I’m in the US, no degree, and absolutely sick to death of working in retail.

I’ve tried all the jobs website. They haven’t even gotten me an interview. The only job search method that’s ever given me results is to think of businesses near me and apply to them directly. But that only leaves me working more retail, since public facing businesses are all I’m interacting with.

I just want a job that pays my bills, and lets me work on a consistent schedule. I’m so sick of having my hours constantly whipped back and forth. I just want to go to bed at the same time every day.

  • Iconoclast@feddit.uk
    12·
    13 days ago

    I don’t think it’s luck. What probably explains more of it is that I was applying for a job that involves getting your hands dirty in a company with less than 10 employees.

    I stand behind my advice. I think displaying a genuine personality will pay off in the long run. Nobody remembers the generic application they trashed without reading, but they do remember the guy who showed up as himself.

    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
      26·
      13 days ago

      And me applying to the same sort of postion in yhe same sort of company means you really are just working with confirmation bias.

      • Iconoclast@feddit.uk
        12·
        13 days ago

        I’m not making any statements about universal truths here. I’ve simply followed the advice given to me and gotten good results with it, so I want to spread it forward. I’m just trying to be helpful.

        This is such a Lemmy moment again.

        • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
          37·
          13 days ago

          Well, it seems most people on lemmy find it to be bad advice, and they seem to have gotten there by trying it.

          So thanks for creating the “lemmy moment”