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OP, I am so sorry your life is so hard. I can only imagine.
Unfortunately for your hurt feelings, the interviewers are telling you the truth. Give yourself a pat on the back that you were considered for an interview. If there is a door that won't open for you time after time, then that door isn't meant for you.
You do not suit the role of a cashier. So how many times are you going to get beaten down trying to get a cashier job? You are barking up the wrong tree.
Try out temp agencies. They are very good for opening doors to full time employment. Their clients are businesses who need workers and each client has given the agency a job description and the type of person and qualifications they want to hire. You might end up working a few weeks and then moving on to another temp job until you find a fit. And you'll get paid! There are companies who want to hire employees who have challenges like yours.
Don't give up hope or sell yourself short. You have talents to give the world. Despite your age, you just haven't found your spot yet. Some of us are late bloomers and there is no shame in that.
OP, I am so sorry your life is so hard. I can only imagine.
Unfortunately for your hurt feelings, the interviewers are telling you the truth. Give yourself a pat on the back that you were considered for an interview. If there is a door that won't open for you time after time, then that door isn't meant for you.
You do not suit the role of a cashier. So how many times are you going to get beaten down trying to get a cashier job? You are barking up the wrong tree.
Try out temp agencies. They are very good for opening doors to full time employment. Their clients are businesses who need workers and each client has given the agency a job description and the type of person and qualifications they want to hire. You might end up working a few weeks and then moving on to another temp job until you find a fit. And you'll get paid! There are companies who want to hire employees who have challenges like yours.
Don't give up hope or sell yourself short. You have talents to give the world. Despite your age, you just haven't found your spot yet. Some of us are late bloomers and there is no shame in that.
Did you answer your interview questions in the same way that you're answering questions here? Your responses are very literal and abrupt, and that might flag for someone who's hiring for a customer service position. It is something you could work on with a career counselor, though.
Do you receive any services from a state or county disability office? Can you receive some assistance such as job training or help with your resume and interviewing?
I think you're shooting too low for yourself! You have a degree and an education. Use it! You are so much more than a cashier!
Can you checkout the career services from your alma mater? They may be to help you!
How you were treated by those managers is not right. You should file a complaint every time you area discriminated against. That's the only way those managers will learn. And those companies need to know what their employees are doing. Chances are high that you are not the only person they have discriminated against.
When I was in high school I worked at a grocery store and our baggers came by bus from the ARC. Us cashiers had to go through a training meeting about how to work with them. There was one lady I LOVED to have her as my bagger during my shift. She was faster than people who weren't disabled. She was very friendly and always offered to help everyone. People would say nasty, horrible things about her because of how she looked. Never mind that she just bagged your 10 bags of groceries, loaded them into your cart, and offered to wheel the cart to your car and put the groceries in your car. Some people are just jerks. Don't let them get to you. She wondered why people would say things about the way she looked. It made her very sad. It made me mad because she was so kind to everyone.
Did you answer your interview questions in the same way that you're answering questions here? Your responses are very literal and abrupt, and that might flag for someone who's hiring for a customer service position. It is something you could work on with a career counselor, though.
Do you receive any services from a state or county disability office? Can you receive some assistance such as job training or help with your resume and interviewing?
I think you're shooting too low for yourself! You have a degree and an education. Use it! You are so much more than a cashier!
Can you checkout the career services from your alma mater? They may be to help you!
How you were treated by those managers is not right. You should file a complaint every time you area discriminated against. That's the only way those managers will learn. And those companies need to know what their employees are doing. Chances are high that you are not the only person they have discriminated against.
When I was in high school I worked at a grocery store and our baggers came by bus from the ARC. Us cashiers had to go through a training meeting about how to work with them. There was one lady I LOVED to have her as my bagger during my shift. She was faster than people who weren't disabled. She was very friendly and always offered to help everyone. People would say nasty, horrible things about her because of how she looked. Never mind that she just bagged your 10 bags of groceries, loaded them into your cart, and offered to wheel the cart to your car and put the groceries in your car. Some people are just jerks. Don't let them get to you. She wondered why people would say things about the way she looked. It made her very sad. It made me mad because she was so kind to everyone.
I re opened my case with Washington state dvr. My school is in California and I live in seattle.
I spoke it into my phone. I'd rather not work low wage cashier jobs.
Then why are you applying for them?
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Originally Posted by fleetiebelle
Did you answer your interview questions in the same way that you're answering questions here? Your responses are very literal and abrupt, and that might flag for someone who's hiring for a customer service position. It is something you could work on with a career counselor, though.
Agree, that his replies here are abrupt.
I don't understand why he's even applying for cashier jobs, I guess you have to start somewhere.
Cashiers should be people person's, or come across that way during the interview, it sounds like the OP is not coming across that way.
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