Jobhunting

I’ve sent my CV out so many times that I’m feeling like a spammer, I’m punch-drunk with it all. Now, just after the holidays, new projects and positions are being listed, and that’s a good thing…although none of them are anywhere even remotely close to where I live.

I got a confirmation back in the mail that I had applied for a position with a firm in Slough.  I looked at it and said “Did I really?  Fuck me, I must have.” I’m losing track of things. Not only is Slough roughly five million miles from where I actually live, it is not on my list of most-desired locations to move. Sure, I’d consider a move to Oxford or London or Paris. But Slough? Get out of town.  :D

My hatred of employment agencies is deepening. I still am inundated by calls for jobs on the other side of the country for skillsets that I don’t possess. I found an awesome, dream project management/ecommerce marketing manager job that was *gasp* just up the road from me, and the agency felt that I was “too technical”. Please…tell me that you even understand one line from my CV, then make an evaluation as to my techiness outweighing my suitability as a…well, a suit. Having some actual skills that allow me to have a valuable contribution to a project should not immediately rule me out. You know what?  Tech guys don’t respect suits, we tend to think they’re glossy-haired idiots. We blow smoke up their asses about deadlines since they haven’t the faintest idea what we do, and how long it takes.

Remember this?

ginger

The tech version is a suit hearing “blahblahblahblah six weeks of crunch time blahblahblahblah”.

Ok, /rant over.

But I really do loathe and despise employment agencies.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

%d bloggers like this: