I'm 21 years old and currently working on my paperwork to join the reserves, I want to work as a vehicle technician in the reserves. My problem is my employment history is pretty shaky aswell as I haven't "technically" graduated highschool yet even though I have over 110 credits (currently working on finishing my last course that completes the Alberta requirements).
In the past I have been somewhat LAZY. And even though I have held down jobs for well over a year I always end up getting lazy and being fired for tardiness even though I do my job well.
The result of this is I could list my employment history (working at dealerships mostly as a lube guy) but they would be TERRIBLE references seeing as I've been fired from every job I've had. For the past 6 months I haven't worked at all because truthfully I had become very depressed from feeling like a failure (but never took anti-depressants, just fought my way through it)... This is also partly because my dad wen't blind for 3 months while the doctors were fixing his eyesight so It ended up being better for me to not work so I could take care of him.
All of this results in employment gaps and not a lot of references, I fear this will get my application turned down, I want so bad to be a part of the Canadian military and have been training my body and mind for it... But my employment history and lack of a highschool diploma makes me look like a good-for-nothing on paper.
Sorry for the semi-life story, thanks for any advice!
In the past I have been somewhat LAZY. And even though I have held down jobs for well over a year I always end up getting lazy and being fired for tardiness even though I do my job well.
The result of this is I could list my employment history (working at dealerships mostly as a lube guy) but they would be TERRIBLE references seeing as I've been fired from every job I've had. For the past 6 months I haven't worked at all because truthfully I had become very depressed from feeling like a failure (but never took anti-depressants, just fought my way through it)... This is also partly because my dad wen't blind for 3 months while the doctors were fixing his eyesight so It ended up being better for me to not work so I could take care of him.
All of this results in employment gaps and not a lot of references, I fear this will get my application turned down, I want so bad to be a part of the Canadian military and have been training my body and mind for it... But my employment history and lack of a highschool diploma makes me look like a good-for-nothing on paper.
Sorry for the semi-life story, thanks for any advice!