IrishEyes
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I know in the wake of the events today, it''s maybe selfish to be thinking about myself right now. However, I just have a situation and I''m really depressed about it, I can''t help it. I thought my PS family may understand, so I''m posting to relieve some stress!
So as some here on PS know, I recently attained my AJP from the GIA. I plan on starting the GG program soon. I have been back from the Middle East for 1 year, yet I have not worked since then (excluding a short stint as a cocktail waitress which I quit cause I was being sexually harrassed
). I returned to school for my bachelor''s in Psychology after I got back from my deployment, but after two semesters, I realized my heart wasn''t in it anymore and that I wanted to go the jewelry career route. So I did the GIA thing, loved it and couldn''t wait to start looking for a job.
Well, that''s the problem. I can''t find a job. At least not where I live. I currently live right now in central Illinois, in a small town with not too many jewelry stores. Basically, there is only 1 really nice one, the others are "maul" stores that charge way too much for sub-par merchandise - you all know what I mean! I am from Chicago and miss living there BADLY!! Unfortunately, we can''t move back up there for two reasons: 1. my husband isn''t done with his degree until December (that is why we live in this hell hole) and 2. We simply can''t afford to move up there right now. Obviously, the taxes are much higher in the chicagoland area, and housing, even a condo, is out of our budget right now. Even if we get a VA loan, we can''t afford it as of yet. So I am stuck down here for now.
I had phenomenal help with my resume, thanks to a fellow PS''er!! It looks great and makes me look pretty accomplished. So 2 weeks ago, I went into the store that I wanted to work for, the nicer one, and brought my resume to the VP, a guy I had actually met several months before when I was in the store "browsing". I was really excited because he not only remembered me, but said he was impressed with my knowledge and that the store was actually looking for some new employees. So I was pretty psyched. He said that he needed to meet with the president of the store and discuss my resume with him, but not to worry, that the pres would be impressed with my GIA credentials and my extensive history of customer service. He said they would get together over dinner and then he would let me know if they could set up an interview for me. So a week went by, I didn''t hear anything. So I called the VP (this was right before the holiday weekend) and he said the him and the pres didn''t have dinner reservations until Tuesday nite. He told me to give him a call or an email if I hadn''t heard anything by this week. Well, it''s now going on Thursday nite, 2 days after their meeting, and I haven''t heard anything. So I shot him an email last night just asking how everything went and if we could set something up. Still haven''t heard from him. No response. I know in my heart that they don''t want me to interview.
I''m so upset, I really thought this might pan out. The doozy of it is, nobody else I''ve turned my resume into has called me either. I simply have never been able to get a job in this town, since the moment I moved down here a few years ago. I HATE IT HERE!! I NEVER had a problem getting a job in Chicago. EVER. My husband, while he is being supportive, is disappointed. We are starting to struggle for cash. He''s in his last semester of school, so he only has a part-time job that doesn''t pay much. My car is starting to have some problems, as it is almost 6 years old. His car is on the outs too. and forget about the diamond upgrade I wanted so badly, that won''t happen for years now. Not to mention the baby we want to adopt in a few years. If I don''t start working soon, we will never leave this damn town.
My only other options are to work down in a town about 45 minutes south of here ( If I can find a job there, that is), or commute 4 hours a day ( 2 hours there and 2 back) by train the Chicago and work there, where at least I know I could actually get a job! I will not settle and start working a mediocre "temporary job" like a receptionist or fast food or something, as I''m afraid it would just turn permanent when I never get the kind of job I am looking for....
I feel like a loser. I feel like a failure and inadequate, and very depressed. I''ve stopped hanging out with my family because I hate it when they ask me if I''m working yet, and why not? Telling them not to ask is even worse, as unfortunately, my family gossips alot and they just start pitying me and talking behind my back about how I''m not working yet, etc, etc. I can''t beleive that me, an intelligent, ambitious, attractive, educated person cannot find a simple job in the jewelry business. Like I said, I just feel very shaken and am losing confidence in myself, something that I usually don''t have a problem with.
