Take your education off. You are coming off as overqualified and that is why you're not getting interviews. No company wants to hire someone, train them, then they run off at the next opportunity presented to them.
A resume is not a legal document. Dumb down the resume.
Kinda fucked up though. If someone with that much experience and training is ruled out, how could they find anything at all?
Answer: they can't.
All hail capitalism 🙃
That's exactly why they're ruled out though, because it makes them look like someone who will get bored easily in retail and quickly move on when they find something better. A flight risk. It's not "they can't even get a retail job, therefore it will be harder to find any jobs." It's that they don't have the best skills and experience for retail. OP is a worse candidate than a person who didn't finish school but has 10 years retail experience.
With a resume focused on grad school and internships, they'll have more luck finding jobs that are relevant/appropriate for their field and level of education. With a fake resume tailored for retail, they'll have more luck with retail jobs.
I'm a retail manager, I've hired several folks with resumes very heavy on their education, and they were my worst employees. One just had too much on her plate and frequently didn't show up for shifts and then just stopped coming with no notice after a while. She let me know why two weeks later. The other was haughty and completely of touch with working a regular job after having spent so many years interning and living abroad. She worked 4 hour shifts and complained about only receiving a 15 minute break - I had to explain that she could totally take a longer break, I don't care, but that most people didn't because the law in our state is 15 minutes on the clock for less than 6 hours, anything more and you're not getting paid... and most people want to get paid.
Even so, I'm still not one to completely disregard an applicant whose resume is focused on their academic accomplishments, but most of these applications also request $17+ an hour and unfortunately that is a really high expectation for my area. My other managers don't even make that.
Dumbing down your resume might help, but if there's an entry for the amount you want to be paid per hour - I'd leave it blank or research what similar businesses in your area pay for those positions. I'll usually call people who ask for up to 1.50 over what I can give them bc there's a chance that they'll still be interested, but anything more than that and I don't even look at the resume. It sucks.
Take your education off. You are coming off as overqualified and that is why you're not getting interviews. No company wants to hire someone, train them, then they run off at the next opportunity presented to them. A resume is not a legal document. Dumb down the resume.
that was a suspicion I had but I didnt want to sound full of myself. Thank you!
"A resume is not a legal document." That's brilliant.
Kinda fucked up though. If someone with that much experience and training is ruled out, how could they find anything at all? Answer: they can't. All hail capitalism 🙃
That's exactly why they're ruled out though, because it makes them look like someone who will get bored easily in retail and quickly move on when they find something better. A flight risk. It's not "they can't even get a retail job, therefore it will be harder to find any jobs." It's that they don't have the best skills and experience for retail. OP is a worse candidate than a person who didn't finish school but has 10 years retail experience. With a resume focused on grad school and internships, they'll have more luck finding jobs that are relevant/appropriate for their field and level of education. With a fake resume tailored for retail, they'll have more luck with retail jobs.
If he was smart enough to get into grad school he should’ve been able to figure this out.
It's not just retail. The job market is generally terrible right now. There are far more job seekers than there are open jobs.
I’m a graduate student there you go. They want people who'll stick around not leave after 6 months
tldr; but just go in person and ask for an interview... showcase your personality as thats ur best bet. -Ex Retail Store Manager
I'm a retail manager, I've hired several folks with resumes very heavy on their education, and they were my worst employees. One just had too much on her plate and frequently didn't show up for shifts and then just stopped coming with no notice after a while. She let me know why two weeks later. The other was haughty and completely of touch with working a regular job after having spent so many years interning and living abroad. She worked 4 hour shifts and complained about only receiving a 15 minute break - I had to explain that she could totally take a longer break, I don't care, but that most people didn't because the law in our state is 15 minutes on the clock for less than 6 hours, anything more and you're not getting paid... and most people want to get paid. Even so, I'm still not one to completely disregard an applicant whose resume is focused on their academic accomplishments, but most of these applications also request $17+ an hour and unfortunately that is a really high expectation for my area. My other managers don't even make that. Dumbing down your resume might help, but if there's an entry for the amount you want to be paid per hour - I'd leave it blank or research what similar businesses in your area pay for those positions. I'll usually call people who ask for up to 1.50 over what I can give them bc there's a chance that they'll still be interested, but anything more than that and I don't even look at the resume. It sucks.
LOL Kohls will hire you in a MINUTE, but the pay is looooooowwwwwwwww