Just vented about this a bit, and realized I could ask a few concrete sorts of questions here, where it's not a burden on anyone, but people might feel better for having helped. So here goes. I need to get a job pronto. Some financial shit came up, and I'm fucking broke. It's been a bit stressful. I've worked in a library, in a couple of food/convenience stores, and a little machine assembly gig that lasted a few months. I enjoyed the library. It had a good balance between inventory management and customer service. The customer service was usually with students, focused on things I know like computer use and finding books, and it had the understanding that we were expected to direct people to the managers when we weren't able to help. I also enjoyed the machine assembly gig. It was mostly hands-on work, some power tools, putting together machines of approximately... 25 steps? I had a workspace in my house that I arranged to my liking, and churned them out in batches of 2-5. Lots of repetitive steps, but I could stretch and shift my position and listen to music while I did it. I did not enjoy the convenience store jobs. Too much quick quick customer service, too many cameras watching my every move, too much responsibility for too little compensation. Those jobs were exhausting because they required too much socializing. I cannot sustain them. Problems with the job hunt: Figuring out how to describe my skills and strengths, which were not really used in my last two jobs, to convince an employer that I'm a good fit. REFERENCES. I have an awful habit of not keeping in touch with people. And I think I fucked up my interview at the temp agency by not having professional references available. And I don't know how to fix that. If I told my parents about my situation, they might help out money-wise. And if I had enough for rent and shit for a month or two, that would probably help my stress, which would make me better at seeing my strengths? But I'm ashamed of needing their help, and angry at them for teaching me so little about all this that I'm here, and I just... want to pick fights with people, but only fights I'm sure I can win. I'm being dumb.
