That is a very good question.

Circulars don't seem to help, neither do encouragement to join irc or this forum help. I suggest you keep sending one circular a day where there is the same compact info and where you maybe praise those who have already reacted, so that they feel like good allies in a good alliance, whereas those who are extremely slow and/or ignorant may have really bad conscience.

Shame on the snails, I mean come on Kick some butt if you like, you have my blessing, because we really need to take a stand when there are problems and members are treated badly by shitheads from other alliances. To war I say.

How do I get the jobs I applied for to hire me?

Well, for starters you should tell us a bit more about your background

I'm thinking a bit more info on the job (what skills are needed and how motivated are you) and something about the selection process in general (are you applying with cv or not, in person or not, and so on) and then finally about your "appearance" -yeah I know, sounds crazy- when in interaction with a potential employer (clothes and so on; do you make an effort or not).

You can also send a pm to me if you don't want to give an answer to all of the team here in the forum, not that I'm an expert at applying for jobs but I've usually had success on this matter

I applied to a gerocery store, a dollar tree and a shopko. Online applacation.

Agony Aunt is thanking you for the very helpful additional information. Okay, let's see. What do they ask for in the online application? I mean, there must be some kind of field there where you can write a personal comment, right? Or is it just straight forward yes or no and basic info about you?

If you can't write anything in your own words, then it's perhaps almost impossible for you to get through to them, to show precisely how trustworthy you are, how wonderful a personality you do have and how superior it is to the other applicants', so if I were you, I think I would apply like they wish you to do - over the net, which is extremely impersonal - and then maybe do something to make them remember you, like show up at the store and casually ask about the selection process, whether there have been many applicants and so on. On the other hand that might be too pushy, so it's a really fine balance between too much and still okay.

And if this sounds like too much, then how would it be to apply for something that there has been no official application process for? Could you get a job that way where you live, or are there too few available jobs at the moment?

One thing I just thought of regarding online applications is the spelling. If your text has many errors in it, they will never hire you, because it is an indication of sloppiness, so make sure that you read through what you've entered at least once before hitting the send button and if you do think your language isn't perfect, then have someone else look through it, too. This is almost insanely important!

I'd be happy to comment further if you still want me to, and otherwise good luck

Hey TFGM, how did it go? Still need to vent about the job situation? Agony Aunt is tuned for listening as always.