u/NoSurprises686

Hi, I’m an emt-b and just passed the nremt, waiting for the dshs to process my certification after getting fingerprinted yesterday. In the meantime I’ve been looking for jobs in the Collin county, Texas area and I wanted to ask about AMR ift jobs in the area. I interned with AMR during my class and one of the paramedics recommended I do IFT with AMR and transition to 911 after getting some experience, so I could get used to the more menial tasks (documentation, driving the ambulance, ambulance maintenance, etc.). I thought it was a good idea, and I’d be interested in getting a job with AMR for IFT. Upon looking for jobs online I not only can’t find an AMR/Global Medical Response IFT job within my area, I can’t find an IFT job in my area outright that doesn’t require at least being a paramedic.

Sorry if it’s a silly question, but am I searching for the wrong job title and maybe that’s messing me up, or are there just straight up no IFT jobs in the area? Or should I apply to AMR as an emt-b despite having 0 experience and hope for the best?

Thanks, and again maybe I’m just missing something really obvious or I’m just naive, so sorry if what I’m asking sounds ridiculous.

Edit: Collin county, TX, sorry

Title says it all. I’m a guy in his mid-20s and I’m constantly running into the same cycle, I like a girl, I take things a little slow, I get to know/befriend her over a week to month long period and then boom! Right as I begin to work up the courage to ask her out she starts telling me how hard she’s crushing on another guy. Some variation of that kind of situation has happened for the last 6ish girls I’ve been really interested/invested in. The stomach drop I get when a girl starts gushing about another dude is a feeling grim, brutal, and unfortunately all too familiar. So I usually slink back into the friend zone and such. I don’t blame the girls that do this to me nor do I feel entitled to anything; really it’s more my fault probably for not being assertive or confident enough to ask them out sooner.

Regardless, after hearing the typical spiel, I move on quick and don’t delude myself that anything’s going to change the way they feel about me and that’s fine. I’ve taken steps to improve myself and I’m happy with where I’m at to the point where I’d be open to dating again (after about a year of being out of it) but I think one more humiliating experience would knock me out of dating for another year or so. I guess this whole post is a vent. Nothing ever really seems to go my way in the realm of romance and I fear I’ll die alone, never having found love but surrounded by girls who view me platonically while lending their attraction to some other guy.

EDIT: I’m overwhelmed and appreciative of all the comments you guys put here. I honestly didn’t think anyone would care that much about my vent post so I’m inspired to make positive changes based on everyone’s thoughts here. The general consensus I’m reading is I need to stop beating around the bush with these girls and ask them out sooner, so as awkward as it’ll feel for me to do that, I’ll give it my best shot. I do want to clarify that with the girls I’ve talked about, I wasn’t in the friendship solely to get with them - I hope I never get that shallow. It was really more a case of wanting to really understand if what I had was genuine attraction or just fleeting infatuation. I still cherish my friendships with these girls and I’ve even gotten tips from them too, although I don’t outright ask them for advice - that’d be a little weird I think. I made this post out of frustration with some recent dating circumstances I ran into and I let a pretty negative mindset bleed through my words here. I know now that I can be better than that. I won’t give in to my melancholy so easily, and I’m thankful that so many people here were concerned enough to comment. Thanks to all of you.