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Maybe exposure to chemicals/fumes?

Nexa

Must have been warning that the rooms will smell sometimes and you'll have to put up with some bad smells all the time.

I know when I stayed in Myrtle Beach for 3 weeks straight in the same tiny hotel room that room must have smelled horrible every morning after I got back from work and fell asleep.

I felt bad for the lady who had to clean up my room each morning, because there was a pile of greasy oily clothes from work, aluminum chips and shavings in random places from the bits that would stick to my clothes and body.


Then of course the night before Thanksgiving I got completely wasted and made a small mess in the bathroom. I went and apologized to the lady for that one.

You should apply, it would be the silliest resume/cover letter ever:


Summary of Qualifications:

-Record reflects pattern of reliable attendance
-Experience in positions requiring standing
-Experience in positions requiring lifting and carrying items of up to 40 pounds
-Experience twisting, and occasionally shouting
-Enjoys frequent crouching, reaching, handling and grasping
-Excellent speaking and hearing in person skills
-Experience using the telephone, including both speaking and hearing
-Excellent sense of smell and willingness to sniff

Nexa

I'm almost as fascinated by the need to list that one would need to be able to "speak and hear in person" and also on the phone. Is there some other kind? I guess it could be assumed that there will be no skyping or vent.

Nexa

So now the real question: Why are you checking out room servicer internships?

Oh, and maybe the "constant smelling" is an industry code-word for "this is really a sex-gig". /shrug

Nexa

I've been tempted to write a "real" resume for the job search websites.

- ***** multitasking. I'm a master of flow concentration. Lock me in a room with a PC and trance music on headphones, and the same project that would take someone a day I can knock out in an hour.

- Understand technical documentation? Pft. My reading comprehension is so high, I read psychology textbooks in middle school out of boredom. I read owners manuals for fun. I think in D20.

- Amazing ability to absorb useless facts and trivia, and regurgitate them at pointless times. Also, boundless vocabulary that allows me to insult people without them realizing it.

- Gifted in spacial analogies, an utterly pointless mind trick that allows me to think in three dimensions. If you have a mind reading device, I can plot the interior of any machine for you just by looking at the outside.

- Perfect pitch and a nice singing voice. Can read music.

- Addicted to handicrafts. Able to decorate an origami box faster than you can say "gee that's folderiffic!" Can sew, and modify patterns (back to you, spacial analogies.)

I seriously think I'm going to put this up on Monster, and if I get a job invite out of it, I know it'll be something I can do and would probably be happy doing XD

It would be tempting, to be sure. I know so many people right now who are out of work it's scary. And I'm not talking about creepy people that smell funny and people are uncomfortable to be around. Just regular office worker types who just can't get hired anywhere. Maybe there's so much competition out there that what is required is to put something very kooky in the opening paragraph just to get prospective employers to read the resume out of curiosity.

Catwho, I say you do it and report back to us what response you get.

Not only is there a bunch of competition, the current generation of folks entering the workforce have enjoyed a sort of give-and-take in their relationships with parents that they fully expect to continue with their bosses. It's great in theory, but sometimes, you just need someone to do as they're told, and that's something they struggle with. I'm much more selective in my hiring process because of that. My profession is a vocation, you either love it or you don't, and full-time positions are not all that common. I have 20-year-old that walk in off the street and won't work weekends. Sorry, kid. You have to pay dues. People that have been here four years don't work weekends, and I'm not about to leapfrog you over them.

I've had people quit because they filed a complaint against a Dr., I called a meeting to settle the dispute and they felt I had "violated their privacy". Wha? Honey, when you come into my office and make an actionable claim against a professional, you're not talking to your girlfriend, you're talking to an Administrator, and I'm-a-gonna-fix-it. If you want a confessional, go talk to your mom or your husband.

What are the odds of someone on Alla mistaking my personals ad for a job posting and then making a thread about it for me to see?


Crazy.

That, and maybe adding constant smelling to the skills portion of the resume, eh?

What you are talking about is one of the reasons I find it incredibly disheartening when people draw moral conclusions and judgments from people's life circumstances. Unemployed? You MUST be a welfare-bludger!