Hey gals n guy,

I sure hope you can help me with a job issue. Where do I start? Ok, i'll give this a shot. *breathe* C *breathe*

I work for a large Superannuation company in Perth & in my best interests i've applied for two internal positions in the past 6 months. The first one, they forgot about the position & it was only because I asked my manager about the progress did anyone even bother speaking to me about it. The manger of that area didn't want my services because I didn't have the experience. Ok, I was rather annoyed & went on with life.

About 2 1/2 weeks ago I noticed another internal position that didn't require a high level of expertise & applied. I gave it a week & then emailed someone in HR to find out the progress. Well, I received an email today-forwarded on from another HR person-stating the postion had been filled. At no time did I receive any notification of interviews or even a "thank-you-but-you're-not-suitable" type email. I complained to my manager & we will be discussing this in my monthly catch up.

There's another internal position but the manager is just a tad bit too clicky for me.

If you're still with me..Is this normal for most companies????

I thought before I left the company í'd give internal positions a shot. I don't have to leave but i WANT to leave. Why, you ask?

I would like to develop a career but seem to have hit all the boring-non-career type jobs. I have a degree so i'm not a complete moron but don't have the full experience required to go into my chosen field. The chosen field is actually museum studies but due to the lack of museums my other choice is Library/archive management.

I'll keep this short unti someone replies & asks more questions. However, one bit of info-When I applied for positions in NZ & Australia the Recruitment companies come up with the "You don't have enough local experice"attitude.

I want to stop the revolving "I can't-get-the-job-I-want-but-can't-get-the-experience-to-get-the-job-"door.

I'm slowly going nuts & just want a job I feel challenged by & is rewarding. I'm bored and wasting my time with stupid positions.

Thanks for your help!

C