Good luck there. Might be there soo myself. Nice suit by the way. The maker can mak a good fox.

with tho big paw. how many typo you get try to post :P

Not that hard... tee hee

I know what you mean, I was fired once but the applications don't allow for much explanation. And I felt like the employer would already have his mind made up before I arrived to the interview if I said I had been fired.

That is exactly how I feel.. *sigh*

Just say no, or that you were laid off. :)

I do, but you'd have to be A&P Certified.

Good luck foxie. I just recently passed my 8th year with my current job as a mechanic.

I would love to be able to say I worked 8 years somewhere.. *sigh*

What made me do a double take is when I finally found you, it was funny to realize that there is a woman named Holly who works for the Advance that supplies some of our car parts.

Odd how somethings work.. but you know my as Shadlep... not that I could get away with that name there.

Well, my nickname is Steel. I deserved that name after a freak accident where I bent an aluminum ladder with my crotch.

Ummm wiow... no words for that one

I know it may sound wrong, but with the job market being very competitive I would not mention about your bad job and only the good ones. Your just setting off a red flag by telling them stuff they don't need to know

That is just the thing.. I don't have any good ones. I have been fired from pretty much everywhere.. and it is not for actually job performance exactly. It is usually some sort of social reason.

A lot of the online job applications for retail positions are electronically scored. If you meet a certain minimum, the manager is notified and they contact you. Fail to meet the score and no human will ever see your application.

Pay close attention to applications that ask the same vague question multiple times, but each time slightly differently - they are looking for consistency. Once you pick an answer, stick with it. Some even time your responses, so answer fast, answer consistently.

Don't spend too much time on an elaborate cover letter. HR folks spend little to no time reading it, so don't sweat it. Make something generic that you can paste in the form, customize quickly (position, company name, etc), and send.

If you're uploading resume(s) to a job board, pepper your resume with keywords. What software/tools/equipment did you use, synonyms for your role, etc. Repetition can be a good thing, but don't get carried away. The default time window for a certain company's resume search tool is 90 days. So, every three months, make any change to your resume, and re-upload it. Presto! The resume will always look fresh.

After applying to a job on a certain site, a list of recommendations with appear. Note the checkboxes... you can apply to 10+ jobs with as little as a single click. It then shows you more recommendations. Exploit this cycle to the max for epic application productivity.

good advice right there

That is really good advice. It is going to be a while until I land something else, heck, some folks have been looking for over a year. I m not being extremely picky but am first trying to stay in the automotive field.

-huggs- just heard. sorry

good luck foxy

Just lie on it. Then might be able to get a job for the Government... Good luck. When I hired people,I did not look at their past. I asked them about the position and things about the job. To see if it is something they can do,or if they know what they are doing.