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Originally Posted by divine1966
I am sorry to hear that
I periodically take on a second job here and there (part time) which is usually retail. I never had an actual interview. They usually just hire. I mean they ask when you can start and which evenings you can work. No one interviewed me. No one called references. The only time I had actual formal interviews is for a professional full time job. So in my experience interviews for minimum wage jobs aren’t necessarily because I never had any
I am really shocked you aren’t offered a job. Usually retail hires anyone as long as they are alive and breathing. I wonder what’s happening
Shouldn’t agencies that work with you help you with finding you a job? Your case managers? Should they train you how to behave during interviews? What are they saying about all this?
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Divine, you present yourself well on this forum and I will go so far as to say you generate a great first impression. Good on you for your ability to demonstrate you are that right person for the jobs you seek.
I must comment though that a great deal of how employers seek out new hires is an indication of the current employment environment. I have managed in communities with a very healthy employment atmosphere where there are plentiful jobs to go around. In these cities you are right, we hired who and what we could get. Frankly, in such a time of plentiful employment few want to work the service industries. But the norm these days is a very unhealthy employment situation where job seekers are many and jobs are sparse. Consequently, there is a high competition for jobs - which puts employers in the position of picking and choosing where they otherwise wouldn't be. Faced with many candidates for the same job, an employer has no choice but to weed out the chaffe and conduct interviews.