Proud Mary

"Left a good job in the city,
Workin for the man ev'ry night and day
And I never lost a minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
rollin', rollin' rollin' on the river..."-- Tina Turner <3

So I'm up this late... Looking for a job. Because little proud Mary me decided California was a great idea. Okay not really. But reality is, I need a job A. S. A. P. And I am seriously desperate now. I have been without a job since April, spent April and May in Sacramento, Spent most of June looking for a job here, and the beginning of July, I spent in a mental institution. The rest of July I spent in Mexico. It is now towards the end of August. Nothing yet. I am so impatient. And kind of a snob when it comes to where I work. I am so quick to turn up my nose at anything below double digits. There are two sides to this argument. One being that I know I simply can't survive on that. Second one being, anything is better than nothing.

My resume, which gets molded to perfection and edited every time I apply for a different position, is quite extraordinary. I am bilingual in Spanish, and I have an impeccable customer service track record. I have management experience. I can do it all... So why am I not getting called!?

None of this "I blame the economy" bullshit. I mean I do, but in reality those job openings are there, so the jobs are there. It's all a matter of how I am presenting myself. I have to sell myself and show them what I can do. Most hiring managers are pretty sick of Times New Roman, 12 pt. font Joe Schmoe. They want this hiring process to be as easy as possible for them, they want the right person. This is almost like a dating game. Where those Casanovas with the charms will get the job and leave the rest of the potential employees in the dust. Dog eat dog world.

So what to do? Build my way up, start at a low paying job for now, while I recover from this major blow? Or get in there and sell myself real good. I mean show them I am way better than anyone else. Give them a reason to remember me. That's who they want for their company. Not average, boring Joe Schmoe, who is just there to pass the time and collect a paycheck. These are things I have actually conversed with hiring managers at various places I've been employed at.

Same thing I always get when people say why they hired me: my bubbly personality. It is a gift and a curse. Because it annoys me. I am also pretty freaking intelligent and totally rock at doing whatever it is you asked me to do. But yeah way to ignore my qualifications.

Anyways I have also received notices about being over qualified and shit. Can you believe that! Fucking kidding me right? I am stinkin unemployed, I will flip burgers, I don't even care... Actually true story, I do care. I just can't work with food. For two reasons: It makes me super fat, and it makes me hate said food. Places that are forever ruined for me: Subway and Village Inn. Yup.

Registered Medical Assistant AND Physical Therapy Technician certifications: double check those bitches. Yeah while going to MCC I decided to go ahead and go to Apollo College and get both of these, for you know, job security. Well this shit stinks. I have all these scrubs (all like two sizes two small now) that I don't wear because this route sucks. I have the worst luck with these places. On top of that, I feel like I need to take a refresher course.

Anyways more on this to come, I have filled out a total of 6 applications tonight and my hands ache. I'm going to bed. More to come on this subject.

<3 ya'll