You guys....hunting for a job is tiring. I need a vacation. Ergo, I am packing my bags tonight for a fun 4 day trip to Breckenridge. I'm beyond super stoked. I haven't been skiing (I hate spelling that word too) in over a year, so hopefully I won't get challenged to a ski-off down K-13 (that was for you Earl). I'll be there through Easter, so HOPEFULLY I'll find a church for Sunday (that was for you mom).
Getting back to the job search. Seriously, what happened to the good ole days when you would circle a job in the NYT, fax over your resume, then get an interview? Now it's like getting into Fort Knox just to send in your resume over the interweb. Not to sound like an old geezer, but it really is frustrating.
It seems like all corporations now want you to "sign up" in order to apply for a job. This entails a 6 page process where you basically fill in all information from birthday to ethnicity. BTW, why do they ask you if you are Hispanic first then go on to ask about all other races? Isn't that weird? I can't tell if it is biased towards or against Hispanic people. Anywho, after you take 30 minutes to fill out a bunch of crap that is already on your resume, and god forbid you don't save any of it and have to start all over, then they ask you to upload a resume. I mean come on! Just ask for that in the first place you idiots! Then I have to come up with a witty cover letter? And after all that, all that hullabaloo, I get a confirmation email with a tracking number that tells me I will be called if I meet the criteria. I don't even get a person's name or number so I can harass them every day.
So basically it takes me about 45 minutes to apply for one job. That is seriously cutting into my sleep/work out/eat/shop/go out schedule. Very uncool. Can you feel my struggle now? Don't you see why I need a vacation? I know you are all with me on this one.
Off to Colorado and I hope everyone has a good Easter and Passover. Hopefully I will have a funny story or two when I get back!
Note: I chose this for the song of the day because it was in my dream last night where I won an Oscar and someone took it off my chair and I was pissed then Sheryl Crow dedicated this some to me...yeah, I have bizarre dreams. Also, my cousin was named after this song.
Song of the Day: Allison, Elvis Costello, "Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking, when I hear the silly things that you say."
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Yay! Shout out to me! And p.s. I so feel your pain about the duplicate entries of useless info. All that crap is already on my resume. Do the people who receive the info even want to read that crap? Twice? After I did it once, and find out I had to do it again withine the same job engine but for a different position, I ass-ed out. Too lazy! Too annoying!
ReplyDeleteHave fun and don't break a leg :-)