Job Callbacks

[Desiree W]

Whenever I get a voice mail from an employer to return a call to set up an interview, I feel a bit anxious. The interview process itself is nerve racking. I'm not a big fan of phone talking anyway. Sometimes I wait a while before I call back. I'm trying to work through this.

From the years 2000-2002, I worked at a Sprint call center. I was working a clerical support position at first from 2000-2001 until our dept. got phased out. We had to ether accept the customer service or take the lay off. I needed the money so I took the job, knowing full well it wouldn't work out. I tried the customer service call center position and I hated it. I got fired for illegal transferring a call. Constant back-to-back calls were nerve racking. I had severe headaches and chest pains. I prefer face contact so I can see facial expressions and show people how to do things.

I'm currently applying to retail stores since my temp job ended. I hate interviews too. Any comments or suggestions on returning calls or job hunting in general?

 

[Katleya]

Mock-interviews can help, if you have a trustworthy person who's willing to help you with that.
For some reason, I've had very few phone interactions with possible employers, so I'm not too sure what the phone etiquette is, but I suppose there may be such a thing as waiting too long to return the call, which leaves the possibility for you to miss the job (say, if they have a limited number of candidates in mind, or if you call back after the day they schedule the interview), and might give the impression that you're not interested in the job or not available.

At any rate, I've always been told that you can hear when someone smiles on the phone, so maybe you could practice some short speech that you record to try and get a friendly, professional voice. If you have that part down, it's one thing that you won't need to think about when the real calls come.

Best of luck in your job search!

 

[WittyAspie]

Retail should be in a big hiring upswing right now leading up to the holidays. As long as you show up looking decent and act professional the interview process shouldn't be too tough. I will say though, working retail sucks, especially this time of year.

 

[RiverSong]

Whenever I get a voice mail from an employer to return a call to set up an interview, I feel a bit anxious. The interview process itself is nerve racking. I'm not a big fan of phone talking anyway. Sometimes I wait a while before I call back. I'm trying to work through this.

From the years 2000-2002, I worked at a Sprint call center. I was working a clerical support position at first from 2000-2001 until our dept. got phased out. We had to ether accept the customer service or take the lay off. I needed the money so I took the job, knowing full well it wouldn't work out. I tried the customer service call center position and I hated it. I got fired for illegal transferring a call. Constant back-to-back calls were nerve racking. I had severe headaches and chest pains. I prefer face contact so I can see facial expressions and show people how to do things.

I'm currently applying to retail stores since my temp job ended. I hate interviews too. Any comments or suggestions on returning calls or job hunting in general?

I hate interviews. I hate working retail. I hate talking on the phone. So, I feel for you. I'm also looking for work and trying to take advantage of the holiday hiring season. But I really don't want to do cashier or customer service or any of that, but I'll probably have to if I can't find something else. I don't really have any suggestions for returning calls because I absolutely dread that. I really do. Sometimes I don't even return them if the person sounds rude in their message.

The only advice I have for interviews is to not care too much. I had a habit of panicking and overthinking and generally freaking out before and during interviews. Until my last one where I just didn't give a damn at all. I went in and did the interview with the attitude of not caring whether I got the job or not and they hired me! I was shocked. Sadly, I couldn't work there because of my current living situation (long story). But, ya, my advice is to try not to worry too much and have the attitude that you can take or leave the job. That seems to be something that NTs like, I guess.

 

[the_tortoise]

But, ya, my advice is to try not to worry too much and have the attitude that you can take or leave the job. That seems to be something that NTs like, I guess.

My guess is that being okay with either possible outcome (getting the job or not getting it) made you appear less anxious or uncertain, which could come across as confidence. Employers like confidence.