When They Were Little

 

They grow up way too fast! I remember the day I took this picture of William. Now he is so big that I don’t need to help him with too much any more.

Richard! This was the beginning of First Grade. He is getting way too big too. Now he is laying on beds of nails! OuCH!

Serenity First Grade!

and Fourth Grade! In first grade she wouldn’t even go near the diving board. Now she is doing front tucks off of it.

  Destiny, Third Grade and Sixth Grade!

Highly Qualified; Cannot Get Hired.

Forget getting hired, I would settle for the chance to interview. I don’t see why even when I have all the exact credentials that a company is looking for that I cannot even get an interview. I have applied, to many, many companies with not even a call back. I have revamped my resume to include all the key words that are very important to just pass through the purging system. Apparently I need to update my resume some more.

I have a multitude of skills. These include Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook. I can use Photoshop fairly well and am still learning the ins and outs of the program. I am a very competent individual who is capable of figuring out how to get something to work even when I don’t know exactly how something works. I have strong filing skills, I am a people person and am highly organized.  I have been in the field I am looking for employment in for three to five years. Unfortunately, they are not consecutive years. In between the employment in the industry I am looking for I have either been unemployed or worked in different fields.

Now that I have covered not getting an interview and my skill set, let me dive into the actual interview. Occasionally I will get an interview. I show up dressed professionally, clean and put together. Then I stumble through the interview. If I don’t stumble through I still don’t get a call back. I know that there are other candidates that may have stronger skill sets than myself but there are also people who are not nearly as qualified as myself and they get the positions that I am applying for. So what gives? I think I know. People are afraid to hire an overweight individual. They are afraid that I will hurt their company’s image. They are afraid to be around me. I must make them sick. Because I am not active, at least that is what they believe. Then there is the fact that I have four kids. We can’t hire a mom. She is going to have to take off all of the time. Um hello! I know how to schedule appointments for my kids around my schedule for my job. If I can’t get an appointment for after I am off I do have other people who can help with the kids.

This is so damn frustrating. What would happen if I was a single mom? I would need the job to keep a roof over my kids heads. Well, same thing. Just because I have a husband who works his butt off trying to keep us afloat, doesn’t mean that I don’t need employment. The fact that I am looking for employment after three years of being unemployed means that I need the job I am applying for. I just wish that I someone would hire me already. And not just making minimum wage and part time. I can’t put gas in my van for that amount of money. What more do I have to do in order to get a job? I wish I knew.