We're hiring. Not.

Falkner · #1 05-19-2010, 09:37 AM

I'm desperately trying to get out of my horrible dead end job for anything else I can find. I keep finding local chains that say they're hiring, yet every time I apply I never hear anything from them. After a few days I've called or gone in to ask if they're still hiring (always a yes to that) and express my interest. They say they'll give my app right to the person in charge of hiring. Great. Still get nothing, and after a few times of that they tell me they're not hiring anymore.

Job hunting is so frustrating. It's not like I'm applying for some highly skilled trade or something, just stocking shelves or sweeping the floor. Why is it so hard to get a job from retail and grocery stores that so readily advertise their need of help?

Just venting here. Michigan sucks.

L-A · #2 05-19-2010, 09:54 AM

Is your resume interesting?

ProgRapture · #3 05-19-2010, 10:27 AM

Good luck man, I'm in one of the best states for employment, and I'm still having trouble. The only advice I can offer is don't get complacent, and send out at applications to at least 3 places a day.

MJ5150 · #4 05-19-2010, 11:23 AM

You're talking to the wrong people. Find the "person in charge", and speak with them directly.

-Mike

mike_v_s · #5 05-19-2010, 11:33 AM

How are you dressed/groomed when you go in? People will toss an application over that.

Mike

MatticusMania · #6 05-19-2010, 11:41 AM

Don't ask for employment, DEMAND EMPLOYMENT!

i_got_a_mohawk · #7 05-19-2010, 01:47 PM

Time to update the ol' CV or application techniques.

L-A · #8 05-19-2010, 01:52 PM

Seriously. Have you found a way to stand out? Can you find one? Presenting yourself like you're the average joe is not a superb plan.

If can't tell why it doesn't work, you might want to try some help.
http://www.blueskyresumes.com

jonathan_matos5 · #9 05-19-2010, 01:57 PM

im in the same boat here.

all i want is a part time job for the time i am in college. it seems because i have basic communication skills and computer skills i get told i am over qualified.

it is like i am doomed drop out of college and work a full time job in a %^& call center or be a broke college student without a job.

i made it to an interview at a local fast food chain. the interviewer said he just wanted to meet me. told me i was overqualified for the job and that i wouldn't be happy. then he ended the interview.

elgecko · #10 05-19-2010, 01:59 PM

1. In the current economy, you're lucky to have a job at all.

2. Is there something in your resume that's scaring people off (i.e. you've held 13 jobs in the last 12-months, criminal history, etc)?

MatticusMania · #11 05-19-2010, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5

i made it to an interview at a local fast food chain. the interviewer said he just wanted to meet me. told me i was overqualified for the job and that i wouldn't be happy. then he ended the interview.

Thats when you should have told him you'd be even less happy without a job to support your way of life, which is simply school, food, homework, sleep, and that you easily had 20-40 hours a week to spare not sitting in front of a TV. You would have left that interview employed.

username n/a · #12 05-19-2010, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Falkner

Michigan sucks.

I concur with your sentiment.

73jbass · #13 05-19-2010, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Don't ask for employment, DEMAND EMPLOYMENT!

Yep.Make demands on someone you need to help you. That's a sure way to get in the door!

MJ5150 · #14 05-19-2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Falkner

Michigan sucks.

Well that's a bummer. I will be there for a week starting Sunday.

-Mike

MatticusMania · #15 05-19-2010, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 73jbass

Yep.Make demands on someone you need to help you. That's a sure way to get in the door!

Its how I got my job.

standupright · #16 05-19-2010, 03:34 PM

it's frustrating no matter what you are applying for. i have been out of regular employment for over a year now. it's a tough market.

MJ5150 · #17 05-19-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 73jbass

Yep.Make demands on someone you need to help you. That's a sure way to get in the door!

For my first IT job, I told the interview team they would be foolish not to hire me. I got the job a week later.

Was it because of what I said? I like to think so, but probably more like I was the least bad person to pick from.

-Mike

Falkner · #18 05-19-2010, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

You're talking to the wrong people. Find the "person in charge", and speak with them directly.

-Mike

That's a point I forgot to mention in the first post. Everywhere I try, the person in charge is perpetually not in until next Monday, on vacation, just not here today, or too busy. It's nuts and I think they just don't want to talk to people anymore.

As for a resume I don't have one. I never thought it would be worth anything when going for such a low level job. I couldn't think of anything to put o it. Finished high school with one year of college? That's already on my job app.

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How are you dressed/groomed when you go in? People will toss an application over that.

I like to think I look decently presentable. Dark collared shirts and the black khakis I wear at my current job look pretty good. Not dirty or full of holes or anything. Sometimes I think I'm not considered because I'm a homely guy and not a hot young girl, which these places seem to hire by the dozen.

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In the current economy, you're lucky to have a job at all.

I know. It's this thought that keeps me sane since I know what it's like without one. It doesn't change the fact that I'd do any job other than the one I have now.

mike_v_s · #19 05-19-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Falkner

I like to think I look decently presentable. Dark collared shirts and the black khakis I wear at my current job look pretty good. Not dirty or full of holes or anything. Sometimes I think I'm not considered because I'm a homely guy and not a hot young girl, which these places seem to hire by the dozen.

I ask because I've seen people apply for jobs in basketball jerseys and the like. Seems people have forgotten how to apply for a job and interview. With respct to what you were wearing: I'd assume that would suffice, though lighter colors are probably better. Good luck.

Mike

coreyfyfe · #20 05-19-2010, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5

i made it to an interview at a local fast food chain. the interviewer said he just wanted to meet me. told me i was overqualified for the job and that i wouldn't be happy. then he ended the interview.

They don't want to train someone who will be too educated to need the job. If you don't care about your employment, you're more likely to a nuisance than someone who needs the job because they literally have no other alternative. Further to that, they don't want to waste time training you if you're going to leave in 6 months.

Sucks. But that's business.