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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Job hunting sucks!!!!

I spent nearly 6 months out of last year job hunting. It sucked so much. Now the agency I currently work at is having financial difficulties and the staff is unsure how much longer we will have jobs. Hence, I am back to job hunting. I HATE job hunting. I'm sure everyone does, but considering it took me so long to find my perfect job and I'm in it and I don't want to not be in this job, but circumstances are beyond my control I now have to job hunt.

I despise the fact that my resume doesn't speak for itself and I have to do cover letters and/or extra applications (really my resume and cover letter isn't enough you ALSO need what is essentially a resume on your own format?!?! is that really necessary?) I understand that this blog is out in the stratosphere of the internet and anyone can see it. And after reading this blog you feel that I am not going to be a good worker or something then you are quite wrong. And you are missing a good employee. I kick ass as an employee. I work hard and work to better the agency in any way possible. You are missing out!
This is going to be my new cover letter I think:

To Whom It May Concern:

Please hire me. I need a job. I'm applying to this one because, as you can see by my resume, I have the job qualifications. If you think I don't for whatever reason then give me a call or email, I will respond in a timely manner. If someone else has more qualifications, then fine hire them. I need a job. If I don't get a job then I suppose eventually I will be homeless. The economy sucks. I get that. You have a lot of job applicants. I get that too. Good luck with the employee search. That probably sucks just as much as job hunting.

Feel free though to stop here. I work hard. I have good references. Again, you can see my qualifications. If I wasn't qualified or knew I couldn't do the job I wouldn't be applying. I am a quick learner and have worked with so many different people that I can pretty much work with every personality. I think I'm nice. I take constructive criticism and try to better myself.

Since I have a degree in social work I am not in the world to make money, but to affect positive change in the world. However, I have a master's degree, hence I have master's degree student loans that need paying back (as well as my undergrad loans). I need enough money to make some sort of living and also pay those back. I would also prefer not to be working when I'm like 80 so I'd like to have some sort of retirement, since we all know social security won't exist 50 years from now. So if the salary could just represent that I'd be thrilled. Also, because our country doesn't have an adequate health care plan that includes covered insurance I need good insurance benefits. If you can't cover that then I guess that doesn't work for me, and I'm sorry to have wasted your time.

Again, good luck in the job search and I hope that you find someone who will fit into the position. I could be that person. And you'd be done.

Thanks.

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