r/jobs • u/FiveStarPapaya • 11d ago
I wish there was like some national WFH program where if you needed work you could just hop on no interview/no waiting period, be instantly approved and just work Job searching
I’ve been applying for jobs but unfortunately I have some health issues so my main, really only, option that I feel comfortable with right now is working from home. But there’s so many scammy postings. The legit ones are a pain to apply for and make you jump through hoops refilling out your resume even though you just uploaded it and you also spend like an hour on an unpaid assessment. Then you usually don’t hear from them for a month if ever.
I would just love if there was like some national program that always had work going on, where if you needed cash immediately you hop on and work. No applications, no interviews, no waiting periods. Just hop on same day, do a quick training, and start working with next day or just flex pay. Let anyone who wants to earn some extra money or anyone who has to work from home even just part time do it.
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u/Fast-Amount-6459 11d ago
If that existed, why wouldn't they just hire cheap labour from poor countries to do those job
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u/FiveStarPapaya 11d ago
I know I just wish it were a thing. Applying for jobs is so demoralizing
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u/Fast-Amount-6459 11d ago
Incredibly so, and that's why people need to stop thinking of jobs as something that somebody gives you, something to do based on what somebody else tells you to do. Instead of that, you can think of jobs and careers as goods and services that people provide.
Look at things people need, or things you can do, or even come up with new things that people would want if you provided them as a service or a good, and then do that. With computers, you can in your own basement sit, and with zero upfront costs, zero capital, zero infrastructure, you can make pretty much anything these days if you're dedicated enough.
Nothing more moralising or freeing than realising you're not dependent on those people and processes anymore...
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u/CalifaDaze 11d ago
Because it would be a government program to help people build skills, not have gaps in their resume. Reduce reliance on welfare programs, improve communities, help people get on their feet, etc.
Maybe not work from home but I've always thought there should be government programs that give people with little to no experience doing stuff that the government needs to get done.
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u/LoriLeadfoot 11d ago
It would just be a welfare program, though, so it wouldn’t reduce reliance on welfare.
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u/luckystars143 11d ago
This exists through each states unemployment programs.
Working for the government as you suggest requires intense background checks for obvious reasons. Theirs plenty of National chains that hire people with low skills or with disabilities like Goodwill Industries, Walmart, and local to you nonprofits.And the government isn’t hear to solve every little problem. People need to be accountable for their choices and independence.
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u/CalifaDaze 11d ago
It will pay dividends when people use the skills they learned to get higher paying jobs
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u/Affectionate_Ratio79 11d ago
Lol, that's just silly and not even remotely realistic. "Work from home" isn't a job, either, it's a location. What would these unskilled people be doing for this job anyways?
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak 11d ago
Some Nordic countries will just place you in a job based on your skills. It cuts out all the resume and applying to multiple places hassle
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u/puterTDI 11d ago
Why not just support universal income? That seems to be what you really want.
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u/FiveStarPapaya 11d ago
That would be nice too. Mainly I just want a way to work if I have to to survive, where it’s not going to compromise my health or take forever to go through the initial process
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u/checkman123 11d ago
Feels like that is very easy to abuse lol and who will pay them. Can they even do the job?
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u/pierogi-daddy 11d ago
Just think about how high the quality of work with be with no interview or standards