Another Job Fair... Yippee!!!

OK, so I have been putting resumes in at virtually every company around in the hopes that somebody needs some kind of human resources or customer service type help. I just want a foot in the door kind of job. I'm not trying to start out as the district manager or anything. I seriously just want to get a regular job in a regular company. So one avenue for a job search is the Job fair. Job Fairs are where a whole bunch of companies send recruiters to collect resumes for future employment needs. It is a way for them to gather a bunch of information on potential employees, and I have been to several of them. Most of the employers at these fairs are polite and talk to everyone there for a few minutes each. Most of them have stuff-you know, bags, pens, post its, magnets, etc. Some people actually load themselves down with a bunch of this stuff. I rarely take more than a pen or a magnet. Something trivial. I don't want a bunch of useless garbage to remember my trip to the job fair. I am getting rather frustrated by these gatherings. I have made arrangements to take the day off work (prior to my retirement), I have scheduled my day around them, I have tried to make it to as many of them as possible. I figure that if I get my name out there often enough, somebody will eventually call me for a job interview. Not to be.

I have learned in the last few months that people with Human Resources degrees are a dime a dozen. It seems that you don't really need a degree in HR to do HR. My job in the navy was human resources and customer service. Unfortunately, it isn't a skill in high demand. I have discovered that most of the companies at these job fairs are looking for people with technical skills. I started my career in the navy as an avionics technician and moved away from the field after my first tour. That turns out to be a mistake of sorts. I could get a job tomorrow if I was still an avionics tech. If I had spent 20 years as a hull tech (a welder or plumber) or a machinist mate I would be working on the civilian sector right now. It is a shame. I always say that the navy was the best thing that I ever did and I wouldn't trade it for anything. But I sure do wish I could talk to myself 20 years ago and show how important it is to do the right stuff, take the right job assignments, tackle the toughest jobs. You know, be a go-getter. A hard charger.

On the other hand, if things hadn't worked out the way they did, I might not have met Sherry, and I wouldn't trade that for all the money in the world. I know things will work out the way they are supposed to and i will do fine. I am working right now, and I have a couple things still in the works, so I won't despair. I don't think I am going to go to the next job fair, though. I have already put in resumes with most of the companies that are supposed to be there, and the rest of the recruiters there are representing colleges. I have no desire to go to college right now. Perhaps in the future, but now it is all about work and paying the bills. I am skipping the job fair because I just get tired of the rejection.