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Will I ever get a job?
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asparagusnextleft wrote: »No, you can't be picky. I'm an experienced administrator and office manager but I just didn't get anywhere applying for the jobs which were a good fit with my experience. It took me nearly a year to get a job which is a mixture of customer service and admin. I said I'd never go back to a customer service based role, after getting out of customer service and going back to admin but decided beggars can't be choosers and as it's turned out I am enjoying it a lot.
Maybe you should consider customer service? My previous experience in it helped me get my current job. You would probably have to work in a call centre to get the experience but that doesn't mean you would be in a call centre forever.
I have to admit I was shocked at how difficult and competitive it is to get an administrator job nowadays!
Oh I didn't know. I tried to apply for a job which was like a call centre but I didn't get it. I am so confused. I don't know what path to follow. Admin or customer service? I don't mind both.0 -
Why only admin?
Does tend to limit the field.0 -
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OP there are plenty of administration based volunteering opportunities out there.
There’s your experience……
Also, I got my first bar job @ 18, before that I was really shy and lacked confidence. Yes it was scary, but it boosted my confidence and people skills so much, and these skills transferred over to other jobs.
A lot of bars prefer their staff to come in with no experience as it means they don’t come in having picked up bad habits and it’s easy to train them up how they want.
It sounds like you are lacking confidence. Visit your library and read some books on job hunting and interview techniques. You can’t sit there moaning about how hard it is to get a job, we know it is, that’s why you need to do something about it!0 -
19lottie82 wrote: »OP there are plenty of administration based volunteering opportunities out there.
There’s your experience……
Also, I got my first bar job @ 18, before that I was really shy and lacked confidence. Yes it was scary, but it boosted my confidence and people skills so much, and these skills transferred over to other jobs.
A lot of bars prefer their staff to come in with no experience as it means they don’t come in having picked up bad habits and it’s easy to train them up how they want.
It sounds like you are lacking confidence. Visit your library and read some books on job hunting and interview techniques. You can’t sit there moaning about how hard it is to get a job, we know it is, that’s why you need to do something about it!
I've seen on job sites that they prefer experience. I don't want to work in a bar. I prefer to work in admin job but I need experience for that.0 -
First off you said you couldn't get a bar job (not that you didn't want one) as you don't have experience, I'm just telling you that isn't the case. I worked in the bar trade for 10 years (p/t on top of f/t admin jobs) and you will find that a lot of places prefer personality and a can do attitude to experience.
All I'm saying is, at if the moment you can't get a paid admin job, why not consider other options?
If you don't want a bar job then fair enough but there are plenty of other jobs out there that you can gain skills that can be put to good use in an admin role.
Any admin job will require you to have good communication and interpersonal skills and there are plenty of roles that can help you develop in these area, before you find your "ideal" position.0 -
Happycheeks wrote: »I've seen on job sites that they prefer experience. I don't want to work in a bar. I prefer to work in admin job but I need experience for that.
OP you keep using not having experience as an excuse, but that is what training is for.
Some jobs do say experience is not nessasary as full training will be given.
Sorry to sound blunt but your self pity is becoming tiresome.It's better to regret something I did do than to regret something that I didn’t. :EasterBun0 -
Channel your defeatist attitude into getting better at application writing! Read your CV coldly, is it boring? Is your cover letter boring? Have you covered the key skills in your cover letter/CV/application? If you have, have you flaffed it? Flaffing makes a good application poor in my experience, give examples of how your communication skills have been useful.0
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what area do you live in/want to work in?Happycheeks wrote: »I've seen on job sites that they prefer experience. I don't want to work in a bar. I prefer to work in admin job but I need experience for that.0 -
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