Pretending to look for jobs?

[Landsharks eat metal]

This is probably going to be one of those weird threads that no one replies to but I figured I should still try anyway because I have a weird problem and I don't know who can help me. My parents have been pressuring me to look for a full time veterinary assistant job to start after my internship is over, but it would be really pointless for me to do since I am planning on moving across the country in January. I can't tell my parents this and I would really love to make them believe that I am actually working on it so they will leave me the fuck alone because they bother me about enough things already. So does anybody have any recommendations on how to handle this situation? How to convince them I'm looking for jobs while exerting no effort because I don't give a fuck? Or even how to be less pissed off about my situation so I don't end up punching someone?

EDIT: this is dumb and i'm sorry. but I'll leave it up just in case someone can be at all helpful

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

*shrug* Write up a decent CV/Cover letter. Even if you don't use them, they'll be useful for finding work wherever you end up. Then you can show them off, and be like, "Look, I'm doing a thing." I know it's not exactly exerting "no effort" - but it's net zero since it's more a question of either doing it now or later.

Otherwise - learn some names. Just be like, oh, yeah, I talked to so-and-so. Probably there are useful questions you could be asking the people you would apply to, even if you're not applying for the job (e.g. hell, just go do some political investigation - ask some vets about animal liberation or something).

[The Idler]

libcom.org sometimes does advice on getting round jobcentres

[Blake's Baby]

You just have to do 'something' so it's obvious you're not doing nothing, even if the something isn't reallt adequate.

I should be applying for a job right now, instead of pissing about on RevLeft.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Is it really this hard for some people to lie to their parents lol?

[Landsharks eat metal]

Is it really this hard for some people to lie to their parents lol?
Yeah, Asperger's+overly controlling parents+asshole father that I'm kinda scared of sometimes
pretty difficult combination in terms of lying to my parents. I do it more now than before but I still hate it.

[Thirsty Crow]

T How to convince them I'm looking for jobs while exerting no effort because I don't give a fuck? Or even how to be less pissed off about my situation so I don't end up punching someone?Do send CVs and try to collect info, in a casual manner, on which veterinary labs and centers are hiring. Leave the papers with job ads open on the table. If you share a computer, be sure to bookmark websites that are used as CV collecting devices and highlight job offers or categories. If you do end up being called upon for a job interview, you can send an e-mail apologizing for your application but a better offer has shown up (make sure that your folks can't see this one). And in this case announce that you've got an interview but be vague in relation to which exactly company is it about.


Yeah, Asperger's+overly controlling parents+asshole father that I'm kinda scared of sometimes
pretty difficult combination in terms of lying to my parents. I do it more now than before but I still hate it.
Sorry to hear about problems with lying. It would be best then if you could leave it at general and vague remarks plus some sign of active job seeking.


EDIT: this is dumb and i'm sorry. but I'll leave it up just in case someone can be at all helpfulIt's not dumb. Don't be sorry.

[Decolonize The Left]

I would take the thus-far-unspoken road: get a job but not a full time veterinary one. Perhaps a part time job in an animal clinic or something? Tell your parents that there weren't any full time veterinary jobs available but you found a part time one at XYZ. This way they are satisfied that you are working and 'progressing' or whatever, you make some money, and you can leave with more ease in January.

[Art Vandelay]

You could always spend the time you would of spent looking for a job now, to try and line something up in the city you plan on moving to. You could start collecting information on what veterinary clinics there are in the area and what type of qualification you need, etc.

[human strike]

This sounds a lot like my problem with the Jobcentre lol

[Ceallach_the_Witch]

you might as well actually apply for jobs since in my experience nothing usually comes of it anyway

[Landsharks eat metal]

I have an interview for a retail position coming up Wednesday. We'll see how that goes. None of my interviews were successful before, but the fact that I have this interview probably means that I somehow managed to pass the weird-ass test I had to do as part of the application.

[Sasha]

Say your not completely confident of your skills yet (use that aspergers in your advantage for a change) and you don't want to blow your entrance in the job market so maybe they could allow you to work voluntarily for another 2 months at an animal rescue to become more confident and make contacts etc, than stretch that a bit. Yes it would be dicieving your parents but the cosmic karma you get for doing something usefull for both yourself and animals in need would balance it more than out.

[Landsharks eat metal]

Ok... looks like I might have gotten myself a job. Apparently they're going to send me over some papers I have to fill out then I have an orientation in a few weeks or something like that. It wasn't clear to me, probably mostly because I was so shocked. My interview was terrible. I was twitching my fingers the whole time, hardly making eye contact, speaking relatively off-topic, and when she asked me why I was looking for a seasonal retail job, I said, "To be perfectly honest, it's because that's where the jobs are right now" or something like that.