About three weeks ago I got up early one Monday morning, put on my interview suit and headed out to Earth City, MO to reapply at a temp agency. I say reapply because it's the same agency I worked for after I graduated from college in '97, once it became obvious I wasn't going to get whisked away to Manhattan by a tony fashion mag that wanted me to be their photo editor.
On one hand this turned out good. I took all these tests: grammar, Microsoft Word, typing, Excel, sentence structure, even Power Point (which I'd never even looked at before, much less used). Except for Excel I tested as "expert" in everything. So, at least I know I'm not stupid, even though not being able to find an acceptable job makes me feel like I am. I know I definitely have concrete skills to offer.
But...This also means I'll be temping again. Basically, starting all over at the beginning again. And? Likely doing stuff I hate. Filing, data entry, answering the phones...Nothing creative, interesting. Just more of the same shitty soul-crushing work I left behind in January.
The agency needed my social security card and I didn't bother really trying to find it until Sunday. I took it in yesterday and filled out all their tax papers/agreements/yada yada.
Since I only have about a month left on unemployment it's a bit of hope for some kind of work. And yet...Working at something I hate AGAIN is destroying me.
A LOT.
2 comments:
Oh I remember temping (and the feeling when I had to go back to apply for it again back when the dotcom when down, how strange & depressing it was)...
Please don't let it get you down... It really is only temporary (and something might come up in the next month, that is a long ways away!!).
Otherwise, it's kind of an adventure... And think of it as 'networking' -- a big majority of people get full-time jobs from contacts they get by temping...
(But I'm sorry. Things will look up I swear! At least you know you are talented and smart, and it's NOTHING to do with how good you are at your job!)
Well, Sugar, my birthday was just enough of a distraction for me to not spend all week pissy about temping.
Let's see if I can actually keep that up DURING the temping.
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