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.
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