Four months now I've been looking for work, beginning to despair, the worst thing is that very very few actually bother replying
I had to do that at school, presumably in English Language class.from an advert for a local admin job (temp contract for 3 weeks)
If I didn't have other things to do today, I'd be tempted to construct an 8 page, illustrated training manual...
That's certainly true, and led to me getting the job which I recently left and which I did for more than 13 years!
)), and I fucked up the answers to several of the questions.
That's certainly true, and led to me getting the job which I recently left and which I did for more than 13 years!
However, it wasn't just that I didn't care. The presentation was badly delivered, for several reasons which I could go into, if I could be bothered
They would have to have a very weak field indeed of candidates to appoint me based on today, and I know that they are not getting a weak field of candidates.
It is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, though - I can't be bothered making much of an effort because I know they are not going to appoint me, so I give them reasons for not appointing me.
*shrug*
Yeah, and that's true, too.
dunno really. surely if you get as far as the shortlist, that is a sign you're not completely wasting everyone's time
or at least that's what i keep telling myself...
Hi, I used to telephone follow up all my applications, especially if they were via agencies.Four months now I've been looking for work, beginning to despair, the worst thing is that very very few actually bother replying
There can be myriad and sometime very annoying reasons why people are not appointed despite a good CV and interview. One job I went for, and prepared in depth for, only wanted to pick my brains as to who I thought their next customers should be. They interviewed a lot of us over a period, each giving them tips and tricks but never appointing anyone. Made me quite cross when I found out how long they had been doing it!
I do that, the most annoying things about agencies is that they are the worst for getting back to you. One that I have been dealing with is particularly annoying, the woman handling my application is always conveniently "with someone" she is yet to return my calls despite me calling daily.
For an experienced professional. This is a seriously undervalued profession.
Someone sent me a link to a job. Full-time, Tenovus, on their "man van" (so I suspect they'd like a male counsellor)
TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND.
Oh and you have to be prepared to spend lots of nights away.
Here we go again.
Last throw of the dice for the foreseeable future.
Nothing else in the pipeline, nothing else to apply to for the time being.
So, fingers crossed today goes well.
Indeed. I don't think I have any choice but to do so.
Bad luck Guineveretoo, you did say you didn't feel at your best for the interview.
I was job hunting for two years, it can certainly be soul destroying, I focussed on my job search and got basically more and more intensive with it as time went by. One agency told me that because of my time out of work they would probably not put me forward for positions as they said pretty much "no smoke no fire" implying that there must have been something wrong with me!....
Two years, two long years, I've been applying. There's only a finite number of positions in existence in my role. I'm at the point now where I find myself applying for jobs that I applied unsuccessfully a couple of years ago for and the successful applicant has done their stint and moved on.
It's soul destroying and at times my self-confidence has taken a real battering.
But, I've been lucky enough to have had positive experiences in May last two or three interviews, reassuring me that I can still do this job.
