Job hunt
While I'm searching for a new job I really feel like I was a main character in some surreal comic novel. Most of the stories are really short: I find an advertisement, I send the CV and they never reply (or I get an automatic negative response 4 weeks later).
Other companies are even better in ignoring the applicants:
Jan - I get an infomailing about a vacancy for which I am a perfect match. I send CV. No reply.
Feb - I see the exactly same position on a job server. This time I apply online. No reply.
March - Meeting the company at Career Days. The director was impressed how much I knew about the company. I told him the story. He gave me his business card to send him my CV. I did. Guess what ... till today no reply!
No, it's not like I never get to the next level - interview. There was a company where I went through two selection rounds including a 45 minutes long discussion about corporate finance (after this the state exam will be a piece of cake). Three days later they changed the selection criteria.
Another story:
Week 1 - going for a coffee with Kevin, me complaining about the job hunt. He offered to show my CV to the HR department.
Week 2 - Kevin calling that the HR is not interested in part-time but his boss Simon has something to offer and I should expect his call.
Week 3 - meeting Simon at Career Days. He apologized for not calling me yet and promised to do it the following week.
Week 4 - we finally arranged the interview and when I came there I found out Simon was busy with a conference call so I was meeting the HR person. Ha! We talked for an hour but the only output was that (surprisingly) they don't take anyone for part-time.
If I had any artistic ambitions I would write a book. Some chapters of my life would make laugh a lot of people. I'm sure God must already have hiccup from all that fun he has with playing tricks on me :)))


1 Comments:
Hey Jana. It was a pleasure meeting you in Praha last weekend.
Good luck on your job-hunt. Hang in there. When you least expect it, you'll find opportunity knocking on your door.
Cheers from Paris,
Saki
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