense law firm in a big city. I do research on statues and case law, go through evidence/discovery, brainstorm or research defenses, write memos and motions for the court, and some other things. My boss also treats me like IT staff and GeekSquad/tech security person and like an administrative/executive assistant where he asks me to type emails he dictates for him sometimes. The IT/exec assistant were not part of the job description. I’ve consistently been praised for performance, going above and beyond to find ways to help clients, and for high quality work. I have directly contributed to hundreds of thousands of dollars in property being returned to clients, reduced sentences or…

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small towns are the worst

i lived a bit south of philly from birth until 21. i moved to missouri and these jobs fire after 2 weeks. i could keep jobs as long as i wanted to out there but out here they fire like crazy. what is the deal with this? it'll be for no reason besides they don't like me. it's ridiculous. and it's really hard to live like this, I've gone through 3 jobs this year. two of which fired after 2 weeks. i can't figure it out. i do my job and i do my best because im living paycheck to paycheck… and in return i get fired. it's obliterating my mental health

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it’s not a cost of living crisis. it’s a cost of greed crisis.

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The American healthcare system in a nutshell

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Person charged $2 to use microwave

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Google just laid off YouTube TV support staff while they were trying to unionize. Tonight nearly the entire 4th quarter of the NBA Conf Finals was unavailable.

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I compared the amount of years you’d have to work full-time on minimum wage to afford things in 1970 versus in 2022 (sources linked in comments)

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It’s not an easy one to answer. I don’t blame those who have given up.

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Consider moving to a third world country

Hey guys if you have an income problem another solution is to fix your spending problem. Currently in the country I live in in South East asia I can survive on $6 a day. Remember the things you own end up owning you. “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need.”