I am currently holding a retail job as a part-timer & I am
very worried.
You see, I have a long history of job hopping & job (sobs)
sacking. Office jobs also cannot, retail jobs also cannot (too shy)
I only have my O's & I don't know what I want to do. I
sometimes think that even if I do something that I like, I still
mess it up in the end :(
I actually have a very serious problem with my way of presenting
myself & I always seemed to be too tense & I felt pretty
awkward everytime I speak to people. Today,
my supervisor commented that I looked scared & shy
(as usual with everywhere I go) I am so afraid that this will be
another job that will be gone down the drain just like my
previous.
I've been trying so hard to conceal my 'disability' but to no
avail. Everytime I open my mouth, something always comes out wrong
& it makes people look at me funny, sometimes even angry or
they don't understand me at all.
Another thing is, I am also pretty blur so I can't really do
things that requires me to pay very detailed attention to it.
I suck man, I can't do this, I can't do that...sometimes I think
I suck at working..no talent at all..is there such a thing??
if you think you suck at sales then don't talk so much, it'll
work better that way if you fear offending the customer.
just make sure you give the customer a good smile and greeting
and then ask the customer what he/she wants and let the customer
take it from there. sales is also about listening. if you haven't
noticed, retail staff who received awards are not the ones who can
talk well but the ones who showedthat they care about their job
& customers or at least put up the act.
and keeping quiet applies to most industries, most people don't
like staff that talk so much unless you're entertaining.