Comments | team_unemployed: I feel like I've exhausted my resources...

settlingbones in team_unemployed

I feel like I've exhausted my resources...

Jul 15, 2009 19:08

Well, first let me start by saying I'm 26 years old and have only held one full-time job in my lifetime. (A beauty products store, back in 2003/2004. I quit to move to NYC.) Long time since moved back home, bounced around from my hometown to Mobile, AL and currently in Tallahassee, FL ( Read more... )

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polygonia July 16 2009, 00:38:56 UTC

I know the feeling. I hate applying for these retail jobs because they seem to think you are applying for a job with the FBI or with the secret services the way they ask over and over these SAME DAMN QUESTIONS! 50-100 Of the same thing over and over driving me insane. My brain explodes when I have to do these. I applied to Kmart the other day, same thing. I dread trying to apply to CVS, Stop and Shop or Walgreens again because I simply do not want to do those dreadful tests and that' sall there is to it.
I just want to work there. I'm not going to steal or be rude to customers or yank people's pants down.

There's always temp, but they don't have dirt these days either and they make you take typing tests, windows tests. It's a wonder they don't put you on a treadmill or something.

settlingbones July 16 2009, 01:27:08 UTC

I know! It's like they think they're hiring me for some secret service job. And I just loooove being asked over and over and over if I am easily angered, etc etc.

I seriously answered 245 questionnaire for AT&T. Within the hour, I got a rejection email. What a waste!!!!

polygonia July 16 2009, 02:27:24 UTC

ugh. Remind me not to apply for there. I can't understand why they don't even tell you WHY they are rejecting you, like, you should have answered it this way.
I wish I had a cheat sheet for those things. The questions are so stupid too. You can't say, no I don't lie because most people lie sometimes. But then they'd go, YOU LIE, WE CAN'T HIRE YOU. And if you say You never lie ever, they'd be like LIAR.

So you can't win with these things ><. It's annoying when you just want to earn some ca$h.

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Resources blueraven6 July 16 2009, 01:20:08 UTC

Start looking into self employment opportunities. I know I sound like a broken record, but you need to quit thinking like an employee, and start thinking like an employer.

Re: Resources settlingbones July 16 2009, 01:23:55 UTC

I'm currently offering my baking services (my cupcakes are pretty well known among friends) and I'm also an independent sales rep for a makeup company, but the problem is mainly that nobody has money to pay for anything!!

skittlebox July 16 2009, 01:29:38 UTC

I'm never sure what to say because honestly I've just been going with the flow. If my gf got a work opportunity, we moved.
Well, I think you've got an answer there, really. You could always just say your partner's work has her move around a lot. I don't think that sounds bad (but then I'm unemployed too, so... :/)

I'm just never sure how to tell potential employers how I left, why I left or what to write in on the application
I left one job because I was unhappy with the treatment from my management - basically told me to 'forget about my problems' while working because customers don't want to see depressed workers. Yeah if only there was a depression switch :| I don't want to go into the nitty-gritty with another employer and say LOL I HAD DEPRESSION so I usually just make something up like 'family commitment/emergency' and pretend someone was dying or something :/ Or since you say you moved a lot, you could just say you moved or were preparing to move.

settlingbones July 16 2009, 01:47:02 UTC

Usually, I just say that I've followed her in her employment pursuits and left it at that. But that can always be awkward, because even when I say "partner", they know. I'm okay with being out, I just don't ever want that to be something that makes them tune out during the rest of the interview. (I've had an interview somewhere where this woman was really interested in the fact that I had a girlfriend. Not necessarily hitting on me, but just like "ooh a lesbian" type interest.)

Generally, I do just say that I planned to move, etc. I have a real fear of saying family emergency or anything, just because I'm afraid I'll really end up having one! Haha Strange, I know. I'm just paranoid!

dootchan July 16 2009, 04:29:37 UTC

I did have a female professor who referred to her male partner as just that -- her partner. I liked it. :D

settlingbones July 16 2009, 05:50:16 UTC

I've heard people do it too, but mostly up north. Since moving back to AL/FL area from NY most girls are just so peachy pleased to tell everyone they're married that they can't resist using any other term but "husband" or "hubby".

It's actually kind of sickening.

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settlingbones July 16 2009, 05:02:44 UTC

Haha, I have no idea! I thought it was a little strange that they said they were repeating themselves since I'd never seen/heard of them. But then again, I don't really keep up with every post here. So, who knows! :/

embryogirl July 16 2009, 06:09:17 UTC

I wonder this myself. Have not seen a single helpful comment by them.

angeleclipse15 July 16 2009, 04:46:28 UTC

Well... you could just say that you were working for work and when you couldn't find it in one location, you tried other cities because you really needed something.

To some the economy has only been bad for a year or so... but it has been killing my dads job for the past three years so maybe you can use that to your advantage.