This goes on my to be got list. I mentioned hand cranked ice cream yesterday made on churns that looked a lot like this:
It made about a gallon of ice cream, usually vanilla and sometimes we would add blackberries from their garden or strawberries from their garden, or peaches from some guy selling them on the side of the road.
Since it’s so hot outside this week, I’ve been thinking about ice cream a lot.
The cup size would be perfect right now, because one:
no one in my little family trio would hand crank it. That job would fall to me.
and two: most of it would just be eaten by me. They both like the idea of ice cream but not the actual eating of it.
So single serve ice cream makers would be awesome, plus I could add peanut butter, or chocolate or pralines or nuts, depending on mood and what my tongue has a taste for!
Of course, it would never replace Mamaw’s ice cream maker, and they did end up upgrading to an electric bad boy sometime in the late 80’s, so the younger grandkids never had the treat of working to make the treat themselves.
And it never tasted the same.
What would you add to your ice cream?
I needed some extra moo-lah so I could grow, so I thought I'd go back into the regular work force and started applying again.
A lot.
I've sent hundreds of applications out to various positions across a couple of industries because I am a jack of all trades kind of worker.
It doesn't really matter what it is, I figure it out, and in a few weeks, I'm pretty good at it.
But one thing I have always done since my very first foray into corporate America is working phones.
Call Centers.
I spent years at UPS call center, and then moving over to Account Management (Sales) to help their Account Executives. All phones, inbound and out.
I spent years doing phone sales for Education, at Remington, then Florida Southern College, Kaplan University and ITT, both on the phones (inbound and out) AND in Management with teams as large as 54 direct repors.
My resume screams "this guy kinda knows Call Centers."
But...
Either AI says no or their hiring manager is looking for something different.
And this generic "no position for you" email is what I get.
A lot.
Now, it could be I don't have transportation experience listed on my resume. Despite working for UPS, the OG transpo company.
Or maybe they want an ex-trucker turned sales guy, which is what another company told me when I talked with them two years ago.
Though it sounds like I'm complaining, I'm venting more than anything.
Because I know things work out the way they are supposed to work out and maybe this company culture and I would not be a good fit.
They just had the misfortune of being one of less than ten companies to actually respond to an application, out of hundreds.
So when I hear some CEO on the news throwing a tantrum that they can't find "good" workers or people to hire, I take it with a grain of salt.
A huge grain of salt.
Because maybe they need to look at how they are using AI or INDEED or their hiring practices to find what they are looking for instead of putting the blame on the workforce.
Accountability.
A lesson I need to learn myself.
Because maybe this wasn't the right job for me.
Maybe my experience should lead me to something else.
Either way, it's a good day to spend some time thinking about what I can make better on my resume, my submissions and/or my attitude.
But I'm grateful you listened.
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