I have been looking but im always rejected.Im 27 and all i have is call center experience and some retail.Id like a job making no less than $10 hr.Its making me very depressed.I dont understand why i cant get work.Is it because i only have a G.e.d. i dont know what to do please help.
2007-12-10 09:50:11 · 16 answers · asked by blaze 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
call ur local cable co, they are always looking for callcenter people
2007-12-10 09:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by dsatelitmn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a temp agency. My son and his wife were both out of work (not looking very hard) for over a year. Now they're both making about $10 an hour at a long term temp job. A few years ago I was laid off, and worked temp every day I wanted to work. Mostly I made $12 to $15 an hour, depending on what I was doing. I didn't mind answering phones for $10 if it wasn't too far away, but I wouldn't drive 30 miles for $10. No benefits, but many of the places I temped wanted to hire me.
The GED might have some impact, but most places don't differentiate between GED and high school diploma. The bank (very very big national bank) where I work has them combined on the application: High School Diploma/GED?
Consider the way you present yourself at interviews. Are you clean, neatly dressed and pressed, groomed hair and nails? Do you sit up straight and look directly at the interviewer? Have you prepared answers to "the" interview questions; what's your greatest strength, what's your biggest weakness, etc? Have you learned about the company? Can you ask intelligent questions? Are you confident and friendly, but not arrogant? Show them a serious candiate for the job, not a class clown.
It could be you're not looking at the right jobs, or at the right times. You might take a retail or restaurant job in the meantime. When you're not working, the employer wants to know what you're doing, how you're supporting yourself. Living at mama's is not a good answer.
2007-12-10 10:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by Debdeb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask yourself how you are presenting yourself at your job interviews:
Do you have a fresh haircut?
Have you showered and shaved?
Are your cloth freshly ironed laundered?
If the job requires a tie did you put one on for the interview?
What where your answered to the question given?
Post some here and perhaps some of us can tell you which one where answered well and which not.
Don't get hung up on the $10 an hour right now. Get a job which will get you over this hump. If you truly believe the GED is holding you back see if you can get your education paid for by your job. Cheer up and show a positive outlook at your interviews. People sense when you are down and desperate. Once you get the hold over job keep an eye open for one you would love to do. But really do some soul searching and find out what you love to do best. Then go for it.
2007-12-10 10:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by Iris R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it is disappointing, but you must not despair. Depression will make it harder and harder to want to find work. If you are desperate, work at any job and use free time to look for work. An ideal way to make money while looking for work is to work for an employment agency, such as Manpower. You get to try out different companies, they get to look at you. and maybe one will fit.
Go out every day, just as if you were working. It usually takes over a year to get back into the swing of things. Don't spend any more than you have to, live frugally, because none of your wants are important right now.
Call centers are not the best thing on a resume, but being persevering, working all of the time, being a good employee will hold weight, so again, don't despair.
Be sure your resume is perfect, accenting what the jobs you are looking for want in an employee. When I went for one job, I emphasized what they wanted, when I went to another type of job, I emphasized what qualities I had in that line of work. Even a housewife can say she can organize, has good decision making skills (she had to plan meals and when to feed the baby, didn't she?)
We think in a box, so get out of the box and emphasize all of your good qualities. Pay to have a resume made if you don't feel you have the skills. Use a search engine to find a good resume site.
Don't give up. I was fired twice, and both times, rather than sink into depression, got right back out there. I hated it, but I needed to work. I even rented out a room in my home to stay out of debt. I worked at an employment office once, and found that they found jobs for people sometimes by just calling around and asking if there were any openings. I learned so much on that job, and the worst thing is the classified. By the time you get the paper, others are filling in applications. Beat them to the punch.
And it may be time to change career fields. What do you have a passion for? Take a Strong-Campell test at your local community college, and find out where you would be happiest. And then, think positive. YOU ARE the best person for some job, just don't despair and miss it.
Some one just quit a job. Now, go get that job!!! Good luck.
2007-12-10 10:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by dutchlady 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your GED shouldn't have anything to do with it unless you are apply for jobs that aren't realistic. If you have retail experience right now everywhere is hiring. It's the best time of the year to get a retail job. You could try a temp agency they should get you a $10-$12 an hour job right away that could lead to a good long term job. Maybe you should get a few part time jobs for now as they are easier to get. Try a union labors, ironworks, carpenters, plumbers, etc.. They don't require more then a GED and you would start out making $15 a hour. I hope this helps and happy holidays
2007-12-12 06:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by jt6341 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just keep trying!!
Even if you only have retail and call center experience you can draft a good looking resume...
Take EACH AND EVERY DETAIL of what you have done and turn it into a Skill....
Like, at your call center, did you call both people and businesses? Then you can put that you are trained in business to business sales.
Did you need to type a lot and enter in the people's data? Then you are trained in data entry and take a test to figure out your typing levle... Like, I found out that I type 97 words per minuet.
Go to a temp agency like Adecco. Adecco offers health coverage and even tuition reumbursment if youy stay with them for more then 3 months and a long term contract can lead to permanint employment with the contracting company.
At a temp agency you will be asked to take tests to determine your skills... take a WHOLE DAY and take as many tests as they will let you take... The more tests you take the more you will have in your file!!!
It is the holidays! Now is the time to go!
http://www.adecco.com
Good luck!
2007-12-10 10:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the economy isn't helping anyone out right now either.....
But I will be brutally honest and say that your in this mess right now because employers look at your applications and see that your TWENTY SEVEN and have hardly any experience and no degree!!!!
But I would (for now) give up on finding a job that will pay more than 10 bucks an hour....I would take what you can get and get your butt in AT LEAST a community college and get a degree.
2007-12-10 10:02:39 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends. Do you interview well? Can you pinpoint a time during each interview in which you realize you've "lost points" so to speak, with the interviewer? How do you dress when you go to the interviews? Or are you not even getting to the interview point? Most hiring managers like to see at least one year experience in your last position. List jobs that you know will give you good reviews. Are you applying for positions that match your experience? You are far too vague here for us to help. At which point to you begin having a problem?
2007-12-10 09:55:33 · answer #8 · answered by gilgamesh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello
I am only 17 but I make over $5000 a month(legally). For everyone out there who hates going to work and the pay they get I have a solution for you. Sell on ebay. Dont laugh I'm serouis. I make more money than my parents and I only go online for 2 hours a day. Go on ebay and get a feel for how things work in cyber space. It just might be your ticket out of your horrible slump.
If you need any help on that feel free to contact me.
2007-12-10 14:57:24 · answer #9 · answered by abdi a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I def think there is a way to punish her using the law. i think you can sue her for deframation of character? which resulted in your husband getting fired and losing your residence. make it so that it was under false pretenses because having an affair is a moral issue not a legal issue like sexual harassment. cuz she was involved in the affair so its not like it was all ur husband so why should his reputation and character be ruined while she still has her job and her husband? Also i think you should use this opportunity to supeana the cell phone company to get the info to back ur case up in case she tries something new u have those pics to counter her proof.
2016-05-22 22:15:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Blaze,
Your best bet would to try a temp agency until you get a permanent job. I know some people who have gotten perm jobs from going to a company as a temp.
I would try this after Monster.com... Hotjobs.com etc...
2007-12-10 09:55:17 · answer #11 · answered by The Grinch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