Yeah, right
January 19th 2007 10:26
Two more job applications down the tubes today. And I learned that another job where one of the Personnel places is putting my name forward is only for 15 hours a week. Yup, that’ll pay the bills.
It makes you want to give up on applications and CVs and cover letters and all, because they’re all going into some great employment waste bin as far as I can see. I have never yet had an interview as a result of an application. Never. In five months that seems ridiculous. Other people have looked at my CVs and pronounced them fine. I’ve got advice from people in the know. I’ve done what they’ve told me. Does it make any difference? Not a jot.
I’m not particularly angry, just fed up with the whole routine. I guess I’m not the only one. If I’m losing out again and again, so must a host of other people be. Unless of course that large number of people is gradually being
whittled down and my turn is just about next! Yeah, right, as the Tui beer ads say.
A terrible cynicism creeps into the whole affair, which you can’t really afford. I started out the process of applying for jobs with a buoyancy, because I was getting out of a situation I’d been in far too long. Regrettably that buoyancy has long gone, and this boat is sinking!
On the other hand, I’ve had five months (mostly) at home to do my own thing, and that’s been pleasant. The trouble is, you get used to that kind of routine (or lack of it) and begin to think it’s the norm, and would be worth hanging onto. It ain’t gonna happen, I don’t think.
Once I’m in a situation – as this current evening job has proved yet again – I have all the skills and talents needed (far more in fact that are needed for this one). And people appreciate those skills. How do you make your cover letter/CV/application convincing enough to get that through to people who don’t even bother to meet you?
At one point I tried going round and meeting up with people, but that was demoralising. Even more demoralising that having enough rejection letters to paste one wall of this room.
It makes you want to give up on applications and CVs and cover letters and all, because they’re all going into some great employment waste bin as far as I can see. I have never yet had an interview as a result of an application. Never. In five months that seems ridiculous. Other people have looked at my CVs and pronounced them fine. I’ve got advice from people in the know. I’ve done what they’ve told me. Does it make any difference? Not a jot.
I’m not particularly angry, just fed up with the whole routine. I guess I’m not the only one. If I’m losing out again and again, so must a host of other people be. Unless of course that large number of people is gradually being
A terrible cynicism creeps into the whole affair, which you can’t really afford. I started out the process of applying for jobs with a buoyancy, because I was getting out of a situation I’d been in far too long. Regrettably that buoyancy has long gone, and this boat is sinking!
On the other hand, I’ve had five months (mostly) at home to do my own thing, and that’s been pleasant. The trouble is, you get used to that kind of routine (or lack of it) and begin to think it’s the norm, and would be worth hanging onto. It ain’t gonna happen, I don’t think.
Once I’m in a situation – as this current evening job has proved yet again – I have all the skills and talents needed (far more in fact that are needed for this one). And people appreciate those skills. How do you make your cover letter/CV/application convincing enough to get that through to people who don’t even bother to meet you?
At one point I tried going round and meeting up with people, but that was demoralising. Even more demoralising that having enough rejection letters to paste one wall of this room.
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