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People seem to not understand that it takes persistence. We're no longer in the days where you apply and people call back. Every and any job in the past 16 years since I've been working jobs, has been because I was persistent. You have to nag back. Call them throughout the week. E-mail when you can. Just keep up the momentum.
You can't just sit there and pretend you're the only one applying for the job. Thousands and thousands of people are all after jobs just as you are and it is a competition.
On that note, you've got to make sure you resume looks good and comprehensible. You gotta list off things as whatever skills you have. As a last resort, lie what you can lie about and make it believable. Just don't lie about education, though, anybody can see through that.
I wasted 4 months of my life trying exactly that to apply for Lowe's. I not only called twice a week, I also drove there and back, twice a week, 12 miles there and 12 back.
So, looking past my wasted time on the phone, 24 miles twice a week is 48 miles a week. For about 4 months.
48 miles * 16 weeks ≈ 768 miles of wasted travel, just to nag them and try as so many others have suggested to just be persistent.
It didn't get me any fucking where. Fuck, it cost me more to try nagging them than if I would have just sat on my ass.
Do you like, not know that there's other places to apply to? Maybe your resume wasn't attractive. Again, you are competing against people whose resumes and experience could outweigh yours. It isn't just you that could be applying.
The last time I sent a resumé in, it was on indeed.
My resumé reflected my history of electronics repair.
AT&T contacted me. I don't know fuckall about cellular services, and my previous employers made fucking sure I never learned, by compartmentalizing.
I was the soldering technician that can solder wires about the thickness of a human hair and reball nVidia GPU chips. WTF does that have anything to do with cellular services?