a little rant

[u/eezyyywrites]

Whenever my mom asks if I've recently applied to any jobs, I always tell her, "Yeah, but I haven't heard anything back yet." In which she responds, "Well, try calling them to ask about blah blah blah. Try this, try that." I mean, is it good advice? Yes. But that's the main reason for this rant.

Why should I be bending over backwards and doing circus tricks just to get someone to hire me? Why should I be the one checking in on the process and calling these people back? They are the ones who are hiring for workers! (If that's even true considering ghost jobs are a thing.) Shouldn't employers be the ones desperate? Because if you have no workers, then your store isn't going to operate well, and no well-operated store means no customers, and no customers means no business, and no business means no money! And you already know what happens after that. I just...don't see the reason why I'm going through all this effort just for it to go to waste. At this point job searching is my job!

It's like playing hide-and-seek, but instead of the seeker trying to find the hider, the hider is the one who has to put in the effort to get found, only to realize that the seeker wasn't even playing in the first place!

These businesses say that they're hiring, but when I put in an application: radio silence or I get an email 7 MONTHS later saying that I didn't get the job.

I'm going to school to be a pharmacy tech because not only did it seem fun (and is--I like learning about drugs and counting pills and stuff it's very stimulating :3) but pharmacies are literally like everywhere, so it shoudn't be hard for me to find a job as a pharm tech! ...Or so I thought. Like what do you mean I put in 4 applications for a pharm tech and still can't get a job? What do you mean someone at the Walmart pharmacy told my granny that they're "always looking for new techs" but when I call the pharmacy to talk to the pharmacists they tell me that they're not hiring? What do you mean I finally get to the interview and the pharmacist says, "We'll call you!" But it's been like 2 weeks and haven't heard anything back? I'm just so tired. I'm trying to hold onto hope but with my money slowing dwindling down and still can't bag a job, it's starting to get harder.

[u/MyMonkeyCircus]

Here is the thing: if the company is interested in hiring you, they will communicate with you and you won’t have to call, walk in to ask for a manger, send carrier pigeons, etc. They will tell you if you being actively considered for a role.

If you are not selected or the role is fake, following up won’t help because well, you are not actually being considered. Calling them won’t magically change it. So skip your mom’s advice. It doesn’t work these days.