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[maderr]

So applied to about a dozen jobs in the space of....twenty minutes? Give or take. I love this internet age.

The thing I hate most about job hunting is the inevitable phone calls. I am at my best in writing - anyone who's met me can probably testify to this. I suxor major at speaking, talking, chatting, whatever. In person I can do all right. However on the phone I become Insanely Stupid. I don't know why.

Actually that's not true. I rely on my body language and expressions to convey what I can't verbally. Often what I want to say is lost somewhere b/t my brain and my mouth, so I ned the rest of me to try to convey the lost message. Seriously, I always mean to say this long, elegant, intelligent thing and it comes out "Cool" *headdesk* It's why people think I'm either insane, bitchy, or a moron. So phones are like my worst enemy. I can't write, I can't gesture or smile or anything. It relies totally on what I say and how I say it. And that's a very bad thing for me to rely on.

So bleh. This why I turn *oh fuck no* whenever someone says "you should call" blah blah blah. No, I shouldn't. I hear a phone ring or have to pick one up I just freeze up. It's stupid, I know, but that's the way it is.

I'm still trying to figure out how the fuck I did it at LC. Probably b/c that was so formulaic.

Ugh. Okay, that's out of my system. Now to go read that driver's manual so I can start to work on being that much less a burden. Bleh.

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[starparty.livejournal.com]

Now to go read that driver's manual so I can start to work on being that much less a burden</I. I'm busy right now. Remind me tonight to kick your ass.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Hmph!

[starparty.livejournal.com]

*glare* I am very cranky right now. I *will* hurt you. *scowls*

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

I use to be the same way about phones. However, working at three call centers doing nothing but answering phone has given me some skills. I still loathe phones though.

And in other news, I just applied to be a receptionist/office assistant at the corporate office for an adult entertainment internet site.

I love the internet.

[lemmus-egregius.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way! I'm only articulate with words alone when I'm writing. When I'm talking with someone in person and don't have time to think of the perfect words to convey what I want, I compromise by talking with my whole body.

I HATE talking on the phone. Whenever I have to call someone I don't know I plan the conversation out in my head before I even pick up the phone. If I get the answering machine/voice mail, I hang up, write down my message, call back and read it off.
Conversations with friends usually run:
Me: Hi, it's Nikki can you meet me at 6 at such and such?
Friend: Er, yeah, sounds fun, how are y--
Me: OK bye!

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

Nice color!

If you want, I can ask you some standard interview questions and you can practice answering.

Tip: When interviewing for a webmaster job and want to impress them with your technical know-how, don't brag about hacking into web sites.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the offer. But my mind knows the difference b/t practice and reality. 'sides by this point I know them all by rote (sp?)

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

No problem!

Anyway though, my understanding is that you're bound to majorly screw up a few before you get the hang of it. If you do, don't worry. It gets easier (or you start to care less, one of those).

[hayama-sb.livejournal.com]

Here, The Ohio Online Drivers Manual:
http://golocalnet.com/st/ohio/index1.html

Here, Sample Driver Licence Knowlege Test:
http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/SampleOLTest.htm

Here, another Driver Test:
http://www.edgarsnyder.com/test/driver.html

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

Phones = dark horsemen of the apocalypse. Only less cute. And not quite as useful.

I rely on my body language and expressions to convey what I can't verbally.

I am so with you on that. I also rely heavily on everyone else's body language too, in order to figure out how what I'm saying is being taken. >_> Phone's just get rid of that all together.

I'm still trying to figure out how the fuck I did it at LC. Probably b/c that was so formulaic.

Most definitely. Although...>_> I was answering the phone the other day at work, and all day I had it down pat. Said the right thing, with the right name and with the right question. The one time I fuxor it up and ask the person on the other end if they found everything okay instead of asking how I could help them? It's corprate. Of course. *glares* She had no sense of humor either...*glares at phone as if it's somehow responsible*

I hear a phone ring or have to pick one up I just freeze up.

I'm forever telling mine that either 'I'm dead', 'I don't live here', or 'monkeys have eaten my brain and I can not be arsed to pick you up' when it rings.

But anyway, I hate searching for jobs, and I so sympathize with the huge pain-in-the-assness that is looking for one. *hugs* Best of luck!

[hippiechiq.livejournal.com]

Dude, I know just what you mean. I can spend an hour working up the nerve to call someone I don't know, especially if it's something of importance. Body language is my friend.