Job hunting Well, I had a “job interview” this afternoon in Hickory.

On Sunday, after having quit Domino’s promising never to return on Saturday, I updated my resume on Carreerbuilders.com and went job hunting. Monday morning I got a phone call for an interview, I had not applied for the job, but they saw my resume and thought I’d be a good candidate. Silly me didn’t think to ask them what the job was, I’m just that desperate. :-p

So, I get there this afternoon and it turns out its insurance sales. I’ve been getting A LOT of responses from insurance companies. Yes, I have sales experience, and took Sales & Marketing in college night school classes. Which is why I know I’m not particularly suited to doing “outside” sales. Nor do I have any ambition to drive all over hell and gone all day every day. I’ve removed most all mention of the word “sales” from my posted resume.

I’m sure insurance sales is an admirable job, its just not for me. The interviewer seemed rather put out when I said sales is not for me, and he said “is it the word “insurance” that’s stopping you?” I replied “no, it’s the word “sales” that’s stopping me”. He thanked me for coming in and pointed to the door. *snarf*

Now, had I known when she called me for the interview that it was outside sales I’d have said no thank you, not interested. But she didn’t, the word sales never exited her mouth. And a search on Careerbuilder and Google for the company name came up blank. I think its rather shallow and stinky to misrepresent an opportunity in such a way. I wonder how many people actually fill out the application form and say “Oh Yay! Goodie! Insurance Sales!” Next time I will definitely ask exactly what the interview is for.

Retail sales I could do easily. There’s a big difference in going knocking on someone’s door to say “hey, ya wanna buy some insurance?” to someone walking into a store actually looking for something specific, like a TV or pair of trousers.

Honestly, I’d rather have some comfy office job where I can sit at a desk and type or do filing or something. Mindless perhaps, but potentially less stressful. I’d like steady hours with a steady paycheque, if that’s at all possible. Is that too much to ask? :-p

I did apply for a few other jobs, none of which are outside sales. I haven’t heard back from any yet though. *sigh*

In other news today, while I was out driving to my interview, I passed by a movie theatre in Hickory that has now closed. I called James and told him to see if he can find out about buying it. He used to own a small theatre in Lenoir a few years back, and has said he’d enjoy doing that again. We don’t know why the theatre closed, or how much it would cost to buy it, but its worth looking into.

Not much else going on around here. Its still hot out, and I’m still broke. And the dogs are getting stinky again. ;-)  ¶ 4:04 PM