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Old Mar 10, 2017, 09:40 PM
Anonymous52222
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Originally Posted by LiteraryLark View Post
Most entry-level jobs and fast food/retail don't give two sh*ts about references. Seriously, not that big of a deal. I've worked at dozens of jobs and not one person called any of my references. Again, try the temp agency. Why didn't that work for you? You never said why. If you're that desperate for a job, you'd try the temp agency again. My mom started out in temp without having any job experience. That's what temp agencies are for, to get experience. They don't care if you don't have references or have never worked that's the whole idea of a temp agency. They make money by finding you a job. It's in their best interest to find you work and they'll work with you to find a job.
I guess I went off the handle on this post and I'm sorry. Been depressed the past couple of days to the point that I have been barely able to get out of bed so my stupid feelings are probably being reflected here.

I will explain what happened then since you're curious. I have some small amount of computer/tech knowledge and I did go to trade school at one point for desktop support although I didn't do too well at it mainly because I was stressed out from my home life (my narcissist mother was alive controlling me and making my home life a living hell as usual back then) so I barely got a passing grade and never finished. Furthermore, I don't wish to work in the IT field at this point as I find it too stressful dealing with all of the calls and people and what not and I am perfectly happy with doing something entry level since I am unconcerned about pay so I tried to go to the temp agency for some data entry or office work.

I waited about a month for them to find something for me and when they finally did, they asked me how fast I could type. I told them the truth which is somewhere between 70-80 WPM and they had me do a test to verify. I opted to do the test at home and because my PC was having some issues at the time and being a slow piece of crap (I think I needed to replace a part in it or something) my test clocked me at 52 WPM so I chickened out assuming that they thought I was a liar or something and dropped contact. Stupid of me I know but I have issues.

If they really don't care about references all that much and they have something entry level I could do I guess I can give it a try again. I will still need a new resume though if I try to do something other than data entry or office work which I was going to rely on the DRS for but since they are taking their sweet time to get back with me I guess I can simply wait until I see my case manager on Monday and talk to him about it.