Still on this journey called "job hunt"... I was seriously considering making it a reality show.. lol... It's been a rough month but I know that something new is coming my way and it has... The Wheels of Time, means that it takes a lot of time and perseverance to make it through... Yes, times for me have been hard.. I have learned that I can do anything and that no matter what I am totally grateful for my health.. I am Blessed for knowing that no matter what happens GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF ME... My faith has been strengthened and I know now that I will make it... I have learned that those "friends" that I had when I had a job, no longer exist... They were all cool with me when I had a job.. Now that I don't and I'm eagerly looking they don't have time for me.. That's fine.. It's not called Spring Cleaning for nothing...Lmao...
To those of you, that are shared with me on this new journey and that are still struggling.. I have some tips for you...
1. If you have a smartphone, download the Craigslist App.. In it, you can search for jobs in your area and send out the resume via email.. (i have bombarded them with them), sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.. but keep pushing through.
2. Drive to the places that you want to work. The job that I landed is not in my field at all.. Learn to go out of your comfy zone.. Pound the Pavement.. The job isn't going to come to you.. You need to go for it!!!
3. Even if your resume is "overqualified" (which many of ours is), don't worry it will happen for you.. Don't feel bad when they tell you you are "overqualified".. It happens.. That just means that they don't want anyone with half a brain... lol..
4. Go to Church... I know that you might be thinking why church?? Why!! Because you need to thank GOD for giving you the strength to push through, to know that no matter how many No's you will be a lot closer to your YES... That you can cry and scream and shout and you will feel better.. He is listening.. You just need to get closer to him.. Always be Thankful.. No matter what...
5. At times you want to just disappear and go away... STOP for a moment and think about all that you have.. It might not be what you want, but you have what you need for now.. Cherish the times with family.. There are a lot of people out there with lots of money and they are still unhappy.. I know it's hard to think that way, especially when we are getting down on ourselves.. But we need to stand together and move forward..
6. Be Happy with Whom YOU ARE... Forget about what others think or say.. Unless they are paying all your bills and maintaining your lifestyle, they don't have a leg to stand on.. So, forget them... Look at all that you have to offer and always remember you have a purpose.. It just needs to be found.. and it will..
Yes the journey is hard but not unconquerable... xxoo
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
WORLD FULL OF LIARS..
On this wonderful job hunt journey, I have realized that there are too many employers lying. I guess that they need to lie to people to try and fill a position that they know isn't going to be filled by any of the applicants that are there. Instead of wasting our time/energy having us make copies of resumes and dressing professional and driving through horrific traffic to get to an interview where the candidate has already been chosen!!! WHY!!! Why not just be "honest".. Tell us that the position has already been filled by someones first cousins best friend who has no freaking clue what a job is... Life in itself would be so much simpler that way... I have seen this too often happening..
In these uncertain times that we are in and so many of us without a job, employers should really just be honest. It doesn't hurt to be that way. I would respect you more with honesty than trying to "blow smoke up my ass".. It's true.. Many of you will agree with me.. I'm not making this up!!! Don't give us empty promises.. Especially, when we are all dying to put food on the table, pay the bills and try to keep a smiling face for the kids that know that we are suffering inside... It baffles me to see how many of us really fall for the BS... I went on another great interview today, and maybe it's because I have worked in law enforcement and have my education in it, that i can smell a liar a mile away.. It's nice to feel like someone really cares about your situation or understands that you truly need a job.. When in reality they could care less and they are only looking at you as a number.. A number that they get to make if they can offer you the job...
So, as you sit there (as I did) and feel all warm and fuzzy because you received a reply email to a job that you applied for, your brain starts asking the questions.. Wow could this really be the break that I'm waiting for?? Is this the place that I will be working at?? Can I see myself working here and making this my career?? All great questions.. The night before your all nervous because you start thinking of the possibility of being able to make the bill payments on time and be able to buy food and not be thinking of what not to buy because you can't spend more than $40.00!! It's nerve wracking to say the least.. So, when you finally go to the interview and you sit there waiting your turn, you hear people talking.. You hear their speech and you start putting two and two together.. OMG they are saying the same speech to all the people that are in front of me. Of course not all at the same time in different rooms but the same speech... They didn't really answer your email back!!! This was a "mass email" saying the same thing to everyone that it reached.. So when you called and they made you feel like you were special, you really aren't.. Your just a number... Or better yet we are all "cattle" going to a mass call...
