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

[mikeymike]

Take up plumbing?  

[mikeymike]

KennyR wrote:
Plumbing? Whatever, I'd still get the position snatched away by buzzword fiends who say they're dynamic and flexible and whatever else crap they spout on these forms. Not to mention the brazen liars who say their hobbies include parachuting, windsurfing and potholing just to look interesting.

Does your CV outline just how defeatist you are?  Do you not think that pretty much everyone else on the planet has to go through the same system of living as you're trying to do, and that most of them are getting along just fine?

If you want to make a decent life for yourself, you have to do it.  Nobody else will.

It's not easy.  If it were, then most people would be looking for something more challenging.

[mikeymike]

And if anyone would like to read something on a more positive note:

http://www.mikeymike.org.uk/mikes/desiderata.txt

[mikeymike]

Ah, at least Cecilia understands what integrity is, out of the lot of you. Pride in one's own values, and complete refusal to compromise them. Some of you should learn how to be more faithful to your own beliefs and not make system whores of yourselves.

Thanks for the insult KennyR.  Not sure what I said to deserve it.

In the meantime, I'm doing what I've wanted to do for a long time (self-employed IT techie), while searching for a job at the same time.

[mikeymike]

KennyR, have you considered that maybe you won't be able to get a job along this career line?  You've got a degree, there are a lot of unrelated jobs that simply ask you to have a degree.

Don't give me a tonne of flack about integrity, you have got to find a job, simple as that.  Or stay with mum and dad for the rest of your life.

[mikeymike]

KennyR wrote:

tpg wrote:
Are you getting outside enough?

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

So that would be 'no' :-)

I think you need to decide on a different career KennyR.  You must have been looking for a job as a lab tech for at least a year and no interviews?  Wake up and smell the coffee...

[mikeymike]

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

Fine KennyR.  Wallow in your own pit of misery.  As an Amiga.org user, I'd prefer it if you didn't do it here.

But to clue you in on something, I'm in much the same position as you are, as are my brothers and sister, but none of us are whining about it on forums.  We all have jobs of some sort, and we're all trying to get better employment.  I could tell you my sob story, which I can guarantee is ten times worse than yours, but that would be missing the point.

Methuselas wrote:
@MikeyMike

Thanks Mate! For the first time, in a long time, I feel alot better. Thanks for the second wind.

You mean Desiderata?  Yeah, I read it from time to time when I need it :-)