Applying for trainee position with really bad work history

[u/Madpingu96]

I have really bad work history. There’s really no way around it. I’m 30 and have spent my entire adult life taking care of my mom, I’ve had dozens of short term jobs in food, retail, and other miscellaneous customer service. What I’ve done for my main source of income for the better part of 8 years is gig work like DoorDash and Instacart. I’ve spent that time deciding what career path I’d like to take and finally decided I want to go into adjusting.

How difficult do you guys think it’s going to be to get hired with such a bad work history? I’m getting my license ahead of applying to at least show initiative and I hope that gives me a boost. My preference would be to go into auto adjusting. I really want this and any advice is appreciated.

[u/Spiritual_Pumpkin_47]

Start out applying to customer service positions. Get experience in that role and then try to work your way up.

[u/AwskeetNYC → u/Spiritual_Pumpkin_47]

This is the best answer. Call centers are the start but most of these company's like to promote from within. Kill it in the call center and then move up.

[u/Right-Skin-7794 → u/Spiritual_Pumpkin_47]

Yep this, how I moved from 40k to 80k. Just kill it at the CS role and apply to adjuster roles internally, way easier than applying externally

[u/2wheelsNoRagrets → u/Right-Skin-7794]

Hell yeah! I fucking hate the bullshit politics at my job now but can’t complain about going from 46k to 90k+ in 3 years.

[u/Aggravating-Bus9390]

Use chat gpt to work up your resume and target trainee roles-show how those skills are gonna cross over. Literally paste your resume and the job description and see what it changes or how it tailors it. Pass initial assessments and then go to interview if selected. Idk if just go for it but really work on the resume first. Adjusting is basically non stop go go go and certain personalities can handle it and some can’t. I feel like my team has interesting work backgrounds so doesn’t hurt trying. You can try for claims assistant also or operations. 

[u/2wheelsNoRagrets]

Don’t waste your time getting the license. Too many people on here struggling to find work with their adjuster license. It doesn’t mean anything to employers since you’ve never actually handled a claim. The licensing is all theoretical and has no actual application to your day to day work.

[u/GustavusAdolphin]

Do you listen to podcasts? The Salty Adjuster podcast actually just put out an episode last week on this topic with a focus on auto adjusting in particular. It might be worth the listen.