Amongst a whole plethora of things that have annoyed me over the last day or so I guess the whole job situation is the one that's p'd me off the most.
Yesterday my brother got a job I'd applied for. Whilst this is great news for him it really irks me that they gave it to someone with absolutely no experience in the role and who lives 10 miles further away from the place than me. Saying that I was doomed right from the start as the stupid cow I sent my CV to replied to me using an incorrect spelling of my surname as a forename. She also asked a few questions, which I thought I answered pretty well but I was dismissed on the slightest remark I made in them ie mentioned something about wanting a job that was not stress inducing and she replied saying I'd be unsuitable as the OFFICE (not the actual position!) can sometimes be stressful.
Of course this is all neither here or there as it happened weeks ago, I guess it just acts to a prelude to more recent events and how I currently feel.
Last Monday I went for an interview. I thought it went really well, I had bags of experience and was well suited for the position. Today I found out I hadn't got it. Maybe someone better came along, maybe I'm doing something wrong I don't know (would help if the agency actually provided some form of feedback seeing as I requested it at least twice prior to this afternoon!).
What's really annoying is that the last 2 interviews (and I haven't been on many since finishing uni last July) have been via agencies. I must be doing something seriously wrong but I just don't know what.
I've been to the local skills centre in town several times, so far they've been useless. Last week I booked myself in for this skills health check thing to tell me where my strengths lie and to suggest suitable jobs. I have to go back tomorrow morning to complete it. Have a good idea what it will say and to be honest I think it will be totally useless in helping me.
In my head at the mo I think I'm stuck in a place where I don't have enough experience to actually get one of the very few media lecturer jobs out there and for any other job I've got teacher labelled allover my CV and they won't touch me with a barge pole as I'm either over-qualified (what a stupid term!) or they think I'll disappear at the slightest hint of a teaching position - it's been over a year and the new term's started so they won't be anymore jobs now (apart from maternity cover) til next March; it's never going to happen!!!
Add to that the fact that at the mo I have no car due to it failing its MOT in style and I'm beginning to think what's the point?
Which leads me to the conclusion that I either start lieing on my CV/interviews or I just give up.
And to add insult to injury I have to go to the Job Centre again tomorrow morning and will no doubt get some jobsworth who will scrutinise and interrogate me to his/her full extent.
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