I Unfucked My Habitat!

[clex_monkie89]

Part of it anyway, at least. Today was my day off, so me and Ma went shopping and bought ALL THE THINGS. Except hangers. Then we came home and I cleaned off the kitchen table that was horrific, and my side table, which was not as horrific but still bothered me.

Tomorrow we tackle all the cabinets in the kitchen, and the bathrooms.

I also managed to get enough hours switched and traded that I did three hours of work tonight so that I would have my morning shift on Thursday free to go with Ma to her doctor again. Legit just about the only thing I like about my job is that it's work-at-home and that I have a split shift, so I work 9a-1p my time, and then 4p-8p. So it's like getting a three hour lunch in the middle of getting screamed at by morons!

P.S. Anyone know how to make a shitty resume look good? Or any kind of cover letter? I've gotten desparate enough to be seeking info from websites, even when I know they're full of shit (my cover letter REEKS of "PLEASE HIRE ME FOR ANYTHING AT ALL, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE").

Kitchen table, before:


Kitchen table, after:


My side table, before:


My side table, after:

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[lonetread]

Anyone know how to make a shitty resume look good? Or any kind of cover letter?

If I knew that, I would not be cashiering at Walmart, I can tell you that much. :/ That said, I've taken a class or two that covered the topic, so I'm not completely hopeless. What about your resume makes it shitty? There might be, say, a different way to format/structure it to emphasize something else.

I hate cover letters so so much, because I know you're supposed to use them to explain why you're Exactly The Most Perfect Candidate For This Position Ever, and mine always end up like yours: "Please, I can BE the most perfect candidate ever, just give me a chance and some training or really just hire me for anything at all, I don't even anymore, PLEASE." (For the record, I also hate the "why do you want to work here?" interview question, because I know "I just really need health insurance, like, so bad" pretty much sets the bar for wrong answers*, but it's always so much more difficult to come up with a right answer. Not having to deal with that question is just about the only upside to not having had an interview in forever, imo.)


*The other contender for "worst possible answer": I once answered this question in an interview -- for somewhere I did actually want to work, even! -- by accidentally implying they were a stepping stone to working somewhere else. Pretty sure that single question lost me my chance at the position. And I kind of can't really blame them. Clearly I fail at interviews. >_<

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I cannot STAND THAT STUPID FUCKING QUESTION. Like, really, dude? I want to work here because I need money to survive and you seem possibly willing to give that to me.

(Hit post too soon.)

Also, my biggest issue is that almost all of my history is in sales, which I am REALLY good at, but super hate. So no one ever wants to hire me for anything else.

[lonetread]

Well, that's an issue with which I can empathize but not assist. It's my biggest problem with my resume, too -- that on paper I'm perfectly qualified for programming/software engineering jobs, but I hate (and am bad at) programming, so it never ends well. I've gotten the occasional interview for a software job, too, back when I was bothering to apply for them, and each time there'd be a coding interview and it would destroy me because, no. Ugh. So yeah, I hear you; it sucks.

At least you were in sales, though! That must mean you have good communication skills and suchlike. Talk that up in your cover letters; employers love that stuff. (So I hear. Those are not exactly soft skills I can boast, personally, so I don't know from experience.)