Anyway, sorry for the ranting. I just feel so sad and depressed. It''s affecting my marriage because I don''t feel like an "equal" to my husband right now, as our joint checking account is all HIS money, as is everything else we have....
Sorry.....
So as some here on PS know, I recently attained my AJP from the GIA. I plan on starting the GG program soon. I have been back from the Middle East for 1 year, yet I have not worked since then (excluding a short stint as a cocktail waitress which I quit cause I was being sexually harrassed
Well, that''s the problem. I can''t find a job. At least not where I live. I currently live right now in central Illinois, in a small town with not too many jewelry stores. Basically, there is only 1 really nice one, the others are "maul" stores that charge way too much for sub-par merchandise - you all know what I mean! I am from Chicago and miss living there BADLY!! Unfortunately, we can''t move back up there for two reasons: 1. my husband isn''t done with his degree until December (that is why we live in this hell hole) and 2. We simply can''t afford to move up there right now. Obviously, the taxes are much higher in the chicagoland area, and housing, even a condo, is out of our budget right now. Even if we get a VA loan, we can''t afford it as of yet. So I am stuck down here for now.
I had phenomenal help with my resume, thanks to a fellow PS''er!! It looks great and makes me look pretty accomplished. So 2 weeks ago, I went into the store that I wanted to work for, the nicer one, and brought my resume to the VP, a guy I had actually met several months before when I was in the store "browsing". I was really excited because he not only remembered me, but said he was impressed with my knowledge and that the store was actually looking for some new employees. So I was pretty psyched. He said that he needed to meet with the president of the store and discuss my resume with him, but not to worry, that the pres would be impressed with my GIA credentials and my extensive history of customer service. He said they would get together over dinner and then he would let me know if they could set up an interview for me. So a week went by, I didn''t hear anything. So I called the VP (this was right before the holiday weekend) and he said the him and the pres didn''t have dinner reservations until Tuesday nite. He told me to give him a call or an email if I hadn''t heard anything by this week. Well, it''s now going on Thursday nite, 2 days after their meeting, and I haven''t heard anything. So I shot him an email last night just asking how everything went and if we could set something up. Still haven''t heard from him. No response. I know in my heart that they don''t want me to interview.
I''m so upset, I really thought this might pan out. The doozy of it is, nobody else I''ve turned my resume into has called me either. I simply have never been able to get a job in this town, since the moment I moved down here a few years ago. I HATE IT HERE!! I NEVER had a problem getting a job in Chicago. EVER. My husband, while he is being supportive, is disappointed. We are starting to struggle for cash. He''s in his last semester of school, so he only has a part-time job that doesn''t pay much. My car is starting to have some problems, as it is almost 6 years old. His car is on the outs too. and forget about the diamond upgrade I wanted so badly, that won''t happen for years now. Not to mention the baby we want to adopt in a few years. If I don''t start working soon, we will never leave this damn town.
My only other options are to work down in a town about 45 minutes south of here ( If I can find a job there, that is), or commute 4 hours a day ( 2 hours there and 2 back) by train the Chicago and work there, where at least I know I could actually get a job! I will not settle and start working a mediocre "temporary job" like a receptionist or fast food or something, as I''m afraid it would just turn permanent when I never get the kind of job I am looking for....
I feel like a loser. I feel like a failure and inadequate, and very depressed. I''ve stopped hanging out with my family because I hate it when they ask me if I''m working yet, and why not? Telling them not to ask is even worse, as unfortunately, my family gossips alot and they just start pitying me and talking behind my back about how I''m not working yet, etc, etc. I can''t beleive that me, an intelligent, ambitious, attractive, educated person cannot find a simple job in the jewelry business. Like I said, I just feel very shaken and am losing confidence in myself, something that I usually don''t have a problem with.
Anyway, sorry for the ranting. I just feel so sad and depressed. It''s affecting my marriage because I don''t feel like an "equal" to my husband right now, as our joint checking account is all HIS money, as is everything else we have....
Sorry.....
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