work, come hither.
This morning I went to my appointment at a staffing agency. It went well, though my interviewer went over my resume with me and suggested several changes. Overall, she was very optimistic that she would be able to place me in some jobs, “probably within one week.” I thought she was helpful without being overbearing, and critical while still being constructive. At first, I was a little miffed about the suggestions she started making (I thought my resume was just fine!), till I realized that she was right. So I came home, made the necessary changes to my resume, and I think it looks really good now. Much better. She asked me to email it to her with the changes, which I did. I’m hoping she agrees that it’s better now.
When I arrived for my appointment, there was another girl in the waiting room. She saw one of the recruiters (actually, I think she was a “staffing specialist,” same thing). Turns out that the person I saw was the Vice President of the company. 
I’m wondering why I didn’t get passed off to another recruiter. Maybe that’s a good sign? She seemed to like me based on my interview and gave me some compliments, so hopefully she’s right and I’ll have a job in the coming weeks…even if it’s temporary, at least it’s something!
Then I had to come home, check my email, and take several (6 total, I think) aptitude tests: customer service, Word, Excel, Access, payroll…and…oh, data entry. I scored the highest on data entry, customer service, and Word. I totally sucked on the payroll one…it was my lowest score. The sad part? I’ve actually done payroll a couple jobs ago. whoops. Guess they won’t be placing me in any payroll jobs, haha.
I just hope this works out ok…and I’m relieved I’ve gotten the ball rolling, at least. 
Posted: March 30th, 2007 under My So-Called Life.
Comments: 5
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Comment from kc
Time: March 30, 2007, 11:44 pm
Just out of curiousity, what kinds of things did she suggest about your resume? Always looking for helpful tips hehe 
Hopefully she will be able to get you some work!
Comment from metal1
Time: March 31, 2007, 12:59 pm
You’re so awesome! 
Comment from Tiffany
Time: March 31, 2007, 1:07 pm
kc: good questions! Well, two main things. I had all my education at the very bottom because I thought experience was more important. She suggested moving all that to the very top. Then, in each job detail, turned out that I didn’t have *enough* detail about each job. I was trying to summarize (only 3-4 bullet points each) so that it would all fit on one page. She said to expand the job duties to show just how much I did at each job. And it’s ok for your resume to spill over onto two pages, as long as you have real content and not just filler.
metal1: thanks
Comment from Mary
Time: March 31, 2007, 4:09 pm
I’ve been out of the blogging/blog reading circle for a while and missed the first lament about the job-finding you posted. I was going to suggest what you’ve already done…I’ve been temping for almost a year here in Seattle. I love it.
I was in education for too long, it seems. No matter how much I try to explain that teaching has a truckload of “Administrative” tasks and duties…they don’t believe me. So I have tons of education and “skillz” but ZERO experience, according to the “them” that does the hiring.
Good luck. Remember that as a temp, if you don’t like where you are, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Comment from Tiffany
Time: March 31, 2007, 4:34 pm
Thanks, Mary! I really question “them” because often, it seems that they’re out of touch with what really makes an applicant qualified for the job. 
oh well, we keep trying!
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