After leaving my long term job due to a nervous break down, I applied for a job at our new rivers store after being a SAHM for 7 years. They had several jobs going. I thought I had a good shot being my extensive experience in retail in supervision roles. But once the store opened, I come to terms with missing out. Until a few weeks later. I got a call. I had a phone interview and the next day, I was told I had a permanent part time job. I was so excited. It took so much for me to just apply.
But then disappointment kicked in. On my first day, I showed up, to find out I didn't have a job.... well I did, but no in my local store. Some how, they got my resume sent to the wrong store. I got a job, 8hrs away. I felt broken, embarrassed, shamed and down right depressed. After all the excitement, congratulations from friends and family. I had to tell them all about it. And then those acquaintces you just happen to run into asking how the new job was... the looks of pitty.. went back through my application. I triple checked. I did apply for my local store. How does this even happen. It's sparked my anxiety. It's made me reluctant to apply for another job.
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That's very disheartening! Don't let it stop you from applying. Look at the positive, you did get the job! That means your resume and interview skills are still good after so long. Laugh this off and take the positives away from it.
Why would you let someone else’s incompetence stop you from gaining employment. This is an administrative error. This also doesn’t mean they won’t eat mark you for further positions locally.
My Sister is in a state management role in retail and they cannot fill jobs. Please keep applying!
That's really poor form on behalf of their recruitment team. Even aside from the location error, their hiring process sounds very disorganised and it gives you a little bit of insight into how they operate as a business.
So believe it or not, you might’ve actually dodged a bullet here.
I'm a retail manager myself - please keep applying. I specifically look for resumes like yours where there's a bit of maturity in terms of age, previous higher duty roles and a break from the workforce to raise kids.
You know why? Because I know being given an employment opportunity means something to you and your work ethic is likely to reflect that. I know that you are going to be able to multitask like a boss, I know that you are going to have diplomacy and people management skills and I know I'm going to be able to rely on you.
Confidence is absolutely key though. You've gotta believe in yourself!
I can't help but know who you are and your story, anyhoo.
I am so proud you finally got off your butt and had a go.
Don't use this as an excuse not to continue, get back out there, you've got this.
This is a big deal to you, but trust me, friends/family will think, oh what a shame poor XXX didn't get that job, 3 seconds total of thinking about it.
A job will do wonders for your mental health, I'm a fellow BPDer.