Telemarketing job interview - I need advice!

[ggss]

I worked as a "holiday" type telemarketer for a year and a half, and the thing about telemarketing is your voice, and how you sound on the phone.
It is similar to canvassing, but you just sit in a office and phone numbers from a list that the boss gives ya'.
You don't have to look 'em in the eye when the boss wants ya' to lie to sell whatever it is they are trying to make their money off of.
Spiritually speaking, I should let you know that God hates a lieing tongue.
Ya', God hates lies.
I used to lie when I worked as a telemarketer.
I had little to no conscience, and I was just thinking about myself, and my own desire to make money.
I would invade on other peoples lives, and con them, and lie, and manipulate my voice.
That is a part of my confession about the time I spent as a telemarketer.
In those days, I was a non-believer in God and Jesus Christ, but God has opened my eyes, and I no longer work in that job. I got the terror of the Lord in me over that.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
Please take some time, and read about Jesus in the Holy Bible.
Lying is not good for your eternal soul.
They sold time-shares, and some of the holidays were kinda nice, but there marketing practices were against God.
It is written in the holy bible in the book of psalms "He makes me to walk beside still waters" (I think it is in Psalm 23?).
A holiday might be something like that, maybe?
I mean I like peace myself, eh?
A holiday should be peaceful.
The word holiday is derived from the words "HOLY DAY", I think.
Either the seventh day of rest, or the day of birth of Christ, or the day Christ was crucified, or the day God raised Christ from the dead. Aren't those holidays(Holy day's?).

[mätzyboy]

I do not envy you Kinoko. I worked for a telemarketing company for a few weeks two summers ago selling ladies underwear (!!). I did remarkably well considering what I sold, and that I'm male. Still the work is so dull... I think I'd rather work with anything else actually...

Andail: If you want to get the buggers off your phone call :020-27 70 00 . That number goes to NIX which is a swedish register over numbers that are NOT to be contacted by telemarketing people, ever. I used to give that number to the people who were terribly angry and threatened me when they heard I was a salesman calling....

[Darth Mandarb]

I would say only take the job if you desperately need it.

Seriously, you hate telemarketers and you hate commission based jobs.  You'd be miserable!

Analogy
I used to be a waiter at Red Lobster (for the seafood lover in you) and towards the end of my days there I hated the job.  I was miserable.  As a result my tips (commission) suffered greatly.  So then I was stuck in a job I hated, making little money.  What was the point?  It's why I quit (read: got canned)

I equate spammers (the scum of the cyber-world) as the internet equivalent of telemarketers.  I know for a fact I could make insane ammounts of money if I started spamming.  With my know-how I could make a fortune doing it.  However, I would rather be flat-ass broke living in the gutter than become a spammer.

Seriously ... there are always jobs available if you look.  Find something else you'll only marginally hate, and in the end you'll be happier

[Las Naranjas]

My girlfriend wants to work in Tourism, and is a fluent [native] Japanese speaker. But I bet they'll descriminate against the Osaka-ben.

Whacky dialects

[Pelican]

Have you considered marketing your artistic skills say to advertising, web design/hosting firms, or anything else to which you could apply those skills?Ã,  Ã, Or if you insist on starting at a minimum wage job, how about something like a copy or print shop?

A friend of mine is actually desiging websites in his spare time to help fund his computer's degree. I'm not sure how much he's making, but I think its a decent amount. And he sells some artwork as well. Could be something to look into. And sure if you're really stuck, you could always get a paper round! Sure, the pay sucks, but it only takes maybe an hour out of your day, and its something to put on your resume. But keep searching anyway. I was in the same situation a few years ago - no experience, so no one wanted to hire me. But I kept looking and finally got lucky and got a temporary Christmas position. And once you've got a bit of experience, its so much easier to get other jobs (sucky retail jobs, but its still money!).

[Kinoko]

Las: Can't she speak Tokyo dialect for the sake of a job? Most of my friends speak Osaka-ben but they don't use it with me (unless I ask) because they know I'm trying to learn standard Japanese and they don't wanna confuse me ^_^ Personally, I can't wait until I can speak fluent Osaka-ben, it's adorable. But, for the sake of work. I need to be able to switch my Tokyo-ben on and off like a light switch. So... first things first.

[Las Naranjas]

Apparently she cannot. Obviously she knows it, but she says she has no confidence in her ability to speak it.

Maybe she can be a comedian tour operator.

If I learn Japanese, I'm learning Osaka ben. I think it'd be amusing to be a foreigner who speaks a dialect.

[Kinoko]

Learning Okinawan would be even better ^_^

[Las Naranjas]

A fine idea. I will leave my girlfriend for an Okinawan quite soon.

On another note, getting off the track more, have you tried the Japanese Liquer "Zen". It's made from Green Tea, and we found it next to the sake in the bottlo. The only Japanese beverage I've liked.

[Kinoko]

Never heard of it, but I'll keep an eye out.