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Default Dec 20, 2023 at 10:45 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird View Post
Part of me doesn’t want to do this job. It’s so freaking stressful and overwhelming. The amount of customers is insane. And the back to back shifts coming up, on no sleep. Is gonna be a nightmare. I could be enjoying my holidays and relaxing. Like why am I doing this to myself , again

It’s good to pad your resume a bit. But if you find you can’t do it, there’s no shame.

The only thing I could suggest is to brush up on some computer skills and then apply for some office positions though a temp agency.

I was stuck with retail for six years for my first job. I moved to the city and had trouble finding anything until I was contacted by a temp agency and that got me to an office job. Hired full time, then let go (dissolved our department), and that helped me get my current job at a Canada wide insurance company (I got promoted twice in six years).

Just an idea if you want to try to get out of retail. Definitively brush up on computer skills, pad your resume with skills and be sure to include even ongoing schooling (even if you haven’t graduated yet). It’ll help you get past some automatic screening.

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