I quit my most recent job because it was too far away, my pay was reduced to minimum wage, and I couldn't earn the commissions to pay the difference. Maybe that makes me a bad salesman - but that's another discussion.
I've now been unemployed over 2 months due to a lack of action and a lack of execution.
I just read Unscripted and have been feeling very regretful for the decision I made, which has basically lowered me to the worst point in my life.
I applied at Wally world because at this point I need a damn job but I've been hearing things like "you'll make more serving tables" which is something I'm just not comfortable doing.
Here's the thing: I want a job that will help me "take the next step" in business by challenging me, that way at least I can build a skill during my 40 hours a week. At Walmart, well... Forget it.
There's a problem - I have little value to offer. So who will hire me? Well, almost nobody I want to work for.
Especially after they see my spotty work history.
So, has anyone been here before? This seems like a situation that would be uniquely entrepreneurial...a feeling of futility working positions in companies that will actually accept you and dejection from those that won't?
Don't get me wrong - I will absolutely work for bottom dollar... I just want to avoid it. Hell, I even applied to clean up crime scenes just because I knew it pays well. PTSD be damned, I need to live better than $14 an hour where I live.
How can I convince a company worth working for that I'll remain a reliable employee when I know I am an entrepreneur at heart? Do I have to lie? When someone asks, "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" do I say, "hopefully not here"?
Quitting a job after a few months looks terrible on a resume. I'm no longer a kid out of high school, and companies are starting to view me as an unreliable expense. Unless they can afford to dispose of me, they don't want to hire me.
I've now been unemployed over 2 months due to a lack of action and a lack of execution.
I just read Unscripted and have been feeling very regretful for the decision I made, which has basically lowered me to the worst point in my life.
I applied at Wally world because at this point I need a damn job but I've been hearing things like "you'll make more serving tables" which is something I'm just not comfortable doing.
Here's the thing: I want a job that will help me "take the next step" in business by challenging me, that way at least I can build a skill during my 40 hours a week. At Walmart, well... Forget it.
There's a problem - I have little value to offer. So who will hire me? Well, almost nobody I want to work for.
Especially after they see my spotty work history.
So, has anyone been here before? This seems like a situation that would be uniquely entrepreneurial...a feeling of futility working positions in companies that will actually accept you and dejection from those that won't?
Don't get me wrong - I will absolutely work for bottom dollar... I just want to avoid it. Hell, I even applied to clean up crime scenes just because I knew it pays well. PTSD be damned, I need to live better than $14 an hour where I live.
How can I convince a company worth working for that I'll remain a reliable employee when I know I am an entrepreneur at heart? Do I have to lie? When someone asks, "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" do I say, "hopefully not here"?
Quitting a job after a few months looks terrible on a resume. I'm no longer a kid out of high school, and companies are starting to view me as an unreliable expense. Unless they can afford to dispose of me, they don't want to hire me.
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