Ok so since last time I cooled now.....for the most part. The job hunting is going good. Got a few interviews Wednesday so woot woot. But before we get into that I have a shout out. I LOVE my awesome fiance. I applied for this cheesy position for " Company looking for entry level position to breed into managers blah blah blah." So optimistic me was all golly gee! This could be my chance for my big break! And I applied and they actually called and I got a phone interview! Which I promptly fumbled but apparently 20 other people did wayyyy worse then me so they called me up for an in office follow up interview. So I got all fancy with my formal attire and gelled hair and did great . It was some company that does gloried samples at bulk and pride themselves on their unique "direct marketing techniques". Which I think I will rant about after the story. ANYHOO so that was on a Friday and during the weekend I fell deathly ill with something I get every couple of months and me and my mortally wounded self was also moving into a new apartment so I wasn't worried about them calling me back Monday. Tuesday rolls around and I finally get better and still no call. I called them 5 times, I II III IV V Times leaving them 4 notes with their secretary between Monday and Tuesday and nothing at all. So Wednesday rolls around and my fiance comes home as grumpy as grumpy cat itself. To cheer her up we went out for pizza and during the drive she was asking me about the job and I was like I give up, they are a bunch of jerk faces anyways. She grabbed my phone dialed their office on her phone and opened up a gate to hell unleashing it on that poor tiny office of theirs. Had to be the best rage call ever. And it wasn't even vulgar It was the Your company is unprofessional and you hipsters have no business edict what so ever and just plain suck. I was bad and couldn't hold it in bursting out laughing while shes metaphorically biting heads off. So thanks baby, wasn't gonna get the job before and definitely not gonna get it now but you know what? TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!
Ok now something else. Remember that "Direct Marketing Technique"? Its so stupid. That's something that annoys me about cooperate America they have to put these fancy gody labels for everything. Let me get on and help you guys translate.
"Sales Representative"
This is a tricky one you have to be careful with. It means essentially person whom sells(salesperson) stuff. BUT the context i copied this from was for a certain makeup company known for going door to door to annoy people. My fiance got suckered into this and learned her lesson. Not advised unless your willing to invest money and probably not get it back not to mention the gas you have to drive around with to hand out the stupid fliers not to mention no guaranteed Income.
It also could mean guy who sells or recommend you stuff at the store But again salesperson is too simple we need big words like representative to make it so prestigious . Please.
Team Member :
This is what the cooperate world calls a grunt or peon whom does multiple tasks.
Expediter:
Guy who yells that other people to go faster and gets paid for it.
Associate:
Pretty much same as Team Member, Employee? Noooo has to be fancy and complex
That just a few. If any of you have any other good ones post in the comments.
Another thing you have to watch out for is the dreaded word commission I loathhhh that word. Some people are good at selling and love it. People like me prefer to be guaranteed a wage that can pay bills that doesn't depend on how many people are gullible enough to take out loans on new cars that depreciate greatly as soon as they leave the lot. Or sometimes that word "Sales Representative may catch you off guard when you apply for a position you think is just setting up product displays which would be awesome but instead you find yourself going door to door selling overpriced vacuums and competing against the jehovah
witness's for neighborhood dominance.
Like I said, I got a few interviews tomorrow. One of them is for a big chain pet store that's nation wide. This is hands down the WORST part about job hunting.
You are desperate enough to fill out 200-250 of these.
Strongle Disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Psych Test.....I remember I applied for wollyworld and had to take one of these and it said I didn't qualify for the position I was like Da F&q? But these are so annoying. God forbid managers interviewing a hopeful for an hour to get a handle on who they are nooooo we need to bombard you with endless vague questions. I had one that was like I prefer to do my work at a slow and steady pace. How do you answer that? Yes so you don't mess anything up? Or no, so you can work faster and keep up with the rush? Or what is they think you say no and your gonna be fast and do a poor job? Or what if they mean yes and they want you to make sure you do a good job? Some of these you can over think so easily. What was really bad was I applied for a couple positions. Same application for multiple positions? HA NO. I had to fill out these 200 questions 3 TIMES. 200 for 3 positions, My brain was so fried after all of that I just ate and slept the rest of the day.
Further more whats the point of having a resume if they are gonna make you fill out you work exp., education, and all that anyways? Why can't they just take the resume? Noooo It has to be in the cooperate system. So job exp. whats the name? easy. whats the position and duties? Ok simple. when did you work there MM/DD/YYYY.... how in the world am I supposed to know that, it was like 5 years ago? Supervisors Name and # and if asked would they rehire you?..... Why do you need that if your gonna ask for references anyways. As many as I have filled out they are just gonna get annoyed from the calls assuming the managers even use that info which they probably don't.
But I digress good hunting and I promise I will talk about something not work related later!!!
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