Work is work - or why job application forms and CVs are bullsh!t

[KennyR]

Why does everyone think I'm young? For someone trying to get their first job, I'm horribly old (26 is old for someone who's never had a job, trust me). And that counts against me a lot, I'm certain.

[KennyR]

the_leander wrote:
(BTW cleaning is perhaps the most soul destroying job one can embark in, you do a great job, only for the people you clean for ruin it day after day after day. But I'm proud I stuck at it for 18 months until I got my nightshift factory job, shame that didn't last heh).

I wonder if that's as soul destroying as filling out form after form of meaningless fluff and getting no interviews, no interest, and only the ocassional "Sorry but we regret to inform..." letter while your health and looks are disappearing fast from having nothing to do all day, and you're heading fast towards the point where your qualifications will mean nothing and soon you'll have to pay back £5000 at £180 a month. That's really quite frustrating, to put it mildly.

[KennyR]

T_Bone wrote:
What do you actually know about someone once you filter out the trendy "spice it up" cliches everyone includes?

Nothing, that's my point. It's unnatural selection. Survival of those with the biggest inflatable cheek pouch.

[KennyR]

Well, another promising placement turned down without even requesting an interview. The most promising in a long while in fact. It only took them a day to refuse it.

Funny how your home changes from a castle to a prison when you've been unemployed for a long time. This is really, really starting to get me down.

[KennyR]

T_Bone wrote:
Hell, you could walk right in to one of our evil Pharmecuitical companies and be working tomorrow.

No I couldn't. American chemistry standards are fundamentally different from European ones. I'd need to be retrained and re-educated. Why would any company in America do that when they could just hire an American?

[KennyR]

tpg wrote:
Are you getting outside enough?

I go to the jobcentre for ten minutes every two weeks.

[KennyR]

Smithy wrote:
Have you considered applying for jobs outside of your field? For example in a call centre, doing data entry, or maybe in a shop or a bar?

There's no way I would work in a call centre or shop/bar. That's not that I disrespect people who do, but they're like teaching - jobs that clash with me so much that I'd rather starve even than think about them. Talk to people constantly? Not for me.

a. it'd only be temporary while you find something in your field
b. the experience will look good on your CV & applications
c. it'll provide a bit of a confidence boost in the world of work and will help you with future applications
d. it's easier to find work when in work
e. it'll provide you with some cash

I agree with all these apart from b. The experience will make me look less like a total layabout, but it's not relevant to my field and will hardly make me look great compared to other graduates.

[KennyR]

Why, what other job field do you recommend me to search for for half a year and get no interviews for next?

[KennyR]

sir_inferno wrote:
i've havn't even gone to uni, and i'm going to pass a microsoft certified proffesional exam..

Yeah, along with everyone else. ;-) But good luck anyway.