(March 24, 2014 at 7:17 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Are you sending out resumes that are targeted? Cover letters, too? What kind of job are you looking for? If this is too much info, let me know. I've just really been successful at getting interviews, I know some tips and tricks to increase your likelihood of getting a call.The resumes are targeted.
No cover levels. Don't want to write cover letters because I am entirely unsure of what things I could possibly put in a cover letter that would actually increase my chances of getting hired, and unsure of how much it may be true that putting in the wrong things would decrease my chances.
I have read things about what things SHOULD be in a cover letter, but there is a lot of fundamental differences of opinions of what things will actually HELP your chances, so I'm not sure what things I should do if I ever theoretically write a cover letter.
Considering the level of effort I think it will take for me to write a cover letter that MIGHT help, I just don't know it is worth it to be doing this.
You know what? My mom has also been actively looking for jobs as well very recently, and she has specifically looking for ones that have flexible schedules and are the number of hours she thinks she can commit to having a job. Now, her work history is extremely varied while still being reputable, but also due to just how good she is at making people want to hire her, the jobs that she wanted, she got.
My brother has also been looking for jobs and he has been to college but dropped out before accumulating the number of hours that might make a difference in his eligibility for a job, and has no work experience, and only applies for jobs he thinks he can actually do, which is a difficult thing due to his anxiety and the way it affects him. He has been hired for TWO jobs in this time. BUT... they fired him at his first job very soon after hiring him for reasons that weren't really about his performance, but basically that he was the last hire, and he is in a situation where he is not even sure if he actually still has the job he should have now because his boss has not contacted him with that information for two weeks now.
Basically, I really wish I was my mom and not me.