I'm moving to Arizona in approximately 2 weeks. I have been job hunting for a bit now and have probably submitted around 50+ applications to various places. As I started my very first job, I was told that Customer Service transferred very well. I've believed that statement up until I started my search for jobs in Arizona.
I stayed with the same company for 2 seasons. Got a promotion and a raise my second year there. I then moved to Iowa that fall and had to find a different place of employment. I didn't really look my first couple of months there, I had money to spare and I felt like I deserved a break. When I finally buckled down and started looking, I had only turned in a couple of applications (i.e. less than 5) before I got a call for an interview with a lady who was notorious for only doing the interview for show. You knew as soon as you got the interview, you got the job with her. I started a week later.
That's 1 season (the very first season was basically just sitting around looking busy) and a year and a half of customer service experience. Pretty good if you ask me. I got rehired with a promotion and a raise by one company and got 2 raises and was interviewed for a management position by the other company. While I did not get the management position, the Assistant Manager told me that she was extremely surprised they didn't go with me.
Fast forward to now, and I haven't gotten any calls, emails, or requests for interviews. It is also excruciatingly hard to find a job that isn't another gas station attendant. Been there, done that, don't care to go through it again. I've been applying to a lot of waitressing jobs lately. I'm hoping I get something out of that avenue since I don't have the right retail/ customer service experience for much of anything else.
It's just another lie of the industry.
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