[levitratestimon]

You studied an arts subject at university? Give up. And practice the following phrase until you have perfected it:

"You want fries with that?"

I'm sure with your English knowledge you'll see the glaring problems in that question

[timgreyuvcz]

I'm going to start posting my rejections in this thread... to show the job opportunities for a graduate that didn't have an arts degree...

PNC rejected me (e-mail rejection) for being an administrative assistant... I mean I'm a guy but come on, you need someone with a "Certification from an accredited secretarial school"? A bachelor's in finance doesn't trump that? Maybe it's just because I'm a guy....

[PharmaDrMan]

Just imagine how much worse life would be if you did have an arts degree.

Oh and how does a finance degree make you qualified to be a secretary? I don't understand.

Is there something to being a secretary that I don't understand? I clearly have computer skills, organizational skills, and can answer phones and what not. Anyone with a college degree has what it takes to be a secretary. The Finance degree means I won't go all artsy and not know how to use a computer or not understand how business and customer/client interaction works.

[Teareerah]

Is there something to being a secretary that I don't understand? I clearly have computer skills, organizational skills, and can answer phones and what not. Anyone with a college degree has what it takes to be a secretary. The Finance degree means I won't go all artsy and not know how to use a computer or not understand how business and customer/client interaction works.

Get a job in finance. Do an internship. I see tons of them.

[inve.tment]

Is there something to being a secretary that I don't understand? I clearly have computer skills, organizational skills, and can answer phones and what not. Anyone with a college degree has what it takes to be a secretary. The Finance degree means I won't go all artsy and not know how to use a computer or not understand how business and customer/client interaction works.

Well, Alby, as cool as your accent is I'm not sure most businesses want that accent answering their phones.

[NikitahDE]

Hello. I see you have studied liberal arts.

[cliceperperIa]

Get a job in finance. Do an internship. I see tons of them.

I apply. They don't even call me. Reject me instantly via automated e-mail.

I had a phone interview with Vanguard once but it didn't get past that stage.

[didrexx]

Elok needs a government job.

Go Army

[snova]

I apply. They don't even call me. Reject me instantly via automated e-mail.

I had a phone interview with Vanguard once but it didn't get past that stage.

Then it sounds like you are doing something wrong. Consider having your resume and cover letter looked at by a professional.

[JJoon077]

Then it sounds like you are doing something wrong. Consider having your resume and cover letter looked at by a professional.

Cover letter would be tricky since I usually would make a unique one for each job I applied to... although I am not very confident that I was writing them appropriately.

[gerturiotf]

Post your resume and cover letter.

[eXC3Kvnn]

Elok needs a government job.

No, for two reasons. First, Elok has already had several months' experience with the Feds, and that's all the experience he wants. It's a giant tower of bullshit held together by dental floss that gets hastily retied every five minutes when its thousands of workers scramble to avert the latest emergency that should have been seen and prevented two months before but wasn't, thanks to regulations. If I join the Federal government now, I'll have a heart attack and/or stroke within ten years, five if I get promoted to management.

And secondly, I can't get a government job because USAjobs is a brick wall. That's how I know the problem isn't confined to the Census Bureau. That, and my dad, who's a retired federal employee and thinks I should pursue that option. I generally stress the second difficulty over the first when explaining why I'm avoiding the Feds, since that's more palatable to him. He allows that it's pretty much the most bass-ackwards place on earth, but doesn't seem to think that's a problem.

Anyway, the wife suggested bookkeeping, and that has a certain appeal to me. There's a weird zen to making numbers match up. Plus my supervisor can get me access to a QuickBooks tutorial. Really, though, I'm still partly paralyzed by the number of options.

[77chawzence]

...WTF is a "secretarial degree?" Anyway, bookkeeping and accounting are two separate things, though I don't know the exact distinction myself. My wife's sister-in-law is a bookkeeper, I might just pick her brain.

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookkeeping

See the bit at the start: apparently, a bookkeeper assembles the raw data which the accountant then crunches further for a final report of expenditures.

[Heessduernbub]

and bookkeeping sounds even more boring and unfulfilling than accounting

And it sounds like what managers in the food service industry have to do everyday as well as everything else... doesn't sound like much of a job, especially not one that will put you on the fast-track of career advancement.

I always had to record the day's transactions, handle deposits, record (as well as actually project/order) purchases such as inventory or office supplies, etc. That was just what I would do during slow times on my shift when I wasn't monitoring the floor, or in the case of Checkers, working the sandwich counter.