Starving Film Student Woes
Not even in school and already it's affecting my work schedule. Or more precisely, keeping me from finding work. Got a message today from a friend of mine who was trying to help me get a job at his company. His boss looked at my schedule and said it was too inconsistent. What's so inconsistent about giving me Tuesdays and Thursdays off? What's hard about not scheduling me mornings on Wednesday and Fridays? It sucks. We're in a struggling economy and I have to compete with professionals and family adults who have the freedom of an open schedule. I applied at Verizon (something I was loathed to do) called to follow up on my application. The person said my schedule doesn't fit with what they're looking for right now.
Once upon a time, when I applied at Sprint. I was hired on the spot (normally a 3 interview process). During my interview the manager asked me my school schedule, wrote it down, and said he'd take care of it. It was easy as that.
Months before I left Sprint; corporate was sending out e-mails notifying us that if we weren't accommodating with our schedule that our jobs would be at risk, and that Sprint was no longer hiring anyone with limited availability.
I suppose I could call financial aid and ask if there was someway I can put school off a semester until I got a job, then work said job until I got enough cred. with the manager that they will accommodate my schedule in a couple of months.
It goes against the biggest promise I made to myself. Making school priority #1, I could quite possibly not get that cool with my boss and never get those shift requests, I could end up putting on hold my life goals indefinitely to work some part time job I could emotionally give a damn about all for the sake of money, even worse financial aid can most likely require me to start paying back my tuition the day school starts and I'm not enrolled in any classes. Then I would have to start looking for a real job, and just say by to school altogether.
And what would I be doing it for? To forsake my dreams so I can be a slave to my bills. It hardly seems fair.
Once upon a time, when I applied at Sprint. I was hired on the spot (normally a 3 interview process). During my interview the manager asked me my school schedule, wrote it down, and said he'd take care of it. It was easy as that.
Months before I left Sprint; corporate was sending out e-mails notifying us that if we weren't accommodating with our schedule that our jobs would be at risk, and that Sprint was no longer hiring anyone with limited availability.
I suppose I could call financial aid and ask if there was someway I can put school off a semester until I got a job, then work said job until I got enough cred. with the manager that they will accommodate my schedule in a couple of months.
It goes against the biggest promise I made to myself. Making school priority #1, I could quite possibly not get that cool with my boss and never get those shift requests, I could end up putting on hold my life goals indefinitely to work some part time job I could emotionally give a damn about all for the sake of money, even worse financial aid can most likely require me to start paying back my tuition the day school starts and I'm not enrolled in any classes. Then I would have to start looking for a real job, and just say by to school altogether.
And what would I be doing it for? To forsake my dreams so I can be a slave to my bills. It hardly seems fair.