why will nobody hire me!!!
Okay, first, I hope you are not sounding that spoiled and entitled when inquiring about a job.
Second, graduation was barely 4 months ago and seven resumes in four months is absolutely nothing.
Third, I honestly pray that your spelling, grammer, language, punctuation, etc is better in your applications, resumes, and cover letters than what you are showing here.
Fourth, what type of job are you applying for? For someone just out of high school and not attending college, the job pool is markedly smaller than for someone who is attending college or has graduated college.
You may have to just bite the bullet and apply to jobs as a cashier, waitress or even file clerk. This way you will get work experience and a employee as a reference while figuring out what you want to do for the long haul.
Lastly, check out the automated application systems in stores such as Target or Walmart or convenience stores such as as Walgreens or CVS. They offer an evaluation of your skills for training programs. (Most will want at least some college, though)
If people IN high school can get a job at a grocery store as a check out cashier with no experience, then I am sure that you can, too. You need to put yourself out there and visit the stores or businesses you want to work at and not hope that the job will come to you.
I almost posted and then thought of this. Go to a Mall and check out the "Job Book" located at the Mall Service Desk. It will have listings of all the stores within the mall who are hiring, what they are hiring for and what you need to know and do for applying to that position.
Sometimes it may seem like the questions being ask have nothing to do with the job when what the interviewer is doing is trying to understand something about you and how you conduct yourself under stress and pressure. How well to do you format your answers, are you using a lot of slang or proper English. How are you presenting yourself is your resentment at having to apply and interview for jobs that you think they should just give you coming across in you body language. My nephew who recently graduated had a similar problem, he went to a local career center where they did a few mock interviews with him to help him better understand the process and to show how some of the things he did in High School like being part of a sports team gave him skills that an employer might want. It took a bit of extra effort on his part but once he under stood how to be an active participant in job search process he was able to find a job. He also looked for a company who would help pay for him to go back to school and continue his education which is the best way to turn that entry level pay check in more money and show your employer you have plans for your future and want to advance.
ok i get that i came off as dumb and spoiled(which i am not). but really this is just a forum and grammer really isnt that important here. believe me i am a real stickler for it on applications and resumes.
but really i dont mind working as a cashier or a file clerk, those are the jobs that i am applying for! and i have also applied at walgreens, target, and walmart like you mentioned. and also i have checked the mall and they had nothing which i would be qualified for.
i really am putting myself out there. i know there are high school kids that are getting these jobs and thats the part i dont get. what do they have that i dont have? in fact i have more i have a diploma!
with that said, i am really considering joining the military at this point.
If someone's going to criticize your spelling and "grammer," be sure that person's got it right. "Grammer" is spelled "grammar." Unless you're writing about Kelsey Grammer, the actor who played Frasier.
I realize you're frustrated, but a slight attitude adjustment will help you a lot. A respectful, coherent reply to all those stupid interview questions will help you a lot. I actually admire the contempt you have for the Games Interviewers Play, but I'm not exactly a good influence on the Youth of America... However, if you want to start getting a paycheck, you have to get the chip off your shoulder and play the game. Joining the mlitary as a way to end unemployment sounds extremely...extreme.
The military might be a good idea IF- you know how being in the military is going to help you down the road. For example, say you want to learn a marketable skill. You look at the military, talk to the recruiter and he says that the military will teach you logistics management. You then come home, do some reasearch on jobs with logsitics managment in them (use the search feature on Monster for a start), you look at what's required for those jobs and consider if you're going to meet those requirements in 2 years when your tour is up. If so, hey, this could be a great thing.
The important thing is to make a plan. What do you want to be doing in a few years? What is required to do that job? Do you need experience or education or both? What are the steps to get to that job? What is the first job, second job, third job to get where you want to end up and what things do you need to get there? Then you start doing those things to get where you need to be. If you've got no clue what you want to be doing, start with you local community college's career center. They can do testing with you to determine where your strenghts, skills, abilities and interests lie. They can suggest a number of careers in those areas and a bunch of related fields you might not have considered. You can then research and see if there is a market for those fields where you want to live.
