Job Search
I've been searching for a job since after my trip to San Jose, California in February. I left my job at Home Depot in October of last year when I came back to Houston, but I decided to not get a job immediately. I had to work on my bald buttons, which are sanded down Gamecube Controller buttons that people use when playing Smash Bros.
I would like a seasonal job, but since I haven't had any success with finding one, I've been expanding my search for full and part time jobs. Last week, I had an interview with Lowe's. It was for a stocker position, which was the same position I had at Home Depot. I was pretty confident I would get the job because of my experience. Unfortunately, the manager was not happy with my work history and college degree. He wanted someone who would stay with the company for years and strive to become a manager. I made it clear to the manager I was not the person they were looking for.
Looking back at that interview, maybe I should have lied and said I was willing to stay at the job for a prolonged period of time. I think I'll take my degree off of my resume. I've heard that helps people who are over-qualified find jobs. I don't like the idea of lying, but what else am I to do? I guess I could try to find a job in my field, but I've never had success with that. Applying to software engineer jobs feels like throwing my resume into the void. I either got no response or a decline 4 months later. I'd rather keep trying to find a job where I'll at least get a response once in a while.
Today I went to a hiring event for a school district in Houston. I wish I remembered to take some photos. I need to remember to take pictures when I go somewhere new without my camera. The event had all of the district's elementary, middle, and high schools (Well, idk if it was all of them. It seemed like a lot of them though. At least 30 different schools were there). My main goal was to try to get a substitute teaching role. My mom (She's a teacher) told me anyone with a degree can get a job as a substitute teacher. It seems like a good way to make some money without having to work most days of the week.
I think I mentioned it before, but I need most of my days free to train and travel to tournaments and track meets. I'm going to be saving a large quantity of my money by sleeping in my car to avoid hotels. My hope is that my other businesses (rectanglecorner.com, reflexpoint.com, and selling bald buttons) will take off in the future. But for now, I'll have to rely on the jobs I can find out here in this fast-paced maze of a world.