A moan about job applications...
Jun. 24th, 2007 07:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sildilI really should not nap in the afternoon. The number of times I do so and wake up feeling slightly blue should have taught me by now that it isn't a good idea.
I guess it's mainly due to things being unsettled again with my work finishing in three and a half weeks. Bloody hell, THREE AND A HALF WEEKS! YES! No more poky little reception counter, no more arsey Behaviour Manager, no more being the sole receptionist, no more walking almost ankle deep in red Worcestershire mud and puddles to get to work...and no more money.
The latter means job hunting is now in earnest. I didn't get the job I interviewed for on Friday, apparently it was very close but I hadn't got the financial experience which the other candidate had. I have ANOTHER interview next Friday for Learning Resource Manager at another High School, which would be great to get but I think that I only stand a very slim chance as my library experience is waaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the dim and distant past. The closing date for another application that I'd REALLY like is tomorrow so I'm sort of hoping that I'll get an interview for that as well.
Failing those two there seems to be so little around and I am tired of filling out the damn application forms. NO ONE wants CV's or resumes. ALL the jobs have these long and tedious forms and specifically say, NO CV's or RESUMES when you apply. It's utterly ridiculous as you can't show any skills or abilities that don't come under the STRICT categories that the form asks for, plus it takes fucking hours to complete these things and there is no room in the provided boxes to put details that could be relevant.
And joy, on top of all this I have endless fucking 'Friends' on TV in the background as it's all that Lizzie seems to watch at the moment. And don't get me started on incredibly messy teenagers.
I guess it's mainly due to things being unsettled again with my work finishing in three and a half weeks. Bloody hell, THREE AND A HALF WEEKS! YES! No more poky little reception counter, no more arsey Behaviour Manager, no more being the sole receptionist, no more walking almost ankle deep in red Worcestershire mud and puddles to get to work...and no more money.
The latter means job hunting is now in earnest. I didn't get the job I interviewed for on Friday, apparently it was very close but I hadn't got the financial experience which the other candidate had. I have ANOTHER interview next Friday for Learning Resource Manager at another High School, which would be great to get but I think that I only stand a very slim chance as my library experience is waaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the dim and distant past. The closing date for another application that I'd REALLY like is tomorrow so I'm sort of hoping that I'll get an interview for that as well.
Failing those two there seems to be so little around and I am tired of filling out the damn application forms. NO ONE wants CV's or resumes. ALL the jobs have these long and tedious forms and specifically say, NO CV's or RESUMES when you apply. It's utterly ridiculous as you can't show any skills or abilities that don't come under the STRICT categories that the form asks for, plus it takes fucking hours to complete these things and there is no room in the provided boxes to put details that could be relevant.
And joy, on top of all this I have endless fucking 'Friends' on TV in the background as it's all that Lizzie seems to watch at the moment. And don't get me started on incredibly messy teenagers.