I felt really stupid once my name was called and I went to that room and heard the speech.. I felt like telling them, "do I really look that dumb to you"?? But I didn't.. I sat there and heard what they needed to say and then I left.. Did I learn something?? Of course... Will I apply it in the future?? Heck yeah!!!! I know that if I ever get a call back, I will need to make a decision on whether or not I can work for people that are like that..
I want to be able to help those that are out there and that are struggling to make it!!! I want you to know that just like you, I am here going through the same thing... We might be in different states and have different needs, but we are all going through the same trials and tribulations.. I want a job where I can make a difference in someones life.. Where I know that I helped someone get to where they needed to get too.. I want people to know that it's great to be honest and that you shouldn't have to lie to people to get ahead... That's not what we were taught to do... Maybe this new and improved technologically inclined generation is just all about that!!! But I know that I am NOT...
If for nothing more, I hope that my BLOG made you laugh, think and realize that we are all on this same boat.. That helping one another is how we are all supposed to be.. Not stepping on you to see where I can get to.. Life is a circle.. One day you are up and the next you are down.. It's better to have helped those you meet, than step on them on the way up.. You never know when you are down and those that you stepped on are above you...
In these uncertain times that we are in and so many of us without a job, employers should really just be honest. It doesn't hurt to be that way. I would respect you more with honesty than trying to "blow smoke up my ass".. It's true.. Many of you will agree with me.. I'm not making this up!!! Don't give us empty promises.. Especially, when we are all dying to put food on the table, pay the bills and try to keep a smiling face for the kids that know that we are suffering inside... It baffles me to see how many of us really fall for the BS... I went on another great interview today, and maybe it's because I have worked in law enforcement and have my education in it, that i can smell a liar a mile away.. It's nice to feel like someone really cares about your situation or understands that you truly need a job.. When in reality they could care less and they are only looking at you as a number.. A number that they get to make if they can offer you the job...
So, as you sit there (as I did) and feel all warm and fuzzy because you received a reply email to a job that you applied for, your brain starts asking the questions.. Wow could this really be the break that I'm waiting for?? Is this the place that I will be working at?? Can I see myself working here and making this my career?? All great questions.. The night before your all nervous because you start thinking of the possibility of being able to make the bill payments on time and be able to buy food and not be thinking of what not to buy because you can't spend more than $40.00!! It's nerve wracking to say the least.. So, when you finally go to the interview and you sit there waiting your turn, you hear people talking.. You hear their speech and you start putting two and two together.. OMG they are saying the same speech to all the people that are in front of me. Of course not all at the same time in different rooms but the same speech... They didn't really answer your email back!!! This was a "mass email" saying the same thing to everyone that it reached.. So when you called and they made you feel like you were special, you really aren't.. Your just a number... Or better yet we are all "cattle" going to a mass call...
I felt really stupid once my name was called and I went to that room and heard the speech.. I felt like telling them, "do I really look that dumb to you"?? But I didn't.. I sat there and heard what they needed to say and then I left.. Did I learn something?? Of course... Will I apply it in the future?? Heck yeah!!!! I know that if I ever get a call back, I will need to make a decision on whether or not I can work for people that are like that..
I want to be able to help those that are out there and that are struggling to make it!!! I want you to know that just like you, I am here going through the same thing... We might be in different states and have different needs, but we are all going through the same trials and tribulations.. I want a job where I can make a difference in someones life.. Where I know that I helped someone get to where they needed to get too.. I want people to know that it's great to be honest and that you shouldn't have to lie to people to get ahead... That's not what we were taught to do... Maybe this new and improved technologically inclined generation is just all about that!!! But I know that I am NOT...
