My Job
I have held this position for almost 2 years now. When I was hired, I was told I would rarely work later than 8pm since I did stress I have small children. I was asked for an interview after sending out a minimum of 40 resumes to all the local banks and anything advertised claiming they wanted a person with excellent customer service skills. Since I have had 15+ years experience in customer service, I figured I was in luck. Unfortunately, with the market as it was I was really stuck. Should I keep working overnights while my teenager went wild, or do I settle on a new, not very good paying day job where I will be home around 8pm.Long story short, I have been working the 3pm-11pm shift 90% of the time. I hardly ever see my children except in the morning when I wake up tired to get them off to school. This deception had been wearing on me, but since no one else would hire me, I perservered and aired my issues with the hours.
Upon speaking up about the hours, I was pretty much informed, if I want the hours, those are the hours I must work. Well, stuck again. The final straw came yesterday when I got my new schedule. They had given me 1 day off, set me on a 8 day run with a flip(working 3-11pm and then 7am-3pm the next day requiring me to get up at 5am to get my little one to daycare) in the middle. To compound this frustration is that they work the schedule so I don't qualify for overtime. So now I am stuck and fkd.
I am desperately seeking a new job and was sure this was evident in my customer service today at work. Much to my surprise and horror, a man asked me out on a date after I made his reservation. Cripes! He doesn't know what I look like, how old I am or anything! I am just a voice over the phone? Was he on drugs? Anyway, he said he will see me on the 24th and I know I will be working so now I will have to send out an APB that I am not "here".
In closeing, what is the best color paper for a resume? Is it crisp white or cream? I really have to get out of here.
Thanks for your input.
Regards,
DW
Comments (19)
If you are lucky and he is wealthy enough you'll not need to work anymore.
For the resume... 'crisp white' says "I'm serious about this" to me... but I've never worked in H/R.
Any chance of finding a 3-11 pm school for your teenager?
No good choices and no good answers.
Sorry to here about your predicament.
I would have to say that I would use crisp white paper
Neon maybe too strong for the conservative places that are my target. Thanks for the opinion tho.
mmmmmm used the purple color lol i love that color
Crisp white paper and wish you all the best with your new job search
Really sorry to hear about your situation... guess it will be very hard to get out off.
I'd say crisp white as well and try to write something very catching in the first alinea, so HR would want to call you for an interview.
Still hard times though and I do wish you the best of luck!!
Sorry you've been misled and feel trapped but better days lie ahead. I understand the fear of trading financial security for ??? but you are the only one that knows your needs around your children. I hate it when I have to switch around from afternoons to days too quickly. Happy Valentines Day DW