What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[noiseredux]

in my experience people who making sweeping generalizations about the intelligence of someone based upon their career is kind of being a jerk. There's a lot of people out there right now -- intelligent people -- who are without jobs, and would gladly take a shitty customer service job if it meant bringing home a paycheck.

[Luke]

There's a lot of people out there right now -- intelligent people -- who are without jobs, and would gladly take a shitty customer service job if it meant bringing home a paycheck.

Can't argue with that. Just stating my general and broad experience of working in and with customer service employees; they've always been the least motivated people I've ever worked with.

[Xeogred]

Smile: Got two job calls, one yesterday and today. Need to return them. One of them is for my local community college and it's been something I was pulling for a ton and waited a month on. I think it'd be a great opportunity and everything. It's part time though, but really good pay.

Now here's the deal though and I'm hoping I can get some tips from the more experienced workers out there. This is just setting up interviews for this school position, and this other data entry job my friend told me about, so I want to do that of course... but at the same time, last week I was contacted by CVS Pharmacy for a Pharmacy Tech position making pretty much the best entry level pay around here and that will definitely be full time. I just spent earlier this week filling out an application to get a new Pharmacy Tech license and took the gamble, it was $75 plus $20 for an ink fingerprinting I needed done (my local PD's and everything only do digital now, so I had to find a company that met me somewhere). I've been very diligent about this one and think I impressed the lady that contacted me with the job perhaps, she guaranteed me an interview when I get my new license in hand. Now I'm just waiting for that.

That is absolutely the #1 job I want to take. It sounds like one of the best opportunities ever put in front of me right now and it's really looking promising. At the same time I don't want to tell these other jobs "no", but I'm just not sure how to go about it. I know during an interview process or call, if you suggest that you've got other priorities that can sometimes look pretty bad. So I'm just not sure how exactly I should handle all this... it's gonna be weird. I just hope that new license hurries up in the mail and then I can get that pharmacy interview going and see how it goes.

Any suggestions?

[Luke]

Any suggestions?

Good news man, congrats.

First remember no job interview is guaranteed, but don't let that lead you to kicking rocks. Pursue every job that is on the table and simply set a date as to when you will make your decision. You are lucky in the fact you have options, but I'm sure you are aware of that.

"I have other opportunities, but I am mostly intrigued by starting a career path, which I believe your company provides the perfect fit. Although I know you are the right company for me, I think it is acceptable to give me a day or two to speak this over with my wife (If you don't have a wife, who cares, just take the job you're most comfortable with)" Then if they need a date as to when you can start, you'll have one.

[Xeogred]

Thanks dude, and yeah good idea on that one. Probably won't do the wife thing haha... A little white lies here and there can't hurt I guess.

All three positions sound like great opportunities, but yeah the pharmacy job definitely sounds like the best one I'm gonna shoot for the most.

[Luke]

Thanks dude, and yeah good idea on that one. Probably won't do the wife thing haha... A little white lies here and there can't hurt I guess.

All three positions sound like great opportunities, but yeah the pharmacy job definitely sounds like the best one I'm gonna shoot for the most.

Well, just shoot for a career, not a job. I know that's cliche, but God is it true. Take the lower paying job if you think you will enjoy it more, especially and pantyliner (I misspelled pertinently but I have to leave that spelling suggestion the way it is) a career you can see yourself excelling in.

Best of luck man, and talk to friends and family about your choice. Either way it's great to hear you're taking this all seriously.

[gtmtnbiker]

"I have other opportunities, but I am mostly intrigued by starting a career path, which I believe your company provides the perfect fit. Although I know you are the right company for me, I think it is acceptable to give me a day or two to speak this over with my wife (If you don't have a wife, who cares, just take the job you're most comfortable with)" Then if they need a date as to when you can start, you'll have one.

Yes, this is a good plan. Worse case, you can always quit the job after being on for a couple of weeks if the dream job becomes reality. Yeah, you'll burn your bridge with that college but so be it since you have to look out for yourself. There are no guarantees with any job. You could be layed off/fired the next day. Just like you can quit any day/time since there are no employment contracts.

[Yancakes]

What made me smile: XENOBLADE CHRONICLES FINALLY ARRIVED YEEEESSSSS

What made me smile: TECH GUY FINALLY CAME TO FIX MY INTERNET YEEEEESSSSSSSS

What made me frown: I don't know I have to work tonight but even that's not gonna get me down today YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[alienjesus]

in my experience people who making sweeping generalizations about the intelligence of someone based upon their career is kind of being a jerk. There's a lot of people out there right now -- intelligent people -- who are without jobs, and would gladly take a shitty customer service job if it meant bringing home a paycheck.

My girlfriend got the highest possible grade on her law degree and currently works in a call centre. She has to make money somehow to pay her way through law school next year so she can be a solicitor. I guess what I'm saying is that I agree with this wholeheartedly

[Czernobog]

^I also agree wholeheartedly with what Noise said. I would gladly take a call center job if it was full-time right now. I work 3 jobs right now, one part-time at a school, one freelance job where they randomly call me a day before shoots begging me to be available, and one part-time delivery job where I'm on call during the evenings. I'm not a dumb person, I have a Bachelor's and have had a good internship in my field. The problem is there are lots of other smart people with the same things. I have to get at least 5 years experience to meet even the most minimum requirements for most full-time jobs I come across. A full-time call center or customer service job would be a blessing because it would guarantee a set income, instead of my income being somewhat random and I could continue my freelance film work on the weekends instead of constantly trying to adjust my schedule.