In short, the secret of life is to learn to do something that someone else is willing to pay you enough money to live comfortably on. That doesn't mean everyone has to go to college (although I do recommend that), but you do need to establish yourself with some expertise in something if you don't want to float from crummy dead end job to crummy dead end job. There are also a lot of 9-24 month programs available at community colleges and private schools to teach you a specific skill. You've seen the commercials I'm sure. Everything from massage therapy to culinary arts to HVAC repair.
Tess
Enlisting in the mlitary these days makes planning for "down the road" a huge uncertainty.
I didn't call you dumb. I can't make that determination. I didn't outright call you spoiled, but yes, I definately made that connection to you given your attitude and the way you presented yourself to these boards. I did call you entitled as in you think you deserve something to be handed to you on a silver platter just because you are you. And I made that determination from the tone of your post.
Granted these boards are informal, but for someone who wants to find a job, these boards are good practice for you to show people what you can do and how you can act.
If brat comes across in your post, then you need to practice ways to not come across that way. My nephew has that problem. He has the worst attitude of any 18 year old I have ever come across. His claim is that he doesn't act the same way around his friends or strangers. Actually, he does. But, the problem is, he doesn't realize it mainly because his friends act the same way. He didn't even realize that he comes across that way to me and claimed he only acted like a little poophead around his mother until I told him he could leave my house if he gave me "that face" one more time.
So, even though, you take those extra steps to make yourself more "employable", your attitude comes out. Here is a simple and silly exercise. When you have something to say, type it out exactly the way you are thinking it. Including sighs. When you are done typing, look at it. What you will see will surprise even you because, if you haven't cheated by backspacing to correct something, what you have typed is how you sound to people.
Try it. Have someone ask you a question and then type that answer. Don't give a lot of thought to the answer because you aren't going to have a lot of time to think in an interview. Your boss, isn't going to let you go off to a corner and gather your thoughts.
Let me ask you about the applications you have submitted to the different stores. When you come to the question, "When can you work?" or "Are you looking for Full Time or Part Time?" What are you putting down as your answer? When you are asked Full or Part Time, you should put down Both or Either. If you choose an amount of time, you will be limiting yourself to just those jobs which are offered to that time frame. For example: the store may have a certain number of full time and a certain number of part time jobs that can be offered. By indicating that you are willing to accept both, you are giving yourself twice as much of a chance to get hired at that business. If you check off Full Time and they only have five Full Time positions and all five are filled, you have just knocked yourself out of being hired there.
The same thing with hours. If you check that you are available, for example, from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m, you are opening yourself up to being placed into the "available for hire" category. But, if you are checking that you are only available 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. you aren't going to be considered "available to work the hours needed".
Most retail businesses want someone who will be available from the time they are open to the time they close so that they can be sure the shift schedule is covered at all times.
Take a look at how you look and act. You have to project an image of someone that wants to work there and someone they want to work there.
Is your hair clean, neat and trim?
When you fill out an application is your clothing neat, clean and fitting correctly?
On the job application is your handwriting clear and easy to read?
When people ask you questions do you answer coherently, with out wise cracks?
Do you project a positive image?
After turning in the application, do you ask when will they make a decision?
When that day comes do you call and ask have they made a decision?
Do you send thank you notes afterwards?
Right now you have a job and that is to find a paying job. Every morning when you wake up you look in the mirror and say I am going to find a job today. Every store you go into you ask if they are looking for help. Every day you look in the paper for jobs. Everyone you talk to that is working; you ask if their company is looking for help. When you are at home you do a search on job boards and bookmark new ones and search them everyday. Also check and bookmark local/state government and college web sites for jobs.
But on the other hand are you looking at college or training for career? Good paying jobs don’t just fall into your lap. You have to plan for them.