looking for employment

[Ibginnie]

Originally Posted by rafterrat_2005

Yes, I have found a job in Rose Hill. I now work at Carolina By Products. Pay is one of the highest in the county. They have high hopes for me and I from them. I have started out making $12.00/ hour and looking to get a pay raise very soon. They are looking for a few more good people if they can stand the smell. It is a very nasty job but someone has to do it. Thank you for the help!

WOW great to hear! Good luck to you. Just curious...did you use the resume I sent?

[rafterrat_2005]

Sorry, but they already had the one I had filled out. But, I really liked the one you re-wrote.

[Ibginnie]

Originally Posted by rafterrat_2005

Sorry, but they already had the one I had filled out. But, I really liked the one you re-wrote.

Oh, darn and here I thought that I came to your rescue!

[Ebediel]

Congratulations Rafterrat! I'm glad you found employment and best wishes on your new job.

Ginnie, I must admit you surprised me and I wanted to commend you on it albeit the comment may seem a little off-handed. When I read your first post I must admit it made me just a tad angry. Rafterrat, I'm sure was not thinking he would be so harshly critiqued on his post in this forum over grammar. (Have you seen how the people in here write sometimes?) Nearly everyone in here use terrible grammar at times and have typos-a-plenty. I will admit you made a tremendous comeback though with the resume' help. That was really nice.

The construction job market in this area, is waning right now (likewise around the country). Many of the contractors I know have either laid off all their workers and jumped ship or put on their own tools and gone back to working for themselves. Many of them have taken a hard hit in this sluggish housing market. For a while there was more work than could be done and now there's very little. It's pretty tough out there for most of them.

Most of the contractors I know would have loved to hire a "hardworker" and would have been willing to give rafterrat a fair chance if work was available. They wouldn't have been too concerned about a little typo or a little poor grammar. Their first and biggest concern would have been are you gonna show up for work everyday and are you gonna give an honest day's work for an honest day's wage. Most of them don't even require a resume'.

It's not that construction workers are ignorant or contractors have low expectations it's just that literacy and grammar on the job site are not as important as skill with a hammer or saw, tenacity to finish the work, and whether or not they can read a tape measure (which by the way many "educated people" cannot read a tape measure and use one effectively).

But when you offered the resume' help my slight anger turned to admiration. You put your money where your mouth was and that was really quite honorable. "Kudos"

[Ibginnie]

Originally Posted by Ebediel

Congratulations Rafterrat! I'm glad you found employment and best wishes on your new job.

Ginnie, I must admit you surprised me and I wanted to commend you on it albeit the comment may seem a little off-handed. When I read your first post I must admit it made me just a tad angry. Rafterrat, I'm sure was not thinking he would be so harshly critiqued on his post in this forum over grammar. (Have you seen how the people in here write sometimes?) Nearly everyone in here use terrible grammar at times and have typos-a-plenty. I will admit you made a tremendous comeback though with the resume' help. That was really nice.

lol TY I hope that most people reread my answer and took it as it was offered. Believe it or not, I asked several people (I know that they would tell me the truth) to look it over, before I posted it, and tell me if it would offend them. Guess you know what they said since it got posted. As a retired teacher I picked it apart with the same fervor that I would have my students' work. Oh, and I have seen the typos and poor grammar. I can skip over them and read for content. THEY are not asking for help. Besides, I make plenty myself. As an employer I had to offer what I thought may be a reason for his not getting hired.

The construction job market in this area, is waning right now (likewise around the country). Many of the contractors I know have either laid off all their workers and jumped ship or put on their own tools and gone back to working for themselves. Many of them have taken a hard hit in this sluggish housing market. For a while there was more work than could be done and now there's very little. It's pretty tough out there for most of them.

How well I know. My hubby WAS in construction for most of his adult life. He left for those very same reasons.

Most of the contractors I know would have loved to hire a "hardworker" and would have been willing to give rafterrat a fair chance if work was available. They wouldn't have been too concerned about a little typo or a little poor grammar. Their first and biggest concern would have been are you gonna show up for work everyday and are you gonna give an honest day's work for an honest day's wage. Most of them don't even require a resume'.

While most don't require a resume, IF one is offered they often do look at it.

It's not that construction workers are ignorant or contractors have low expectations it's just that literacy and grammar on the job site are not as important as skill with a hammer or saw, tenacity to finish the work, and whether or not they can read a tape measure (which by the way many "educated people" cannot read a tape measure and use one effectively).

So very true. If you reread my post I talked about the employer that MAY require his worker to do some writing or deal with the customer in one fashion or another.

But when you offered the resume' help my slight anger turned to admiration. You put your money where your mouth was and that was really quite honorable. "Kudos"

Thanks again. I learned very long ago that it is important to put your money where your mouth is and if you can't, keep your mouth shut. Kudos also to my hubby. I do his resume but, after reading rafterrat's I had to ask for his help as there were several things on rafterrat's resume of which I had no knowledge.

Another point, if I may. There are entirely too many people out there that think a college education is the end all to be all. I have a master's degree and my hubby barely finished high school. I am often in awe of his intelligence, not because it surprises me but because, well, because he's just brilliant! lol I wish I had his ability and thought processes. Oh and by the way, he made more money in construction than most people I know WITH a degree. Blue collar vs white collar? What a joke!