More Interview Crap

[featherynscale]

They all ask me if I've got a cold, or a sore throat. No, actually. I just sound like this. All the time. I was inexplicably born with the voice of a 60-something blues singer. So sorry. So I say "No, this is just my normal voice". And then they get embarrassed. So maybe that's what's making me unemployable - I mean, I'm not all that funny-looking, and I write just like I talk, so maybe it's the fact that I sound like a drag queen. I wonder if I can get anybody to hire me without actually speaking to me first. Any ideas?

Comments

[silentreality.livejournal.com]

Easy. Say you have a cold. ;)

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

I'd opt for telling them it's allergies and it's "been like that since I was little".

A little less embarrassment for them, but you'd still be hireable.


D.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Aquanet the hair and go apply at Hooters. Husky voices are sexy. ;-) Do gnomes fit an EEO billet?


You could always take it up two octaves and talk valley girl if you think the voice is keeping you down. It depends on what you are applying for though. The 'females' that work here all have odd things about them that might make them stick out elsewhere, but make them blend well in IT cube farms. One leg shorter than the other? No prob. Voice that sounds like the evil toon in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Cool deal. Hypoglycemic tendencies that make you short-circuit worse than Johnny 5 with a mohawk? We'll give you a cube neighbor with hard candies. How about a woman with breasts growing out of her shoulder blades? Employable, but I don't like sitting behind her in meetings.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I actually went that route today. I don't know if it will make a difference or not. We shall see.

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

well you know the olive garden is having a job fair... ::ducking and running away::

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but if it's all the same to everyone, I'd rather stick a fork in my eye than work in food service. Just one of those things.

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

i know. it was meant as a light hearted joke. just trying to make ya smile. :)

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

can you log on your aim or call me?

[teross50.livejournal.com]

I understand completly When I get there they all look surprised that I have such a grea all over tan So dark and even Cause my voice sounds like I had blue eyes and was much taller HHHHMMMM I wonder why that is> Ya know all of us love your voice and al that is you Tongue ring or no