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I have two jobs and they both part time. I had one I kept this entire time but they refuse to extend my hours or promote me. I trying find a different job cuase they don't care but also if there all these hiring signs everywhere why do managers not ever call back? I have five years of experience, so how do I look more employable on paper?
Most likely because you don't know how to write a resume. It's not just a job listing. It needs to include the kind of work you are looking for and how or why your skills and goals match that job.
Your employment history should list in detail the last several years. In most cases everything else can be summarized in a 2 sustenance paragraph (from 20XX to 20YY I performed a variety of job including dog walker, bird watcher, worm picker, etc, etc, etc. Along with key things learned that apply to your desired position.
I helped a younger man with his resume this summer (in the above format after figuring out what kind of work he wanted to do and in what conditions). He went from no responses with his previous job listings and dull statement that indicated that he was looking for a job to multiple responses and interviews within days of posting the resume I wrote for him (I believe on Indeed). He found a suitable job that matched his criteria in 2-3 weeks after a real resume was posted.
You would also likely benifit from getting and reading/working though "What Color Is Your Parachute? - 2022" (or 2023 if it's available as it will be more applicable).
This is the best job hunter/career change guide. While parts of it have not changed in decades - the parts that talk about job searches, methods, etc is updated annually for the latest trends.
It will also assist you to figure out what kind of job you want and under what conditions (example, the gentleman I assisted this summer did not want shift work - which pays $3-$4 more per hour in my area (and he had lots of offers for those positions). Shift work is very hard on a person with long term health effects (do some internet research on that if you wish).
I had the young man read that this summer - and his main comment was that it was a real eye-opener on many things about choosing and finding a job.
I wish you the best with this. PM me if you want specific help beyond this forum (but you will need to read that book as part of the deal).
That would only make sense if my resume didn't work before. Which it did so what you are saying is that I got hired despite a garbage resume. Which actually makes no sense. Unless something else was getting me jobs aside from my resume but than why wouldn't it work now? Clearly if all factors are the same than something outside has changed. Otherwise your conclusion doesn't make any logical sense. I also already had my resume checked by several people who's job it is to write them. So it's not like they are poorly written either. I don't need help figuring out what job I want since it's not actually relevant. I know this is what highschool says but is unrealistic to say "I want to be a doctor" when you have 0 education. It just doesn't work that way. While you are getting your degree you going to have to get a job to live while you are pursuing a goal cuase that's how real life works. Believe it or not, all jobs require a set of skills and many require special training or liscensing. You seem to be pushing the HS notion of "Follow your dream and you won't work a day in your life". When that is mostly a fantasy. You think a lot of people picked jobs they were enthusiastic about? No, of course not, they needed money. So that is a nice delusion but it doesn't really apply to being an adult. Sorry but following your dreams is a child's notion and I am not in a position where I can feed it. Pretending every person who works at McDonald's picked that as Thier first choice is a ridiculous notion. They picked up that job cause they needed a job. There is this thing that we were taught called smart goals. It's obtainable goals vs dream. An obtainable goal is one you can plan out, a dream is a wish without any plan or realistic way of getting there. So using smart goals you figure out "This is what I want and this is how I get there". This might include working a short time at McDonald's but you have a path. It's not just saying "I'm gonna be a doctor tommarow". Smart goals is a bit more reasonable than HS fantasy nonsense of following your dreams.
I wish you well with your delusions.
I'll live with mine. Note that mine are based on over 40 years of finding jobs (with several periods of unemployment), and in personally assisting at least 100 other people find better jobs for them.
I'm not sure why you even posted your question as it seems that you believe that you already know all the answers that apply to you in this situation.
So if you were not consistently employed why do you think this makes you an expert? Wouldn't someone who has been consistently employed be more of an asset? If you have massive unemployment gaps that shows you were messing up for a long time somewhere. Otherwise if you are the expert you pretend to be you would not have long gaps. As you would b able to pick up a new job immediately. So perhaps pull back on your arrogance and try again later? You also believe you are above people who's job it is to make resumes. What makes you more qualified than those people? Before you start calling everyone worthless why don't you check yourself? You useless dick.
In many industries employment goes in cycles. Most people have employment gaps due to those cycles.
Other industries have been massively affected by automation. My 1st major employment gap was in the fossil power industry when by using computer based data monitoring and equipment performance programs USA power plants were able to cut over 50,000 engineers out of power plants as they were no longer needed in a 3 year period and I'm not sure how many after that (the engineering staffs in most power plants went from a typical 5-10+ to 1-2) because of what computers could do (and power companies could hire a consultant 1 time to write the programs that would run for decades without a need for updating them).
It was that very experience that lead me to the "What Color Is Your Parachute" book in the 1990's. I figured out what my skills were, what kind of place I wanted to work (including acceptable locations), etc and was then soon employed. I'm one of the lucky ones... I know other power plant engineers who committed suicide because they lost their career and could not find a job.
I cycled though several jobs since then - but was never long term unemployed again until 2019 when the industry changed substantially again and I started my own businesses, which were doing well until Covid-19 hit me (and I have significant long-Covid issues now and am largely disabled from normal employment - or even doing the gig work I was doing).
After my 1990 experience I then started to assist other people finding jobs; something natural for me as I've always tried to assist other people to improve their lives (with over 100 success stories in the last 8 years alone; and who knows how many before that. Note that many of those successes were not related to a job search).
Why did you need a book to figure all this out? If you been in the industry that long you should know what your skills are. Figuring out where one wants to live is basic. You figure out what place is most easy to survive in. Which is why I moved to a city that is very easy commute and everything is close. Costs me less money and if I work somewhere with a lot of foot traffic that means I have job security. These are not difficult to figure out.
Unfortunately the only stuff that matters is how forward you are how much you go out of your way to sell yourself, or having the right connections. Nothing else matters. Its all nepotism these days or being extremely extroverted so you have the energy and guts to really sell yourself hard. Editing your CV nicely so that it catches the employers eye can help but it's a long shot honestly.
How does one learn to sell themselves better. I was taught to be humble. I usually get put in charge by virtue of "This is the smartest team member who won't burn the place down". I not sure what to do otherwise. Half the time I don't say anything. I just am overly efficient and than leave. I not sure what to do when that doesn't work.
But I did and no one calls back. I not sure why I am suddenly unhirable. I would stay with this job but I can't convince them give me fulltime and they won't give me more responsibility. Even though I already finishing my tasks early and helping everyone else with thiers. Since I'm on hourly this means I get less hours and that doesn't help me.