Are You Worried About The Recession?

lou91

I really have to stop reading articles about that whole Dell thing, its pretty depressing. Is anyone else getting tired with the constant reminders that the country is broken and we're all screwed??
Its definitely making me think strongly about emigrating after college.
Australia isn't looking too bad right about now...

RandomUserName!

RandomUserName! wrote: »

I really have to stop reading articles about that whole Dell thing, its pretty depressing. Is anyone else getting tired with the constant reminders that the country is broken and we're all screwed??
Its definitely making me think strongly about emigrating after college.
Australia isn't looking too bad right about now...

I suppose it is bad, perhaps that's even an understatement, but I just can't bring myself to care. I don't care about it at all, not even in the slightest, at least not at this moment in time.

Stev_o

RandomUserName! wrote: »

I really have to stop reading articles about that whole Dell thing, its pretty depressing. Is anyone else getting tired with the constant reminders that the country is broken and we're all screwed??
Its definitely making me think strongly about emigrating after college.
Australia isn't looking too bad right about now...

Its scary indeed and whats worse is that most 17/18 year olds are filling in their CAO forms at the moment thinking if i go for this course there's a fairly big chance i wont get a job out of it. Its really bothering me at the moment i have physiotherapy as my first choice but in the back of my mind i know that if i do get it and complete it there's a high possibility that i wont get a job and would have to emigrate hence why im trying to find other courses such as Computer Science where there is a high demand in it and it has a universal language.

eVeNtInE

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SarcasticFairy

Stev_o wrote: »

Its scary indeed and whats worse is that most 17/18 year olds are filling in their CAO forms at the moment thinking if i go for this course there's a fairly big chance i wont get a job out of it. Its really bothering me at the moment i have physiotherapy as my first choice but in the back of my mind i know that if i do get it and complete it there's a high possibility that i wont get a job and would have to emigrate hence why im trying to find other courses such as Computer Science where there is a high demand in it and it has a universal language.

I know I may not get a job from the course I've chosen but I refuse to change it because since about 4th class I've known this is what I want to do. The world could be quite different in 5 or so years... and if not, I'll cross that bridge then.

I can't say I care. I know its there, I know it's happening, but it hasn't changed my life at all this far, or most people I know. I do feel for all the people who are suffering because of it, but I wouldn't really be dwelling on it.

Sherifu

No.

cocoa

Stev_o wrote: »

Its scary indeed and whats worse is that most 17/18 year olds are filling in their CAO forms at the moment thinking if i go for this course there's a fairly big chance i wont get a job out of it. Its really bothering me at the moment i have physiotherapy as my first choice but in the back of my mind i know that if i do get it and complete it there's a high possibility that i wont get a job and would have to emigrate hence why im trying to find other courses such as Computer Science where there is a high demand in it and it has a universal language.

be very careful. It's very easy to find people who've gone comp sci and have regretted it, because it simpler wasn't for them. You'll want to like computers, but not in the general 'bebo is fun' sense, I mean using them and making them do what you want, programming, simple web desgin etc. Also, there is maths involved, if you hate maths, that'll be a problem.

I can see the argument for not choosing a course because you might not get a job in that area, but you end up even worse off if you choose a course you don't want to do and end up failing.

Personally, no, I'm not at all worried about the recession. As far as I'm concerned, I will probably be able to get a job in Ireland after college, because I'll have a good first class honours and over 6 months experience, but even if I didn't, I don't have any particularly strong ties to the county, so I wouldn't have a problem with finding a job elsewhere.

In general, it's the people at the bottom of the scale who suffer in a recession, the best of the highly skilled workers will always have jobs, it's the 'average' 'replaceable' high skilled workers who have trouble finding work. No arrogance intended, but I know I can reach that level if I have to.

Fad

I'm worried about its effects on those who are close to me, but its effect on me and my future no, all I have to do is try and ride it out.

Diabhal Beag

I don't care too much because my parents are starting to be annoyingly strict with money. I do hope that it doesn't cause too much hurt to people in general.

