I am sick of getting blown off
My resume is usually ignored. If I get an interview, I get the "Thanks for coming in, we'll call you, bye." routine. I present well, I interview well, I've made my resume as nice as possible considering I can't afford to do it up for free. I dress properly.
But I don't have big fancy accomplishments (not much to say about working in call centers--yes I get 100 % QA scores for quality, but no one cares about that it seems.) I don't have anything super-exciting to say in interviews about how I had a conflict with someone and how we solved it. I'm super-easy to get along with, and I don't want to just make stuff up.
I had a crappy telemarketing job (by crappy I mean the sort of place that does that shady just a hair short of illegal magazine marketing) place blow me off recently. I've gotten that desperate. Fast food and most retail won't hire me either--I've made too much money in the past, and not enough experience in either.
Most of the career and job advice is for people with office type jobs, especially big time corporate career type stuff, so it's little to no help for me. I was an office assistant for 6 years in a small casual office, and the rest of my background has been call centers. At this poiint, I'd stand out in 90 degree heat twirling a sign for a living, if anything was hiring.
I don't know what to do anymore. It's getting pretty grim, meaning my emotional and mental state ar sinking fast and I have NO money. I'm surviving because my friend i live with is kind enough to let me stay with her in exchange for helpign with errands and housework. I'm 46 years old, and I feel like an absolute loser.
But I don't have big fancy accomplishments (not much to say about working in call centers--yes I get 100 % QA scores for quality, but no one cares about that it seems.) I don't have anything super-exciting to say in interviews about how I had a conflict with someone and how we solved it. I'm super-easy to get along with, and I don't want to just make stuff up.
I had a crappy telemarketing job (by crappy I mean the sort of place that does that shady just a hair short of illegal magazine marketing) place blow me off recently. I've gotten that desperate. Fast food and most retail won't hire me either--I've made too much money in the past, and not enough experience in either.
Most of the career and job advice is for people with office type jobs, especially big time corporate career type stuff, so it's little to no help for me. I was an office assistant for 6 years in a small casual office, and the rest of my background has been call centers. At this poiint, I'd stand out in 90 degree heat twirling a sign for a living, if anything was hiring.
I don't know what to do anymore. It's getting pretty grim, meaning my emotional and mental state ar sinking fast and I have NO money. I'm surviving because my friend i live with is kind enough to let me stay with her in exchange for helpign with errands and housework. I'm 46 years old, and I feel like an absolute loser.