| THURSDAY 2016-06-23 |
| FedEx |
| No new listings today. |
Category Archives: Job search/Job prospects
o Job search diary 06/15/16 – 06/21/16
| WEDNESDAY 2016-06-15 |
| Safeway |
| Titles to re-apply to: Bakery Clerk (11002) (SWY) Baker-Assistant (11190) (SWY) Clerk-Service (11195) Bakery (SWY) GM/HBC Clerk (11065) – GM/HBC (SWY) Starbucks Clerk (11973) (SWY) I previously applied to various night positions, but I can’t take any job like that right now. |
o Job search diary 06/08/16 – 06/14/16
| WEDNESDAY 2016-06-08 |
| Safeway |
| Visited site, meaning to “Withdraw” old applications. The web page conclusively will not work with the browser available to me at church. |
* Job search diary 06/01/16 – 06/07/16
| WEDNESDAY 2016-06-02 |
| Aside: Re: Housing |
| Tuesday, my therapist asked me what I see as the greatest obstacle to employment. Answer: Housing. If I had my own place, I could work any hours, any shift; would be able to conduct job search until 5 pm daily, whereas I must appear at the shelter at 2:30; etc. |
| Wednesday, I met with a woman who comes to the shelter once a week; she comes from some City agency and tries to get guys hooked up with various resources, including housing. She said that, with only one exception, every housing facility she knows of requires that an applicant be either elderly (62 or older; I’m 60.), disabled, or both. She is to touch base with that one exception she knows of, and see if I might can get in there. |
o Job search diary 05/25/16 – 05/31/16
| WEDNESDAY 2016-05-25 |
| Dollar General |
| Applied for Sales Associate at these locations: 1620 Pennsylvania Av., 4810 Belair Road, 2401 Belair Road, 717 Washington Blvd, 2511 Greenmount Av. |
o Job search diary 05/18/16 – 05/24/16
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| TUESDAY 2016-05-24 (At the library) |
| CVS |
| Spent an hour applying for 25200BR – 400 East Pratt St. – Cashier, Hourly Retail. They still had my “profile” in the system from 2013.
Updated employment history and added detailed job descriptions from my resume. Then ran into an obstacle I cannot overcome: “For positions requiring a Virtual Job Tryout you will need speakers or headphones and Adobe Flash 10.2 or higher.” I don’t have speakers or headphones (Someone stole my backpack from the church, with my headphones in it, the Sunday before Thanksgiving.), and no terminal available to me has that version of Flash. |
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o Job search diary 05/11/16 – 05/17/16
| THURSDAY 2016-05-12 |
| 7-Eleven |
| Completed paper application. The web page only lists jobs in Ohio, Texas and South Carolina. Made four copies of application, to take next week to 100 N. Liberty St., 239 N. Gay St., 231 E. Baltimore St., 10 N. Calvert St. Phoned 100 S. Broadway: not hiring. Schedule to check back in three weeks. 7-Eleven doesn’t employ all that many people — only two or three work in a given store on a given shift. |
o Job search diary 05/04/16 – 05/10/16
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| Thursday 2016-05-05 |
| 7-Eleven |
| I can visit four of the five stores instead of going to the library Tuesday. The South Broadway store I’ll need to visit sometime while walking to or from church. They’re open 24 hours. |
Job search diary 04/27/16 – 05/03/16
| Wednesday 2016-04-27 |
| Save-A-Lot |
| Applied for “Store clerk – SAL,” 929 N. Caroline St. |
| Applied for “Store clerk – SAL,” 2509 E. Monument St. |
* Beginning job search: A rough start
12:22 pm. I would far prefer, for my readers’ sake, to present a wholly cheery picture of my optimistic, upbeat, highly motivated self just charging into the job search full speed. (Any other clichés I can use?)
Turns out that might not be wholly honest. If folk are to have an understanding of how difficult the job search is, and why so many people balk at it, then it may be necessary to talk about the dark side also.
The Homeless Blogger 