Need to vent

Hey @BlueBay, I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this constant, ongoing source of stress. I think sometimes folks don't realise how stressful and debilitating it can be to job hunt. Our sense of self shouldn't depend on our employment, yet somehow in our society it does. Repeated rejections would wear anyone down; even though you can know cognitively that the rejection isn't personal, it still hurts. I encourage you to try to be kind to yourself - in fact you have my permission to treat yourself!!

We're with you all the way

Yes - I hear you @BlueBay and @MDT

Looking for work is a full-time job and knock-backs are hard not to take personally but they do push us down.

I am not sure how Centrelink works now - I used to do something called cold-canvassing on the phone - I would ring up a few companies in my area - I live near a large industrial area - looking for office work - and list who I had rung and submit this to Centrelink each fortnight.

Those people weren't looking for employees either but I had done what Centrelink required.

So do they actually want you to answer an advertisement now? That would be harder. Walking through industrial areas looking for office work wasn't easy either - but I did that.

Life is definitely different now

Also - another thing I did was contact agencies and I often got some temporary work there - have you tried that? Would that work for you? - I understand that it might not

So - your intention to learn the registers and gather more experience is a good idea - I can hear how stressful it is working for this supermarket right now. It's tough sticking with it but you are - this speaks well for you btw -

Dec

Hi @BPDSurvivor

Thanks for directing us to Anger Bias - this is extremely informative

My son was always very angry - well - a lot of the time anyway - he had so much to be angry about and there was nothing much anyone could say to convince him about it.

He took people the wrong way and it got him into trouble -

I'll post more about this later but yes - I found it helpful

Dec

Hi @Owlunar @MDT

this afternoon i emailed a pharmacy owner where I worked a few years ago. He is a new owner who took over the pharmacy last year. But the pharmacists and workers are all still the same. They are having trouble getting reliable staff. I emailed him, intyroducing myself and giving him a run down of how much experience i have in pharmacy 10 + years. I attached my Resume for him to see and mentioned i would be happy to meet up with him. This store is about 20 mins away from home, so not too far at all. I know the store; i know the job. The reason why i left this store was becasue the previous owner cut back my hours heavily so i had no choice but leave and that's when i went back to my first pharmacy store in my own town.

we'll see what happens.

hi @Jynx @BPDSurvivor @Shaz51 @Emelia8

fingers crossed here for you my sister @BlueBay

That sounds fairly promising @BlueBay ... I really hope something comes of it. Well done for being so proactive in emailing the pharmacy owner. I have my fingers, toes and eyes crossed that the result is a positive one. Good luck.

Emelia 🌺🍀

It's great @BlueBay that you are so proactive!

I'm impressed and definitely so proud of you!

Although there are tough times, good things do come out of it. Just wait... and watch. 😉

Hi everyone

I'm in pain. My back and hips. I did registers today and it was great. Not hard at all. The only hard thing was all the varieties of fruit snd veg. But after standing for 4 hours I'm wrecked. Yesterday I couldn't walk in the afternoon as my right hip was giving me grief. So painful.
@BPDSurvivor @Emelia8 @Shaz51 @Owlunar @MDT