Unhireable
In the last year, I have made forty-six job applications ranging from maid to bridal consultant, dog walker to bus driver, cashier to editorial assistant at Random House and everything in between. 46! Eighteen just since January. I've updated my resume, I've made cover letters and I've taken all of the ridiculous mandatory assessment tests that measure my??? Intelligence? Ability? Skill level? What? Is that Myers-Briggs test really necessary to determine my qualifications to run a cash register, or to see if I play well with others? I'm fifty, not fifteen. I've been interviewed, fingerprinted, background checked and agreed to be drug tested. In thirty seven years, I've never had a job that wasn't customer service related, so why am I unhireable? I went on another interview yesterday. The woman spent five minutes with me, five . An hour later I got this email... Full disclosure, the job was for book seller at a major retail chain. I redacted the sto...