Cheer up everybody

norwegianwood

well, i cant find a job anywhere, crappy minimum wage paying or otherwise, so that sucks......
and my dad isn't getting any work any more(driving instructor0
other than that, meh.

Crumble Froo

RandomUserName! wrote: »

I really have to stop reading articles about that whole Dell thing, its pretty depressing. Is anyone else getting tired with the constant reminders that the country is broken and we're all screwed??
Its definitely making me think strongly about emigrating after college.
Australia isn't looking too bad right about now...

actually it is. i'm being forced to emigrate there (omg, on thursday! :eek: ), and any job hunting i've done online for over there is coming up pretty fruitless. even fruitpicking doesnt have any jobs left for it at this stage, and the oz and nz board has had quite a few people on there talking about not being able to get any work.

also yes, the recession is quite worrying. ok, so im not just outta school... but i am just a schmuck with no college education, no qualifications and without having had any sort of steady job since i left school (due to moving around a few countries). at the moment, im being kicked out of nz. options are oz or ireland. oz is closer and cheaper to get to, so im going there, but not sure there's really any jobs for me. and ireland, man, every time ive talked to someone from there, someone else has lost a job, or another shop has closed down, and im not talking about hte big corporate ones, i mean the kind that employ min wage people to do min wage stuff, the kinda thing i'd look for if i was jobhunting.

Shacklebolt

Crumble Froo wrote: »

actually it is. i'm being forced to emigrate there (omg, on thursday! :eek: ), and any job hunting i've done online for over there is coming up pretty fruitless. even fruitpicking doesnt have any jobs left for it at this stage, and the oz and nz board has had quite a few people on there talking about not being able to get any work.

Good luck with that anyway man, hope you do well for yourself there.

norwegianwood wrote: »

well, i cant find a job anywhere, crappy minimum wage paying or otherwise, so that sucks......
and my dad isn't getting any work any more(driving instructor0
other than that, meh.

My dad is doing ok (hes a builder) but almost every other builder in the parish is out of work by now.. Its very depressing.

Crumble Froo

well, if i play my cards right, i have free accommodation, and can store my board at a friend of a friend's friend in at bondi beach, so sweet enough set up. ive promised myself if i get a job, im going to see one of my all time favourite bands over there too, so sweet enough.

and people who are finding it difficult to get jobs because of their age/lack of experience, particularly just for the summer, i'd recommend trying to get some work on a voluntary basis. something to do, good experience, and looks better on your CV too. i did that for a couple of summers when i couldnt get any work, and twas pretty sweet from a perspective of figuring out what i wanted to do, and looked great on my CV too.

Blisterman

I wouldn't be worrying about it, if you're planning to go to college.
Recessions work in cycles. Just because it's hard to get a job now, doesn't mean it'll be like that for ever. By the time you'd be finished, the recession will be most likely over.

giggsy664

Them damn polish. Going over to poland and stealing our jobs!

Tea-a-Maria

I do worry about it,even though there's no real problems financially.I'm sick of hearing depressing news!Yes,we all know there's a recession but constantly reminding us about it isn't going to make anything better!/rant

Employment wise,I just started college and I won't be in a job for at least 6 years,(I want to be a solicitor) so fingers crossed we'll be out of it by then.

Although it is very disheartening when you hear statistics like only 10 out of 300 recently qualified solicitors are in employment.:(

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

M'eh. I won't be done my degree til 2010, so hopefully it'll be a bit better by then. Anyways I'm doing arts, so let's be honest, I'll be closer to thirty than twenty by the time I have any meaningful qualification. Factor in my total lack of a clue what I actually want to do (or can do with a joint honours degree in English and History of Art lol), and I have more pressing career worries than the recession.

challengemaster

lol. I'll still be in college in 2018 :pac:

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

challengemaster wrote: »

lol. I'll still be in college in 2018 :pac:

Snap luckily I'm brilliant at being a student. Not so much the, you know, academic element, but the spending a fiver a week on food, sleeping a lot, watching home and away twice a day element. Which happily sets me up pretty nicely for the dole as well.

challengemaster

Yeah, lol. Planning for postgrad degrees already :P hopefully it's all well over by then..

