Kaymyth she/her Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 I'll try. In the meantime, it seems like every day I have another reason to want to leave, but it seems less and less likely I ever will. Yesterday I vowed to apply for a job a day, so of course today there was nothing I'm qualified for that isn't part-time. My mom has been suggesting I send my resume and cover letter to my dad so he can take a look at it, which I've been avoiding because I…just don't want to, I guess? I want to feel like I did this on my own. Maybe that's stupid, but it's how I'm feeling. Anyway, she's feeling stressed today, and when she's stressed she starts giving orders, so today her suggestion became a command. Not even a nice one; just a "You need to send your dad your cover letter, and if you're applying for a posting, you need to send that to him too so he can take a look at it." So it's like a catch-22 of suck: I need to leave, but the resource I need to accomplish that is out of my grasp. I'd be happy to take a look at them, if you like.
Zathoth Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 So today in Creative Writing, we started our horror unit. And... I'm afraid of horror. It sounds a bit paradoxical, but hear me out. I simply dislike the horror genre. It just leaves me with this horrible sinking feeling that I hate. This extends to most murder mysteries, although not Sherlock Holmes. And there was that one time... (spoilered for rant). So, in 7th grade, we were forced to read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I've already covered that I don't like murder mysteries. However, the thing about murder mysteries is the suspense and gripping quality of it. So, naturally, I started to read ahead one day, fully enveloped in the morbid plot. When I had finally reached the "end," it was 10 o'clock at night. Since my teacher had so helpfully torn out the last few pages in the book explaining what happened, I was half-expecting a crazed serial killer to come out of my closet and murder me. We didn't go over the ending until two weeks later. I fully believed I was going insane. This only expanded my hatred of horror. This is why I question the books they choose for us to read. And now, I'm probably going to have to write a horror story of my own. Really? This is not what I signed up for. Unnn... Im not quite sure if this is going to help, but how would you feel if I gave you some good horror? https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_the_Late_Edgar_Allan_Poe/Volume_1/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death Masque of the Red Death http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx The Color out of Space http://slimebeast.com/stories/he_does_birthdays.php He Does Birthdays by Slimebeast (Everything this man does is gold) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNN188MXeN8 Hoover Dam by Dead Palette http://www.creepypasta.com/mr-widemouth/ Mr Widemouth http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/creepypasta/images/c/c7/Mirror_lake.png/revision/latest?cb=20130212001003 Mirror Lake I may have gotten a little carried away... Oh yeah, shameless self promotion http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/46737-lord-morzathoths-collection-of-oddities/#entry339681 I definitely got a little carried away XD
Orlion Blight he/him Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 The thing about cover letters and resumes is whatever worked for your parents is so out-of-date now, their advice would actually get your resume rejected (I even read somewhere that doing cover letters is becoming a huge no-no). What you need to look at is first: your resume is advertising yourself for a specific job. This means that you may find yourself sending out different resumes to different job applications. This is because you aren't applying to be a librarian, but you are applying to be THAT librarian there. You want to be to the point. You want to include just enough information to interest your perspective employer. That's what seemed to work best for me... and having a "man on the inside".... networking is incredible, so take my advice how you want and remember: you have gotten call backs, your resume is actually probably not an issue... which means I just wasted your time! Mwahaha!
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 The thing about cover letters and resumes is whatever worked for your parents is so out-of-date now, their advice would actually get your resume rejected (I even read somewhere that doing cover letters is becoming a huge no-no). What you need to look at is first: your resume is advertising yourself for a specific job. This means that you may find yourself sending out different resumes to different job applications. This is because you aren't applying to be a librarian, but you are applying to be THAT librarian there. You want to be to the point. You want to include just enough information to interest your perspective employer. That's what seemed to work best for me... and having a "man on the inside".... networking is incredible, so take my advice how you want and remember: you have gotten call backs, your resume is actually probably not an issue... which means I just wasted your time! Mwahaha! My dad manages a call center and is in charge of hiring right now, so he does have some expertise with cover letters and whatnot. And a lot of the jobs I've applied for asked for cover letters, so....libraries are a little behind the times? I don't know how much I trust my parents on this, though. I told my mom about the Farmington job, and she said, "Well you do have extensive experience with children." Yeah. As a Sunday school teacher. I'm probably lucky the interviewers didn't burst out laughing when I mentioned that.
Delightful Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 Why would they laugh at that? Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
Left he/him Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 Why would they laugh at that? Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I agree with Delightful, it's quite reasonable. It shows you've had experience interacting with younger folks from a position of authority, and adolescent management skills.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 I don't know. I just remember that during the Anchorage interview, when I mentioned that, one of them just leaned forward, chin in her hand, staring at the webcam, like she was saying None of this is even worth writing down and you are wasting our time by mentioning it. I feel like all my experience is wrong. Like I spent all my time on the wrong things and now it's worthless.
Haelbarde he/him Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 My dad manages a call center and is in charge of hiring right now, so he does have some expertise with cover letters and whatnot. And a lot of the jobs I've applied for asked for cover letters, so....libraries are a little behind the times? I don't know how much I trust my parents on this, though. I told my mom about the Farmington job, and she said, "Well you do have extensive experience with children." Yeah. As a Sunday school teacher. I'm probably lucky the interviewers didn't burst out laughing when I mentioned that. When I applied for work at an OSHC company, I cited teaching Sunday School in my cover letter, and repeated it in the interview, and no one laughed at me. I got a job with the company even. (Dunno if these things are different in the US). It's a great example of being able to work with (presumably) younger children. I'd say it's certainly not irrelevant.
