The problem I am having more than anything these days is battling the feeling of tiredness. Lately I've been waking up at 10am, make breakfast, do dishes, trying to stay active so that come time for sleep I'm not up until everyone starts their morning the next day.
I used to get up at 8am every day, go to a full time job, come home at 5 and sometimes go to my second job. They weren't anything special. Definitely not a professional job either, but my point I'm making here is that my fiance gets up for his second shift full time job late in the afternoon. He doesn't go to sleep until about 3 or 4 in the morning. It's thrown me off, especially in this job hunt, considering that I'd much rather sleep than be on the phone with people. I was never the type to be a "morning person" anyways. My downfall is I can't motivate myself to do much before 3pm in regards to talking to people on the phone who I don't know.
Now, I've worked hard in my life. I was going to school, had a job, eventually had two jobs and still managed to get my BA in less time than it takes most. I was proud of this. I want to say that I earned a nine to five type of job. I don't want to work weekends, but I'm more than willing to work 40+ hours during the week if necessary, overtime, holidays even. But for some reason I'm not having any luck.
Intelligence and schooling doesn't help you when you're up against an adversary like experience. I wasn't offered internships or co-ops through out my three years of undergrad. Now, with the experience being so crucial, I can do nothing about it since most internships are meant for college students or high school seniors. Even volunteering options are becoming more exclusive. They don't want to let you volunteer without experience. I'm not saying I never volunteered, but I have to admit, all this talk about how companies don't have enough volunteers to do free work is a load.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
The search continues
Now we are into December. I look at all the time I spent filling out applications online and you want know something? It's really a catch 22. How many times have you gone to a store with a help wanted ad displayed outside only to find out that they don't accept paper applications, you have to fill them out online. Well I attempted something different today.
There is a gas station down the street, across from another gas station. Over the summer both erected a large sign in their tree lawn that said in large lettering "Help Wanted". I thought that this was going to be great. I live down the street, don't need to drive, could be there in a matter of minutes if they needed someone to fill in. Well it's been a few months since I filled out the application. Angered at the feeling that I was being ignored I debated over bringing in my resume and on a whim I printed it off and left the apartment to fill out a paper application. Luckily, (and I use this term loosely) there was no paper application to fill out and as the girl who helped me mentioned something about leaving a note for the manager, when I told her I brought in my resume. She took it and told me she'd leave it by the computer so the manager would look at it.
All this weekend I have been getting fired up, playing in my mind just how I'd march down there and talk to the manager so that I could rest assured someone, anyone, would look at the thing I have been filling out for the past 6 months.
This new fire came about after reading some articles from Forbes.com-- they said, you need to be aggressive. If you fill out an application in hopes of getting any job, even though you know you don't want it- you don't try as hard. You don't have that passion to push forward and get what you want.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't desire to work at 8 dollars an hour while I have a BA in Psychology. But I need money, to save up, to use towards a certification towards something more targeted and in demand.. We all need to start somewhere, and this temporary thing (if I end up charming them into getting it) will only be so I can eventually get a wage I am worth. But think about it. Degree or not, an empty space in your resume doesn't scream "I'm a Winner, you'd be stupid not to hire me." It sets off red flags to people before they even talk to you.
There is a gas station down the street, across from another gas station. Over the summer both erected a large sign in their tree lawn that said in large lettering "Help Wanted". I thought that this was going to be great. I live down the street, don't need to drive, could be there in a matter of minutes if they needed someone to fill in. Well it's been a few months since I filled out the application. Angered at the feeling that I was being ignored I debated over bringing in my resume and on a whim I printed it off and left the apartment to fill out a paper application. Luckily, (and I use this term loosely) there was no paper application to fill out and as the girl who helped me mentioned something about leaving a note for the manager, when I told her I brought in my resume. She took it and told me she'd leave it by the computer so the manager would look at it.
All this weekend I have been getting fired up, playing in my mind just how I'd march down there and talk to the manager so that I could rest assured someone, anyone, would look at the thing I have been filling out for the past 6 months.
This new fire came about after reading some articles from Forbes.com-- they said, you need to be aggressive. If you fill out an application in hopes of getting any job, even though you know you don't want it- you don't try as hard. You don't have that passion to push forward and get what you want.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't desire to work at 8 dollars an hour while I have a BA in Psychology. But I need money, to save up, to use towards a certification towards something more targeted and in demand.. We all need to start somewhere, and this temporary thing (if I end up charming them into getting it) will only be so I can eventually get a wage I am worth. But think about it. Degree or not, an empty space in your resume doesn't scream "I'm a Winner, you'd be stupid not to hire me." It sets off red flags to people before they even talk to you.
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