find a job

I hate seeing this on my list. It makes it look so simple, “find a job!” like it’s as easy as finding lost keys. Oh, here’s my job.

I’m replacing this with more specific things that will, hopefully, help me get a job. Ha.

wow, this is going badly. I just got rejected from a Macy’s holiday position because my “skill sets” didn’t “match their needs.” I’ve worked in retail four years and offered them completely open availability. Wtf?

I’m trying to apply to crappy positions as well as jobs that I’d actually want. This means that I might be working in retail again, but, as I’ve complained before, no one in retail around here is hiring. I’m applying today to a researcher position in Chicago that I’d absolutely love, but don’t expect to get (they’d prefer someone bilingual, the ad says, and I am not) and I’m going to try to get accepted into an Americorps Vista program. Student loan deferments FTW!

I have made NO progress on this goal lately. I gave up looking for work for awhile because it was just so discouraging. And I wanted to find job prospects that actually appealed to me, instead of wasting my time applying to jobs I would hate.

Today I’m going to try to brainstorm/research 5 places I’d actually want to work. Then I’ll figure out how to apply/who to contact….

This is so frustrating. I HATE rejection. I’m so sick of disaster job interviews.

I swear, sometimes I think that if I didn’t have a whopping amount of debt and bills, I’d be happy living in a tent, foraging for food somewhere. I don’t like money. I just desperately need it.

My husband and I are moving into our first house next month! The mortgage payment will be like 170 less than our monthly rent payment, so we’re REALLY happy about that. But the house needs a lot of updating. we’re talking shag carpeting, nasty windows, ugly cabinetry from 1972 –
So, I’m going to suck it up and try to get a job with a home improvement store so that we can get a discount on all the crap we need. I never, ever wanted to go back to retail or sales, so this is hard for me – but I really have no other job prospects right now, and we need the money.
Home stores aren’t doing so well right now, though, so not sure if they’ll hire me anyway!

Just had a horrible interview today. Horrible. And, not to pull a defensive “I wouldn’t want to work there anyway” sort of thing, but wow – some companies are full of BS. It was for a receptionist position. You answer the freaking phone; you don’t have to care about the company’s 5-year plan. At least I don’t.
AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I think my tolerance for BS is a lot lower than it used to be…

Why. Won’t. Anyone. Hire. Me. I got a response from a financial aid counselor position I applied to a couple weeks ago, that said, “We’ve reviewed your application. Your qualifications are excellent, but unfortunately they do not meet our needs at this time.” What is that?? That really annoyed me – if my qualifications were so excellent, they would have hired me. I know, they were just trying to be nice.
I’ve just been trying to apply online at a certain office supply store. Twice, the page has frozen and then lost all my information. I give up.

It truly does.

Had a…not too great job interview a few hours ago. I didn’t say anything stupid, like I was afraid I would, but…ever have an interview where you can tell that the people interviewing you are phoning it in? They were most unenthusiastic about the whole thing. It lasted barely 15 minutes, and they interviewed the woman before me for at least half an hour.
Which is actually okay. It was just a part-time office job, and the pay was really low, even by my desperate standards. But wow, a job would be nice. And I must be extremely narcissistic, because I just can’t get over it when people don’t adore me immediately when they meet me:)

For a tutoring job!!! I just got the call this morning, and I’m so happy! It’s just for a seasonal position, but still – I would love to take this job, and it’s the first interview I’ve had in months. Hopefully I’ll make a good impression!