Curious Anamaximder he/him Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 As an insomniac, I feel ya. Just keep swimmin', and I'll be there to hug you in spirit. (I guess hugs are my thing now. Huh.) Thanks- A fellow insomniac 1
Delightful Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 I don't know. I just remember that during the Anchorage interview, when I mentioned that, one of them just leaned forward, chin in her hand, staring at the webcam, like she was saying None of this is even worth writing down and you are wasting our time by mentioning it. I feel like all my experience is wrong. Like I spent all my time on the wrong things and now it's worthless. Maybe she was totally captivated by what you were saying?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Maybe she was totally captivated by what you were saying? No, there was disapproval on her face. I'm good at recognizing that when I see it. And today my boss asked me if I can stay a little late on Monday. I assume it's because he wants to talk to me about something. I don't think they'd have found another candidate so quickly, but I still don't know for sure. I want to assume it's a good thing, that they're moving me to the morning shift, but I'm afraid that if I do and it turns out I really am getting fired, the news will hit me even harder because I'll have gotten my hopes up.
Delightful Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Try keep both possibilities open - don't despair but also don't get your hopes up too high. :/. Could you ask what it's about? In other news, I'm choosing what to wear based on "can I run for my life in this" :/. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Try keep both possibilities open - don't despair but also don't get your hopes up too high. :/. Could you ask what it's about? In other news, I'm choosing what to wear based on "can I run for my life in this" :/. He's always so busy that I'm afraid to ask. Hey, that's an awesome wardrobe strategy.
Delightful Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 He's always so busy that I'm afraid to ask. Hey, that's an awesome wardrobe strategy. ask for a quick meeting?It's only awesome so long as I don't have to run...... But thanks.
Kaymyth she/her Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 No, there was disapproval on her face. I'm good at recognizing that when I see it. And today my boss asked me if I can stay a little late on Monday. I assume it's because he wants to talk to me about something. I don't think they'd have found another candidate so quickly, but I still don't know for sure. I want to assume it's a good thing, that they're moving me to the morning shift, but I'm afraid that if I do and it turns out I really am getting fired, the news will hit me even harder because I'll have gotten my hopes up. Well, statistically speaking, people rarely get fired on a Monday. So there's that. Try keep both possibilities open - don't despair but also don't get your hopes up too high. :/. Could you ask what it's about? In other news, I'm choosing what to wear based on "can I run for my life in this" :/. This why in my world, fancy dress shoes = combat boots. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Sure friend, I love being slapped in the face. Go ahead. Literally or figuratively?
Mistrunner Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 My mom just told these people I will babysit their five kids on Saturday. I'm good with babysitting when I know the kids. I've met them once, very briefly. And I doubt I'm getting paid. Just. No. 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 My mom just told these people I will babysit their five kids on Saturday. I'm good with babysitting when I know the kids. I've met them once, very briefly. And I doubt I'm getting paid. Just. No. Ugh. You've been voluntold. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Yeah. I hate being voluntold. If there were a way to make it illegal for parents to voluntell their kids for things they want them to do, I'd push for it. I mean, honestly, no sane adult would volunteer another adult for free babysitting, completely ignoring the other things said adult might have planned for that night, without repercussions, so I don't see why parents should be allowed to do it to their children. 1
Mistrunner Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) I hate being voluntold. If there were a way to make it illegal for parents to voluntell their kids for things they want them to do, I'd push for it. I mean, honestly, no sane adult would volunteer another adult for free babysitting, completely ignoring the other things said adult might have planned for that night, without repercussions, so I don't see why parents should be allowed to do it to their children. Same. And my mom's telling me that "when she was my age she took all the babysitting jobs she could," and that she would get called up for jobs without knowing the kids at all, and is basically telling me I should get a job. Even ignoring the fact that she got paid for this, there's so much I disagree with. I mean, I can babysit, and it can be fun. But I can't just go in there without even knowing the kids' names and be fun and bubbly and whatnot. Edited October 15, 2015 by Mistrunner 1
ThirdGen Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 There were times when if you wanted to find a job, all you had to do was ask around. It was that easy. I don't know this from personal experience, just from older people shaking their heads at my filling out dozens of job applications and getting straight-up no response. I finally got somewhere with the help of a temp agency, but I'm in a city. It's not a big city, but it's a 2-million-plus metropolitan area. Spoilered for socioeconomic ranting: People, regular, walking-around people, used to have more money. Adjust for inflation and all that, yeah, yeah, but it really used to be more wealth in working people's hands. Then the global investments of the post-WW2 boom started to slowly drop off in the early 60s, accelerating much faster in the 70s. '71 - Nixon dropped the dollar from the gold standard, decoupling it from other financial obligations in the process. Didn't really work, inflation spiraled even as the economy stagnated. '79 to '81 - Paul Volcker, chairman of the Federal Reserve under Carter and Reagan, raised interest rates to shock the economy to a different course. Companies dealt with the reduced profits by demolishing union agreements. Didn't help, then helped-ish, a bit, for some, in the 80s. 80s and 90s - merger & acquisition firms sprung up specializing in cutting companies up and selling off their assets, as the American workforce was genuinely producing less, so not a lot of useful labor was producing a profit. Helped for some. Mid-90s, rules were severely relaxed for investment firms and loads of cash was dumped into the stock market. Helped a lot for even fewer. 2000s, market crashes bookend an artificially inflated housing market. 2010s, a "recovery" while the rate of labor force participation continues to drop. This is US-centric just because of my limited frame of reference, but average people have had to make do with less money continually for a couple generations. And the wealth goes more and more to the richest, to the point where the richest 1% of the global population now owns more than half of the world's wealth. Long story short, it's not your fault, though it doesn't help to live in a small town. There are a lot of things that don't help. 2
ThirdGen Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Right now, I just need a hug. <double hug> 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Right now, I just need a hug. *hugs* 1
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