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No_Historian718 t1_jebde8t wrote

The problem is the state is severely understaffed. Covid brought a wave of retirements and then another wave when people were forced back into the office. The state is offering current employees a bonus if they refer a new hire…: this has NEVER happened. They cannot hire people.

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The_eldritch_bitch t1_jebo53h wrote

I’ve applied for plenty of training roles for the state that I’m qualified for, and I am lucky if I even get a canned rejection email

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NoMoLerking t1_jebutd7 wrote

I take it your wife’s brother is not a current state employee?

ETA: Just to add context to my cynicism. I worked every summer during college for the MDC (yes I’m old). This job was impossible to get unless you knew somebody. I literally picked up trash and mowed weeds next to route 16 for minimum wage. All of my co-workers were either college kids or prisoners.

An actual career-track job with health insurance and a pension is not something you can just apply for, unless things have changed dramatically for the better.

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No_Historian718 t1_jec6j52 wrote

Totally different now dude- also can’t work summers to pay for college FYI

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DumbshitOnTheRight t1_jecauqp wrote

> An actual career-track job with health insurance and a pension is not something you can just apply for, unless things have changed dramatically for the better.

And yet, I did. I know no one in state government work.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_jecfe42 wrote

I've applied for a couple of state jobs in the past year and I was very qualified for them. Heard nothing back.

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No_Historian718 t1_jecgnqy wrote

Sorry to hear that. With a new administration sometimes jobs are on hold no matter how needed

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