Just wanted to post a reminder to myself to follow up on the job post. I got a promotion at work!

Job Stuff

     After working at my current job for 2 years I find myself bored out of my mind.  The job does not change day by day or even month by month.  Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of changes made and happening, ie: how they want us to do the job changes every couple of months, but I've found that they're really just rewording the same requirements that we've always had; the turn over rate at the center is kind of amazing, I had no idea that many people were actively looking for this type of job; also, the diversity of the customer's I speak to everyday is a fairly wide spectrum.  These three "changes" notwithstanding, I basically have found that my day is the same, I can, and sometimes do, take calls in my sleep.  It does not require a lot of brain power, it does not require a lot of physical prowess, and for a lot of people I've dealt with, does not require a lot of common sense.  This image I have of the job now is at great contrast to the image I had when I first got the job.  I don't know if it's still required now but when I was hired you had to pass a multiple choice test that had semi technical questions ranging from computer issues to tv wiring.

     The problem with looking for jobs is that it is equally as boring.  First, you have to find the job posting online because nobody does anything in person anymore. (I've done that approach and all you get when you go into places is: "fill out an application online", "I'll keep your resume on file", and other variations of the same.)  After you find the job posting, wading through several fake postings, several you are over qualified for, and a few you are probably under qualified for you find one that you can legitimately apply to.  Generally have to fill out some kind of profile, which about half the time includes your resume or application information.  Just about all places these days have a tool where you can put in your resume and then it pulls out your information but I've found that the recognition tools are usually so bad that you have to end up typing in all the information by hand anyway.  Once you get through your cover letter and resume information you then fill out the "equal opportunity" information that is for some reason both illegal for the company to know and not know about you and then some questions about your qualifications or things you are willing to do for the job.  This whole process can take up to 2 hours, more if there's a full survey asking under what scenario it would be acceptable for you to steal from the company.  (Thankfully these are not very common these days.)

     Supposing you can maximize the process and memorize your entire work history and resume you can probably find and apply for 1 job an hour.  That's about 8 applications per work day.  I take about 20-30 calls in one day at work.  Assuming I can stomach the hassle of applying for another job after coming home from work and making dinner that only gives me time for 1 or 2 a day.  Using the estimate that it takes 50 applications to get an interview and 5 interviews to get a job, I'm looking at 250 applications before I get a better job.  At 2 applications a day it will take me approximately 125 days to get that job.  If I take a day off for the weekend plus Wednesday we have Cub Scouts, it will take me approximately 25 weeks or 6.25 months to get through all those applications... *head desk