5€ a week on food? Do explain

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Well I exaggerate slightly, but if I spend fifteen yoyos on the shop I feel like I'm spoiling myself! Big box of cornflakes and a kilo of peanut butter usually last a couple of weeks, bags of lentils, rice, dried chickpeas etc generally a few weeks. Tesco does tins of beans, sweetcorn, tomatos and kidney beans for between 20 and fifty cent, bag of edamame/broad beans about €2. I rob nuts and seeds from home sometimes coz they're expensive, but I stocked up on monkey nuts after Halloween and they lasted til almost christmas. Then a bag of apples or pears, whatever veg is cheapest at that time...sometimes, if I'm feeling really decadent, I get soy-yoghurt

challengemaster

:eek:

>_>

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*hides receipt from clothes shopping earlier*

:cool:

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Ha I just spent €70 on clothes yesterday, frugality has limits. Clothes and alcohol shaped limits :pac:

challengemaster

A pair of jeans I got today cost more than that and they were on sale too :eek:

JC 2K3

challengemaster wrote: »

A pair of jeans I got today cost more than that and they were on sale too :eek:

The amount some people spend on clothes baffles me. There's no way I'd spend more than €40/50 on a pair of jeans, and even then I'd be wanting a pretty good pair for that money.

As you might have guessed, I'm pretty sensible with money, always have been. Admittedly, since college I find myself spending money more frivolously, but it's not something I'd have a huge problem cutting down on, so no, I'm not worried about the recession. I'm confident that I can manage money well and that my degree and intelligence will ensure me a decent job in the future.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

challengemaster wrote: »

A pair of jeans I got today cost more than that and they were on sale too :eek:

Arra sure yeah but they'll last. Working stuff out on a Cost-Per-Wear basis, €150 jackets and boots and jeans are probably the most sensible purchases people ever make like.

KnifeWRENCH

Pfft! Recession shmrecession. It'll probably be over by the time I get round to ever getting a job. I have 2 and a half years (and possibly more) of student life ahead of me.

Aminah Breezy Jock wrote: »

Well I exaggerate slightly, but if I spend fifteen yoyos on the shop I feel like I'm spoiling myself! Big box of cornflakes and a kilo of peanut butter usually last a couple of weeks, bags of lentils, rice, dried chickpeas etc generally a few weeks. Tesco does tins of beans, sweetcorn, tomatos and kidney beans for between 20 and fifty cent, bag of edamame/broad beans about €2. I rob nuts and seeds from home sometimes coz they're expensive, but I stocked up on monkey nuts after Halloween and they lasted til almost christmas. Then a bag of apples or pears, whatever veg is cheapest at that time...sometimes, if I'm feeling really decadent, I get soy-yoghurt

*sigh*
We're not all feckin'vegans y'know :P Some of us have dead animals to buy, and they can be quite expensive.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

square_igloo wrote: »

*sigh*
We're not all feckin'vegans y'know :P Some of us have dead animals to buy, and they can be quite expensive.

MURDERER!!

challengemaster

JC 2K3 wrote: »

The amount some people spend on clothes baffles me. There's no way I'd spend more than €40/50 on a pair of jeans, and even then I'd be wanting a pretty good pair for that money.

As you might have guessed, I'm pretty sensible with money, always have been. Admittedly, since college I find myself spending money more frivolously, but it's not something I'd have a huge problem cutting down on, so no, I'm not worried about the recession. I'm confident that I can manage money well and that my degree and intelligence will ensure me a decent job in the future.

You'd be rightly baffled with me so.. 300€ for 2 jeans, tshirt and a jumper/hoodie thingy.

I also bought some sunglasses for 120€ >_>

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Aminah Breezy Jock wrote: »

Arra sure yeah but they'll last. Working stuff out on a Cost-Per-Wear basis, €150 jackets and boots and jeans are probably the most sensible purchases people ever make like.

I know the jacket I got was well worth the money. Was out wearing a tshirt only under it during xmas there and was ROASTING.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

challengemaster wrote: »

You'd be rightly baffled with me so.. 300€ for 2 jeans, tshirt and a jumper/hoodie thingy.

