The new year hasn't officially started and this is what I get to look forward to again: unemployment.

Since about November, I've been just barely working. Holiday job and all that, which I hoped to be able to keep. Nope. My manager claims "they called me" and I never answered/called back. The very last call I have from the store's phone, is telling me my shift was cut. My tiny 3 hour shift. The only 3 hours I had to work that whole week because I'm literally bottom of the barrel being seasonal. It was from December 13th, and I called the store a few times between then and now, only to be told I wasn't on the schedule and wouldn't be on it because the following week's hours were already divvied out. I started to give up because the last call was roughly about before the week of Christmas; deeply disappointed by that point.

Now I'm hella willing to work and hard working. I will kill myself working! Simply because I'd rather be at work than alone at home, with nothing to occupy me for longer than maybe 30 minutes before I lose interest. I just don't know what to do aside from go in tomorrow and argue that no one called... Not from the store or personal devices! My voicemail was not full, I get unlimited text, I'm not terribly hard to find on Instagram and Facebook. They have my email too! I am not unreachable; my phone is never far from me.

I have never wanted to punch someone so badly. Back to square one with no one to back up my reliability and work ethic.

I would think going into work and contesting would be a good way to go because someone else didn't do their job, it sounds like. That said, it might do nothing more than prove a point with them of no one called. But that way, you'll know you did all you could.

I wish you the best. I'm in the same spot, I've had three interviews out of over a dozen applications and the last application I put in garnered a "You're not what we're looking for right now but thank you for your interest!" Like wow, I would have liked an interview before you completely cut me out.

I'm stunned she said they called at all. The job I've wanted for years taken away because of something that never happened, real cute. Real professional too. I've been home endlessly, phone at hand. Every time it rings and I'm not around for it, my fiancé tells me. I'm furious that this is what it's all come down to, someone else's BS. She also never specified who did it, since it seems it wasn't her. I will admit that I was late to a shift, but I called about it and apologized, then apologized when I finally got there. I will admit I missed a shift because I wasn't informed of it, and felt soul-crushingly awful over it, I was devastated! I even showed up anyway for it! (No one but the managers can access the schedule, so no one can check it for themselves.)

I'm tired of applying for nothing and what interviews I get dead end on me. I don't know what I'm doing wrong (if it's really me that's the issue), or why they bothered if I'm not the right person based on what I provide in person. I'll accept "thanks for your interest but no" and keep moving but interview me and hear nothing? Don't waste the time, because that's 30 minutes I could have used for a different application and possibly a different job. It's 30 minutes you could have given the "right" candidate too.

I'm right there with you and on the job thing. I've applied for so many things, and I've yet to even get an interview. The most I've gotten is an email from one company that basically said "Wow you sound great.... but not great enough to interview, thanks for playing".

It's so frustrating, especially considering some of these companies not only require you to send a cover letter and resume, they also have these complex online forms that basically require the same information. I've spent multiple hours on a single application because of this, and I don't hear a word back.

I think that at SOME point, we'll all find the right spot for us. We just can't give up, gotta keep going and applying. Someone will realize we're the right candidate for the job one of these days!