As if finding a job wasn't hard enough... Many of the places advertising decent jobs require the applicant to be bilingual. Fluent in Spanish or Chinese seems to be the more prevalent desired language. I'm not trying to be racist or anything, but this is America. Right? The national language is English?? I feel that hiring someone based on the fact that they are bilingual should be included up there with other -isms. Languageism should be made a real thing and then fought to be eradicated. If you can't turn me down for a job based on my race, sex, age, etc, I don't think you should be able to simply because I don't speak two languages. Don't get me wrong. I would LOVE to be able to speak another language. I took 3 semesters of Spanish in high school and college and it didn't stick in my brain. Perhaps if I was able to use it in everyday use everyday it would have worked better. But I didn't, and so it didn't and here I am. If I was going to move to a country where English wasn't the national language (and let's face it, the list of countries that speak English is quite long) I would do my darndest to learn whatever language they speak. I would not expect the locals or natives or whatever you want to call them to bend to me because I am more special. I'm not. It's their country and their language and I will do everything I can to fit in and live among them. This is NOT the case with many Americans. OK, OK, OK.. America is the "melting pot". A place for people from other countries to come and live a better life. But how do you expect to come to a country and not even bother trying to learn the language?? We end up with these factions in our cities, Little Italy, Chinatown, Filipinotown, Alhambra... Places where groups of people of the same decent can live and work and shop among their own kind. I don't mind you having your own places to go with people that are like you. Just don't turn me down for a job because people don't care enough about learning the language of the country they live in. If people are so proud to be Americans maybe they can put a little effort into it.
Showing posts with label unemployed. Show all posts
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
A Day in My Unemployed Shoes
7:15am - Wake up
8:00am - Alarm finally goes off (note: time spent between waking up and when alarm goes off is normally spent perusing the internet and playing World Of Warcraft)
8:30am - Start water warm up for shower after patiently waiting for roommate to be done with the bathroom
9:15am - Complete morning ritual, including showering, brushing teeth, dressing, hair and make-up
9:30am - Visit Anticoagulation Clinic at Huntington Hospital for INR test (note: appointment takes about 10-15 minutes and costs be around $180 every time I go in. The real miracle is getting out before the 30 minutes parking time is up so I don't have to pay $5 for parking.)
9:45am - Rush back home to shave legs and get more dressed up for impending interview.
9:46am - Check mailbox for mail and receive letter from USPS letting me know that a letter was 'inadvertently damaged'. Freak out because it was my unemployment claim form.
9:49am - Calm down. Email EDD regarding replacement form.
10:00am - Leave house way to early for interview.
10:15am - Decide to visit mom at work on the way to waste time.
10:20am - Mom isn't working. Get back in car and continue on to interview.
10:45am - Park at 412 N. Santa Anita Ave in hopes of finding where I am interviewing so I am not late.
11:15am - Realize that interview is being held at 610 N. Santa Anita Ave. Rush to car, drive a few blocks north, park at business.
11:29am - Get to interview with minutes to spare. Relax, breath, smile. Nail it!!! (note: I do not know if I "nailed it!!!" But I would like to think I did.)
11:45am - Conclude interview. Return to car. Drive around talking myself out of going places. End up at Target to get toilet paper. $45 toilet paper...
12:02pm - Remember to take coumadin on time (almost)
12:57pm - Return home. Fix ham and cheese sandwich for lunch. Return to computer in room for perusing of internet and playing World of Warcraft.
3:48pm - Become bored of everything and begin writing blog. Write blog on how boring day has been.
3:57pm - Post blog.
8:00am - Alarm finally goes off (note: time spent between waking up and when alarm goes off is normally spent perusing the internet and playing World Of Warcraft)
8:30am - Start water warm up for shower after patiently waiting for roommate to be done with the bathroom
9:15am - Complete morning ritual, including showering, brushing teeth, dressing, hair and make-up
9:30am - Visit Anticoagulation Clinic at Huntington Hospital for INR test (note: appointment takes about 10-15 minutes and costs be around $180 every time I go in. The real miracle is getting out before the 30 minutes parking time is up so I don't have to pay $5 for parking.)
9:45am - Rush back home to shave legs and get more dressed up for impending interview.
