Application #20-something

This booming suburban market isn't booming for this guy. Perhaps it's bad timing. Perhaps it's a testament to the flailing economy. Perhaps I'll get a half dozen callbacks on Monday after Thanksgiving.

Regardless, there are two truths I've learned thus far:

1) Many establishments are "always accepting applications." You can sit down at a booth in just about any restaurant for 15 minutes to fill out an application to find that they aren't really hiring. "We'll keep your application active for x-number of days. Don't call us, we'll call you."

2) Online applications are the bane of my job hunt. Those employment kiosks are an easy way to kill 40 minutes with little hope for a callback. After filling out dozens of questions such as, "Employees seeing a manager steal can justify stealing." Answers: strongly agree, agree, do not know, disagree, strongly disagree. I apparently passed only one of these tests because instead of the standard wait-for-a-phone-call page came different instructions. It was as though I found the combination to a lock in all those silly questions. I should have written the answers down for future jobs. Or perhaps everything will be fine on Monday.