If for nothing more, I hope that my BLOG made you laugh, think and realize that we are all on this same boat.. That helping one another is how we are all supposed to be.. Not stepping on you to see where I can get to.. Life is a circle.. One day you are up and the next you are down.. It's better to have helped those you meet, than step on them on the way up.. You never know when you are down and those that you stepped on are above you...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
THE JOB SEARCH CONTINUES
Good Morning to All:
Another week of submitting resumes and going online looking for work... Interviewing and learning who your competition is out there is brutal!!! I must admit, I'm competing with the young crowd.. I don't see many "older" people out there pounding the pavement in the jobs that I have applied for.. With that said, it's a little unnerving having to compete with those that are way more technologically inclined than you are.. Nonetheless, I will run with the best of them.. My years of experience can balance out what I don't know in the technological world... I have been to some interviews that really are good and some that I don't know why I wasted my time going... All in all it has been a great experience... I'm really glad that I've had to go through this. It has made me grow as a person and also made me realize that I'm worth a lot more than what I had thought I was. Sometimes, because of the experiences that we go through, we lessen our self worth.. In reality we have to stop that and realize that because of who we are and what we have gone through we can bring a lot more to that table than most people. Because of that, we are definitely worth it!!
Enough for right now, have to keep on applying online... Let's see where the next leg of this journey takes me..
Many Blessings to all of us....
Another week of submitting resumes and going online looking for work... Interviewing and learning who your competition is out there is brutal!!! I must admit, I'm competing with the young crowd.. I don't see many "older" people out there pounding the pavement in the jobs that I have applied for.. With that said, it's a little unnerving having to compete with those that are way more technologically inclined than you are.. Nonetheless, I will run with the best of them.. My years of experience can balance out what I don't know in the technological world... I have been to some interviews that really are good and some that I don't know why I wasted my time going... All in all it has been a great experience... I'm really glad that I've had to go through this. It has made me grow as a person and also made me realize that I'm worth a lot more than what I had thought I was. Sometimes, because of the experiences that we go through, we lessen our self worth.. In reality we have to stop that and realize that because of who we are and what we have gone through we can bring a lot more to that table than most people. Because of that, we are definitely worth it!!
Enough for right now, have to keep on applying online... Let's see where the next leg of this journey takes me..
Many Blessings to all of us....
Monday, April 1, 2013
JOB HUNTING
I want to say I have admiration for all of us that are out there pounding the pavement looking for a job.. It's not easy and we are competing with a whole bunch of people.. I went today to an "interview".. Let's say it was more of a "let's see what you are willing to do for a job"... So, I arrived on time and I was told that I have to put myself in front of a computer and take an assessment test.. Ok cool, we shall conquer this... So, I sit down and you know how it is, we can't remember our user name and much less our passwords.. I decided to email myself the information because I knew I was gonna forget it.. I started the assessment test and I just love how they tell you about the questions don't have any right or wrong answers.. I stated taking the exam.. I was answering the best way possible and finally finished.. Walked up to the receptionist and she told me, they want me to be more "aggressive".. are you serious!!! and that if I liked I could re-take the test to get a better more aggressive score...
I was amazed at the fact that someone was telling me to be more "aggressive".. You obviously don't know me.. I guess that your right, I'm not gonna shove selling stuff down your throat.. So yes I'm not that aggressive.. Only aggressive when necessary. Wow, so I guess that when I call because my cable is giving me issues and I only want you to resolve it, it's bad when I tell you "no thanks I don't really want to have the extra service, I just want this service to work for once!! Not aggressive enough... Well off to the next one.. Let's see what's in store for me this week... I hope that it gets easier not harder... Worse case scenario there's always a waitress job.. and I have a great personality so I don't see any issues on that side..
I wish all of us out there, the best of luck.,.. and let's keep moving forward and never looking back...
I was amazed at the fact that someone was telling me to be more "aggressive".. You obviously don't know me.. I guess that your right, I'm not gonna shove selling stuff down your throat.. So yes I'm not that aggressive.. Only aggressive when necessary. Wow, so I guess that when I call because my cable is giving me issues and I only want you to resolve it, it's bad when I tell you "no thanks I don't really want to have the extra service, I just want this service to work for once!! Not aggressive enough... Well off to the next one.. Let's see what's in store for me this week... I hope that it gets easier not harder... Worse case scenario there's always a waitress job.. and I have a great personality so I don't see any issues on that side..
I wish all of us out there, the best of luck.,.. and let's keep moving forward and never looking back...
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