ULPT request: How can I get a job?
Posted by Which-Option-7056@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 15 comments
Recently, I received a phlebotomy license, and I have been applying for many positions. I did get some interviews, but it seems like they are looking for medical assistants rather than phlebotomists, asking things that I never did in school or during my externship. I started writing down those questions, and I am thinking about creating two Indeed accounts: one with a resume that includes experience I don’t have, and the other with my normal resume. I was also thinking about finding people’s names on LinkedIn who work at the places I am applying to and adding them when the application asks if anyone referred me. None of this is illegal, right? Is there any other way to somehow help me find a job?
peterausdemarsch@reddit
Yo! I recently got a lobotomy too and can't find a job! Wanna hang out some time, my Lobo bro? Us Lobos gotta stick together!
Which-Option-7056@reddit (OP)
dude you are very funnie
peterausdemarsch@reddit
Thanks lobobro!
BoozeIsTherapyRight@reddit
Have you applied to the Red Cross in the meantime? They hire a bunch of people to do sticks for blood drives and it all least allows you to keep your hand in and avoid a resume gap while you look for a higher paying job.
Which-Option-7056@reddit (OP)
I DID. I did not pass the interview for whatever reason 😭😭😭 they didnt even send me a denial email just ghosted me
BoozeIsTherapyRight@reddit
Damn, I'm sorry. I hate it when companies ghost applicants.
Freshouttapatience@reddit
Apply at blood banks and mobile blood collection. They’re always hurting, and some even send people to gt their license. I was donating with bloodwork’s nw and Red Cross - both said the same thing.
Which-Option-7056@reddit (OP)
We only have two blood banks here in San Francisco. I didn’t pass the interview with the Red Cross. The other one asked if I had a U.S. high school diploma; I told them no, but that I have a foreign equivalency accepted by the state of California for my phlebotomy license, and I haven’t heard back from them. I’m starting to think I might be the problem at this point because I have had some interviews
Freshouttapatience@reddit
What about labs? The big ones seem to always be struggling to have staff. LabCorp is big up in WA. Idk about CA but whatever lab is big there.
Which-Option-7056@reddit (OP)
We have several LabCorp and Quest locations. At least when I apply, they send me emails saying that they have chosen to move forward with another candidate
Freshouttapatience@reddit
Something else is going on then. I’d probably just answer yes to high school diploma. If what you have is equivalent, there’s no need to specify how it’s equivalent.
Quirky-Invite7664@reddit
What skills are they looking for that you don’t have?
Which-Option-7056@reddit (OP)
They asked me if I know how to do a hearing test like and if I have experience as a medical assistant. I told them no, but I am now studying in a medical assistant program
GregoryGosling@reddit
Genuine question : is medical assistant the entry level position that will eventually lead to becoming a phlebotomist?
Which-Option-7056@reddit (OP)
Usually medical assistant are more qualified than phlebotomists