Job Market
So apparently there are a ton of jobs available to someone with a degree. But all the ones I want seem to require some actual experience, so unless I can find the salesman inside of me, which I am realizing more and more that I may be too kind and a little too submissive to be a good cut throat or even a good relationship-oriented salesman. I am just not a closer, if this was Glengarry Glen Ross I wouldn't be having my coffee. So if I exclude sales from my potential jobs, then my list of jobs reduces drastically, and most of my options just arent all that appealing.
However, just because I may not be the best salesman out there, I am not counting myself to be a failure, it was a tough sell on the phones all day, I learned so much about everything that I will always consider it a great experience. Unfortunately I was tossed aside without much warning for someone else, I guess its similar to my love life in that way, but that's not the issue. So, back to me saying how incredible I still can be, I really do feel as though my potential is limitless. I think I may have felt like that more about a week ago, before another tiresome week of looking for work has worn me down.
On a positive note, the look for work has yielded some opportunities, I have had 3 interviews, 4 if you include a second for the first place I was at, and they all went great. The first was for a door-to-door B2B sales of office supplies built around a management training concept in which I would run my own branch in 2 years. They wanted me to start the Monday following my interview, but thats not the job I am looking for. Then today I interviewed with Eatza Pizza for a Neighborhood Marketing Rep, and the position sounded kind of fun actually and seemed like a fun company to be with, the money didn't seem like it would cut it. Down the road they are looking to increase their operations from 100 to 500 stores in the next 2-3 years and then go public, which would be cool to get in on, but not enough at the moment. Then I had a really great interview with Hertz rental car to start in their Management Trainee program in which you learn the business from the ground up and within 2 years should be running your own branch. That sounds like a good job, because I want to get into management, but I think it would be great for me to get to that point after fully understanding the business. The money for that job would do, the only downside, and its not much of a downside becuase I dont have much of a life anyway, is that I would probably work a ton of hours and weekends and holidays will definitely not be open. So I have a second interview on Monday with them.
Tomorrow I have another 2 interviews. In the morning I am meeting with Country Wide Financial to be a mortgage officer, which I really don't care to do, but I'll see what the interview is all about. Another damn sales job. My second interview tomorrow is for another sales job, working for International Cruises and Incursions, which is like trading time-share weeks for cruises. I am not all that excited about that either, but again, an interview is always a good experience. Next week I have an interview set up with Target for a Team Leader position. And I am going to set up a time for an interview with Enterprise on Monday for the same type of position as Hertz. The one position that seems like a good position for now is as a customer service rep for AmericaFunds. It would just be customer service, which I can do, I can keep a smile on my face and clear up peoples problems. It pays alright, they have a cool retirement fund set up, and it would be a great chance for me to learn more about the finance world and be able to apply my mathematical and number skills to my own future vesting.
Well I got distracted from writing in here, so I am done for now. This is terrible that I am writing in this journal, I write in this when I have nothing to do but think, and that type of a situation will not lead me to success. But for now, I can at least jot down my thoughts and current situation.