Oh the Joys of Job Hunting

So, it's now July 12th, 2011... We're just past the halfway point of a the year and about a third of the way through my summer vacation. Great math skills right? Well anyway the point would be, only 2/3s of my summer left and I STILL don't have a job (-__-). 

I am SO not a fan of job searching. I hate wandering into places to do something that is not the intended use of the place. Like walking into a restaurant to ask for an application... restaurants are for ordering food; when you walk into one, the people expect you to want food. You're job when you first walk into a restaurant is to tell them how many people you have so that you can be seated, not to turn the tables on them and ask them a question they or may not know the answer to (most questions asked of me when I was a hostess were ones that I could not answer -__- they always want to know such ridiculously OBSCURE things and I want to know where they get the idea that I would know the answer?) But anyway, getting distracted there, I don't like being the person to throw them a curve-ball, even if they are perfectly capable of handling it.

I also hate going to a company for followups. I went to several today and every time I asked to see a manager and every time the employees asked me why, and then didn't let me see a manager (-__-). Apparently Kohl's doesn't care if you walk in to introduce yourself and followup; they don't want to know you. They just want your application and they "will call you" if they pick you (and IF they're hiring) for a group interview. Okay fine Kohl's whatever; I will wait around for you to decide your ready, meanwhile my funds are dwindling. Luckily I got my last pay check for my job at UCR a week ago and haven't deposited it yet, so that's guaranteed money to tide me over till I can start earning some more, but it wasn't much of a paycheck since it was for an incomplete month. 

So then I walked to another store... Old Navy I think, because I had applied to two "open" positions online and wanted to followup, and they said since they were NOT hiring anytime soon because they were done for the season, there was no need to speak to a manager, and that in a few months someone might get back to me about it (-__-).

I went to so many places today. Turned in an application to Tilly's; tried to follow up on Kohl's, and Old Navy; asked about applying to: Ross, Styles For Less, Petco, Payless, TjMaxx, and more; still need to followup with Michael's; still need to apply online for: Styles For Less, Payless, TjMaxx, Ross, Petco, Famous Footwear, Sports Chalet, Target, and... ugh I forget where else, I'll have to check my notes. But anyway, you get the picture. Job hunting is a TON of work, and I'm not exactly a too hopeful about it after how LAST summer went :/ ... at least this year I have work experience.

So yeah... anyway... I need work, I need to make money, and I need to start saving money, before I go back to classes in the fall. Anybody need a babysitter? Babysitting was always my primary income as a preteen. I love kids and I can drive to you, so if you have kids and need a day/night to yourself or know someone who does, please hit me up! My rates are low and I have a ton of experience with children of all ages. I have taught Sunday School classes, volunteered in the church nursery, have worked with kids from newborn to high school age, and have a baby sister of my own, so I am well qualified. Let me know if you could use my help.

Well, now I probably sound a little desperate and I guess I  am; I need to start saving money for my own life. I'm going to be twenty this year and my parents still pay for the bulk of my expenses... I am ashamed of this fact, but as yet have no way of changing it. If you have odd jobs that you need done and don't want to do, please consider me. I can Spackle, paint, clean, wield a pickax, a hammer, a shovel, anything at all, mow lawns, (I know I am a girl, but I'm no stranger to manual labor), bind quilts, bake, care for animals while you're on vacation, etc. You name it. 

Okay that's enough. I suppose I shouldn't be using my blog to ask for employment opportunities lol... but hey what the heck, it's my blog, and it's worth a shot! 

Oh and another thing I HATE about job searching, and more specifically interviews... "selling myself." I hate bragging about myself and what I am good at. I hate answering the questions like are you a harder worker than other people? Would you say you're a leader? Blah blah blah blah blah. Why do I have to compare myself to other people and brag about myself? I feel SO BEYOND conceited whenever I'm being interviewed and I try so hard not to be that I think I probably undersell myself and leave employers feeling less than impressed. I don't want to tell you how great I think I am, I want to work for you and then you can make your own judgement. 

If only the world didn't revolve around money :/

Anybody else feel this way?

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