9:46am - Check mailbox for mail and receive letter from USPS letting me know that a letter was 'inadvertently damaged'. Freak out because it was my unemployment claim form.
9:49am - Calm down. Email EDD regarding replacement form.
10:00am - Leave house way to early for interview.
10:15am - Decide to visit mom at work on the way to waste time.
10:20am - Mom isn't working. Get back in car and continue on to interview.
10:45am - Park at 412 N. Santa Anita Ave in hopes of finding where I am interviewing so I am not late.
11:15am - Realize that interview is being held at 610 N. Santa Anita Ave. Rush to car, drive a few blocks north, park at business.
11:29am - Get to interview with minutes to spare. Relax, breath, smile. Nail it!!! (note: I do not know if I "nailed it!!!" But I would like to think I did.)
11:45am - Conclude interview. Return to car. Drive around talking myself out of going places. End up at Target to get toilet paper. $45 toilet paper...
12:02pm - Remember to take coumadin on time (almost)
12:57pm - Return home. Fix ham and cheese sandwich for lunch. Return to computer in room for perusing of internet and playing World of Warcraft.
3:48pm - Become bored of everything and begin writing blog. Write blog on how boring day has been.
3:57pm - Post blog.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Finding a job... in this day and age...
December 23, 2010. The company I had a pretty awesome job with was bought out by another, much larger company. New company decided to sack all employees but one, two days before Christmas. Well, I thought I would have myself a nice vacation. Take the week off between Christmas and New Year and enjoy myself. I would find a job in the beginning of January and all would be right with the world... Right?
It is now January 12, 2011, and still no prospects. Now, I'll be the first to admit that there hasn't been a whole lot of searching. I am not desperate enough to be out pounding the streets looking for any old minimum wage, restaurant job I can get. Not yet anyway. And I have been dealing with a lot of health issues that have hindered the whole stomping the pavement in the search. However, I have been putting my resumes in to "respectable" companies, looking for some sort of office admin position.
The problem is, I don't want to go back to retail. I had a taste of the office life... and I liked it! I want to have to look nice and have my own desk and take actual lunch breaks. Is that so much to ask for? The only problem I have with attaining these goals, is that I have no "experience" in the industry per say. So potential employers look at my resume and go... OK, retail, retail, restaurant, retail, customer service, no thank you.
I know that I could be amazing at the jobs I am applying for. Office assistant at an elementary school. Office admin for a firm in Pasadena. I just need some soul to give me a freaking chance in their office. I have great phone skills. Am ridiculously organized. Competent with a computer. I'm not an idiot. Common sense and what not are in order. So what gives?
I'm bored. I feel useless and unwanted. And for that matter, grossly under-qualified. Just because I can't speak three different languages I shouldn't even bother applying. Nice. Give me a chance and I will rock the pants off that office job. But until I have experience I won't even be considered. What kind of fucked up Catch-22 is this?
It is now January 12, 2011, and still no prospects. Now, I'll be the first to admit that there hasn't been a whole lot of searching. I am not desperate enough to be out pounding the streets looking for any old minimum wage, restaurant job I can get. Not yet anyway. And I have been dealing with a lot of health issues that have hindered the whole stomping the pavement in the search. However, I have been putting my resumes in to "respectable" companies, looking for some sort of office admin position.
The problem is, I don't want to go back to retail. I had a taste of the office life... and I liked it! I want to have to look nice and have my own desk and take actual lunch breaks. Is that so much to ask for? The only problem I have with attaining these goals, is that I have no "experience" in the industry per say. So potential employers look at my resume and go... OK, retail, retail, restaurant, retail, customer service, no thank you.
I know that I could be amazing at the jobs I am applying for. Office assistant at an elementary school. Office admin for a firm in Pasadena. I just need some soul to give me a freaking chance in their office. I have great phone skills. Am ridiculously organized. Competent with a computer. I'm not an idiot. Common sense and what not are in order. So what gives?
I'm bored. I feel useless and unwanted. And for that matter, grossly under-qualified. Just because I can't speak three different languages I shouldn't even bother applying. Nice. Give me a chance and I will rock the pants off that office job. But until I have experience I won't even be considered. What kind of fucked up Catch-22 is this?
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