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evilmatt · 03-15-2010, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by archetypal fool

I'm in a similar boat.

--Rant--

Even as a bilingual college graduate, I've indiscriminately applied for no less than 200 jobs since I graduated in December - I'm talking every kind of job I saw open: fast food (ALL of them, BK, McD's, Checkers, Sonic's, Wendy's, etc.), janitorial, delivery driving, sales, security, administrative, labor, construction, etc. (all the things that a trained monkey could do), as well as jobs I've actually trained for and am qualified in (lab work, biology, chemistry, etc.) - and yet I've been invited to two interviews in this time, neither of which lead to anything; and the funny thing is, both of those were offered because the employers were looking for females, and my name resembles a popular girl's name. As soon as they saw me/heard my voice, I was out.

I currently apply to at least four jobs a day and have nothing to show for it. I'd apply for more, if only 90% of ads didn't require years of experience for some mundane position that can be learned in less than a week. My resume and cover letter has been reviewed by career advisers who gave me the thumbs up, so I'm fairly sure these aren't the culprits.

Just a piece of advice, take it or leave it. When applying for jobs for which you are grossly overqualified, leave the degree off. Say you took some classes at community, as someone who has been in charge of hiring in the past I can tell you the first thing that crossed my mind when seeing a college graduate applying for a retail job is that they're just looking for a paycheck and will leave for a better job in a heartbeat. No one wants that kind of employee. Even if that's exactly what kind of employee you are, don't tip them off to it. Just get your foot in the door, work there until something better comes along and jump ship.