OT-Whinge for the week-Long rant about work

[alpinerabbit]

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 am in the same conundrum. I had an interview for what I want within the same company last week. This is one of the few chances I'll ever get so I sure hope I did not f*ck it up.

I think it happens these days because there just is not time to train people anymore. You want to be born with an MBA, 8 years of experience under your belt and not be over 25 so you don't cost anything.

[East Hill]

I think it happens these days because there just is not time to train people anymore. You want to be born with an MBA, 8 years of experience under your belt and not be over 25 so you don't cost anything.

Just about describes the employer's perspective perfectly!

As I said, I'm in the Postal Service, and I don't have to worry about too much of that nonsense with what I do for a living, but I think trying 'to get a foot in the door' as Trekhawk said, is the way to go. The tough part is finding a musuem/library near to you.

Good luck!

East Hill

[crazycanuck]

Hi

THanks for your replies. When I get home tonight i'll be able to provide a longer response!

Thanks
C

[Mr. Bloom]

CC:

I've come across this a lot recently in my own company (and I'm one of the executive officers!!!). I hit the roof a few months ago when a very competant woman in one of my areas 'posted' for a position in another area...and they decided to eliminate the job without anyone telling her!

The other issue was when one of our employees referred her mother to me for a position that I ultimately decided to not fill. However, HR never informed her or the other candidates. To their credit, they were not notifying anyone because they were being considered for other positions...but alas, a little communication is human decency!

I think that sometimes companies forget that people get themselves emotionally invested in possibilities like this and literally sit on pins and needles wanting to know whether there's an opportunity or not!

To the bigger issue: if you're not happy, move on... Being in a bad position is poison to the soul!

We keep a plaque hanging in our house that says "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life" I believe this

[crazycanuck]

When I arrived at work early this morning I had a message to contact one of the HR folks.

I received an apology from one lady in the HR dept but she's not sure exactly what happened. She was going to speak to the HR dept manager and let me know more information but didn't say when I might hear receive further information..

I've no clue what's gone wrong but I want to know how many other people applied & didn't receive a response.

I'm going to work on creating an improved CV & pass it to a few Recruitment agencies & see what happens.

c

[Thistle]

I'm going to work on creating an improved CV & pass it to a few Recruitment agencies & see what happens.

c

good idea cc... if this is how they treat their staff, do you want to be there long-term? once might be an oversight, but twice? I would be very unimpressed.

Worst case, you can always move to canberra we have lots of museums and libraries and terrific bike paths

Good luck with the looking around. Dont be put off just because your current employer is too lazy to even tell you whether or not you got the job

[crazycanuck]

Thanks for that Thistle. We love Perth & we're pretty much settled here. (No matter how much people out here whinge about everything..don't get me started on the complaints about daylight savings..grrr..what's wrong with it??? )

I will be a bit cautious with my job search as i'm concerned about the new IR laws. I'm a bit lost on the whole law & want the straight truth about it. Any ideas?

c