I have been really busy the last couple of weeks, but I finally found a job. Just a temporary one. At least it’s a start, and I needed the money a couple months ago.
Have you any idea how hard it is to look for employment when
so many places are by appointment only or worse still, online only.
And I say worse still because those sights never actually
route you to where you can apply. Or at least I don’t think any of them did,
but it sure got me on a ton of email and text alerts for jobs I’m not qualified
for.
Some of the jobs were physically out of my ability range,
and several were out of my skills range. What’s up with that?
And I can’t tell you how many times some website or another
notified me of full-time positions when I had clearly indicated that I was
looking for part-time work. My doctor said I could only work twenty hours a
week.
I also received several notices and “offers” from a company
in Idaho Falls. I can’t afford the gas for a job clear up there. What are they
thinking? That’s just absurd.
They also keep sending me jobs that require a CDL, I at no
time said I a CDL. Man, I can’t have a CDL, since I recently learned no one
with Diabetic neuropathy cannot have one. I guess I’m lucky I can still legally
drive at all. That may change.
And I have no idea why they keep sending me job offers for
CNA’s or nurses when I have no such licensing or skills. Never in a million
years.
I did find a couple that sounded promising for me, right up
until I noticed the bit about having to lift 30 pounds. Yee gads, people,
you’re lucky I can walk, give me a break.
And there are only two jobs I’m sure I applied for.
One where my friend gave me the link direct to the company’s
website, no middle-man site, and the one where I applied in person, after my
bishop got me the interview.
I know I tried several times to apply for the at-home job
through Amazon, but well, I kept clicking past all the job service’s ads and
ended up back at the main page before I actually got to the point of filling
out any application.
And as I already said, my current job is only temporary, but
I’m hoping this COVID nonsense ends before I have to get serious again about job
hunting, because I don’t look forward to going through those dang websites
again.
I wouldn’t mind if they were straightforward and easy to
navigate and that every time you tried to apply for a job you could actually
apply without signing up for more texts and emails or dealing with ads.
And I mean really? Ads? Selling things like life and homeowners insurance, to people who don’t have jobs? Are you nuts? You’d have to
be.
And somewhere in there, I ended up getting emails about
applying for unemployment. I’m not eligible for unemployment. I haven’t worked
in well over a decade.
Why do they have to make something so simple so hard?
As far as I’m concerned,
sometimes the internet isn’t helpful at all. Sometimes, in person is the best way
to go.
After all, how could I know if
some of those at-home job offers were scams when I couldn’t check them out? My
only info was what the website gave me. It seemed weird.
Oh, and I did get another job offer.
They called me, saying I had
applied.
I had? Really? Not only was I
pretty sure I never got to the point of actually applying for a job on any of
those websites, I never heard of the company. I immediately went online, trying
to find out something on them, only to discover it was a pyramid scheme. I’m
too smart to get caught up in one of those again. Once bitten, twice shy
and all.
I’ve also been working on my typing speed.
Hopefully, by the time this job is over, I can find something using my improved
typing skills which isn’t minimum wage, which would be a big help.
Aside from all that, I’m working
on my sci-fi, the problem is, I keep finding plot holes in the first nine
chapters. I haven’t even gotten to the end; I constantly going back to fix new problems.
At least I’m finding them now and
not later.
Anyway, how is your writing
going? I hope you’re doing better than I am.