I also bought some sunglasses for 120€ >_>

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I know the jacket I got was well worth the money. Was out wearing a tshirt only under it during xmas there and was ROASTING.

Ya I got a leather bomber in New Look for christmas which is literally the warmest garment I own (and it was only €45!) but it's short so the few inches between bottom of the jacket and top of jeans has been taking a right ould freezing. Feckit though I look styling :cool: seriously though, €120 on sunglasses?! Dude! Do they give you super powers or something?

challengemaster

Aminah Breezy Jock wrote: »

Ya I got a leather bomber in New Look for christmas which is literally the warmest garment I own (and it was only €45!) but it's short so the few inches between bottom of the jacket and top of jeans has been taking a right ould freezing. Feckit though I look styling :cool: seriously though, €120 on sunglasses?! Dude! Do they give you super powers or something?

Hehehe, cool.

Yup, seriously.. :pac: Well see...I was over in belgium on a school tour, and like, had loads of money left (twas the last day and we were let loose in a massive shopping warehouse-esque thingy where everything was uber cheap. So I walked into this ski/snow/skateboarding shop and saw them.. and complete impulse went 'ooh, buy!'..so I did

I'll take a pic later or something

eVeNtInE

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Davidius

I don't really worry about it. I'm hoping it'll have eased by the time I've been through university.

Though I would really prefer not to have to emigrate.

KnifeWRENCH

As fascinating as the contents of your wardrobes undoubtedly are, this ain't the Fashion and Appearance forum people.
This thread is about impending economic doom remember? You lot aren't miserable enough...

challengemaster

square_igloo wrote: »

As fascinating as the contents of your wardrobes undoubtedly are, this ain't the Fashion and Appearance forum people.
This thread is about impending economic doom remember? You lot aren't miserable enough...

Is that your subtle way of telling us all to PM you those pics of our wardrobes contents so? :pac: Oh squigloo, you charmer!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

square_igloo wrote: »

As fascinating as the contents of your wardrobes undoubtedly are, this ain't the Fashion and Appearance forum people.
This thread is about impending economic doom remember? You lot aren't miserable enough...

I am too. <that's me that is.

KnifeWRENCH

No but thank you for the not-in-the-least-bit-tempting offer.

Piste

I'm not that worried for myself. As long as I get into medicine and qualify as a doctor I should be ok. And that's something like 5/6 years down the line anyway. Everyone needs a doctor so I'd be employable anywhere (I hope). But what I really would like to do is R&D so I probably will end up emigrating at some stage.

I guess by biggest recession-worry at the moment is not being able to find a job in the Summer to earn money to see me through college.

challengemaster

Ah squigsy, how could you say no to this face?


:pac:

randylonghorn

Like this ...

JC 2K3

challengemaster wrote: »

I also bought some sunglasses for 120€

Words fail me.

Rozabeez

I get to live at home and spend my moneyz on books/booze/printing/transport. Yay the student life.

I have exceedingly bad timing. I dropped out of college in '04 and returned '07. I am doing a 4 year course.

Just as I decide to return to college, this country enters a recession. And if those nutjobs are right, then the world will end in 2012. So I'll have spent my college years in recession only to graduate to the world ending.

Damn.

randylonghorn

I don't know, boney ... recessionary times when jobs are less plentiful is probably a good time to be back in college where you are somewhat protected from the realities of life ... and gaining a qualification to stand to you when you re-emerge.

challengemaster

The infamous sunglasses





:cool:

challengemaster

challengemaster wrote: »

The infamous sunglasses





:cool:

Why did they cost 120€? They look like the ones ya can pick up for a tenner from Dunnes.

I once saw these awesome sunglasses that had an MP3 player built into them!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Those babies totally give you super-powers by the look of them

challengemaster

1 word:

Oakleys

challengemaster

challengemaster wrote: »

1 word:

Oakleys

I still don't know why spent 120€ on them though?

challengemaster

Because I could? Seems a fair enough reason as any ^_^

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Ah yes, the Bill Clinton approach to consumerism. Yes yes