Author: Olivia

I’ve been at my current job for 2.5 years. In July of 2021 I applied for a job internally and was told I didn’t have enough experience in my department and they went with a candidate who had been there less than I had. In august, I applied for another job and was told the same thing and was passed over for someone who had been there less time again. I’ve applied for multiple jobs within my company and I’m being told I’m interviewing fine, my resume is good, I have good experience, but it all is never enough. I hate what I do and I’m ready to quit. I met with my boss and she agreed that something doesn’t seem right for why I’m not getting positions. I met with my bosses boss and she said it sounds like I’m applying for too many jobs. She said I should…

Like I could say I was a maintenance supervisor at Toys R Us, I worked in the automotive in Sears, I worked with gadgets at Radio Shack, maintenance at KMART, etc. How could they even verify that?

I got fired from a job about a month ago for a shitty reason (I have posted on here and other subs about it if you are curious). And now I’m back job hunting. I had some really good leads recently and networked into an interview with a management consultant company only to not advance and not get a reply for why and what I could do to better my chances. I get that people don’t pass to the next round but it seems like a drag just to get back in the swing of things. It took me about 1.5 years to get my previous job. And I didn’t even apply to that one. They found me. It just sucks knowing companies don’t want to invest in young talent. Like damn I’m 25 with an MBA, internship experience, and job experience. Just feels like job hunting has become a…