Chambers wrote:

> If they don't trust you to do your job, then maybe you need a new job.

Maybe?

I think this one has already been proved multiple times over beyond any 
semblence of doubt. ;-)

> Weren't you sending resumes out a while ago?  What happened with those?

Once or twice a week, some random agency would send me an email, I call 
them, they tell me about some job I'm not really interested in, they 
promise to let me know what happens with it, they never contact me ever 
again. After a while, I stopped getting emails. (Although I keep getting 
repeated auto-generated messages telling me to go work for HMGCC.)

I did go to one interview. The agency told me they wanted a programmer, 
but what the company actually wanted was a customer support advisor. 
Needless to say, that's not something I ever want to do. Company was 
astounded that I managed to write half a dozen trivial SQL statements, 
and the interviewer appeared to be trying to invent a job on the spot so 
he could hire me. Not sure I liked the look of the company, frankly, but 
they seemed quite keen to employ me - although in the end no job was 
actually offered.

I have since spoken to that particular agency on numerous occasions. 
They keep promising to send me to more interviews, but nothing has ever 
happened.

At this point, I have completely run out of ideas. I've paid for the 
services of a professional careers advice consultant - we'll see if 
anything useful comes of that.

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