Random musings about jobs...

Job searching is hard.

In today's market you have to make sure that your resume is well polished, that your cover letter stands out - and that you, as a person are marketable.

I do not like this.

I don't have much training, I didn't go to college and have worked a number of odd-jobs throughout my years that does not give me any qualifications for the many of open positions out there.

I know that I'm a good employee. I am valuable to a team, and can represent myself and a company in a way that would make anyone proud. Believe it or not.

However, with my lack of training and my lack of experience in any particular field makes this job searching stuff difficult.

The jobs I want are not available - and although, I could excel at these positions my lack of experience is a deterrent to any employer who may come across my resume.

How then, do I out-shine people who may have more qualifications than me?

I get them to meet me. On paper, I am weak. In person, I am well spoken, well put together, and can convince you that I am the absolute best person for this job.

I have never interviewed for a job - in which I was not offered the position I was interviewing for.

Okay, here is my problem. In this busy job market AND lack of contact people via anything but email - convincing people to meet me is NOT easy. I cannot bother them via telephone and show them how determined I am. Email can be easily ignored phone calls, however, cannot. Which has me convinced this is all a scam to keep me from working. That's a lie.

However, what is true - is that I am doing what I can to get a job, to find a job and to keep a job for longer than a year.

Oy.

~Stephanie