Jobs....

Interviewed for an admin job today (having spent all of last week applying for every job I could possibly qualify for and many I am overqualified for). End result: "I think you're just too nice for this position."

Well, she IS probably right...but it doesn't make the rejection any easier to take, does it?

I am getting desperate for a job. I think I may even be handing in an application at Starbuck's tomorrow. I really NEED health insurance--I can't even buy the insulin I use OTC, so I HAVE to see a doc. Grrr. Even part timers at Starbuck's get benefits, or so I hear. (I hate Starbuck's....it's just such a monopoly. However, their recent closing of several hundred locations has lessened my hate to a strong dislike.)

I've applied so many places...admin jobs, retail positions, copyediting, etc. I've even used Spherion, an employment agency, and they had NOTHING to offer me. Two and half hours of testing (on a BADLY designed test system no less) for nothing.

It boils down to this: I have no exceptional skills. And, I don't have the personality to sell myself. I am self-deprecating (I think that's the right term) and meek.

I will always think the line "The meek will inherit the Earth" was created by the power hungry to hold back at least some of the competition.

I don't know what to do at this point. I don't know anyone. And, the bills are all overdue.

I just want a job...I'll work in the mall at this point. I just need to pay half the rent on this new apartment. That's not so much to ask, is it?

So, where does a quiet, meek, but not completely stupid person go to find a job?