The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33431   Message #447258
Posted By: Hollowfox
23-Apr-01 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Job search woes
Subject: RE: BS: Job search woes
After about nine months with a degree in anthropology and no job, I went to Snelling & Snelling. For a cut of my first few paychecks, they got me a job as a ward clerk in a hospital. Either S & S or the hospital could work for you. After getting my master's degree (some few years later) I ended up as a museum guide, but it didn't pay as well as the hospital jobs I had. I also found that Kelly paid better than Manpower (if that compans is still around).
When you list your skills, list any audiovisual machines you know how to operate (overhead projector, slide projector, etc), and office machines as well; even photocopiers. In pre-computer days, it showed a certain mechanical skill and general trainability, and a lack of fear of technology/machines. It might still help.
One important thing that hasn't come up. If you sign on with a temp agency, call every day that you don't have a job, and even if it's some small potatoes, dull gig, take the first job they offer you. Both of these are seen by the service as evidence that you really want to work. To not do these is evidence to them that you don't really care, and they won't call you. Good luck, Mary