"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> St. wrote:
>> Welcome to the real world. ;)
>
> I think "welcome to the desert of the real" would be a more appropriate 
> quotation from that film.
>
>>   Don't let it get you down, and keep trying. Actually, it probably isn't 
>> anything you've done, a *lot* of companies out there are making snap 
>> decisions about how they operate and how they're going to budget just to 
>> keep going in the present financial climate. They may well be going down 
>> the pan since you spotted them a couple of months ago.
>
> I don't know... I actually found a company that's recruiting rather than 
> firing. And not just one vacancy, but about 30 or so of them. And *all* of 
> them targetting graduates with no experience. And in a high-tech company 
> that seems to be doing interesting technical work. And I spent weeks 
> trying to build a killer CV, and fussing over the best way to put myself 
> across... and they decided in a mere 240 seconds that they weren't going 
> to hire me.

   Yes, recruiting 30 or so *two months* ago. It's a different story 
*today*.


>
> I don't think any human being even looked at my CV. I think they did an 
> automated search of the electronic details I submitted and their computer 
> failed to find the magic keyword it was looking for, so they sent me an 
> autogenerated rejection email.
>
> I'm seriously considering either replying to their email or phoning them 
> to enquire why they're not interested. I though I'd actually be quite 
> useful to them, given what I know and what I'm capable (and motivated) of 
> learning.

   Phone them. Ask for an interview, and if they say no, at least you gave 
it your best shot.


>
> On the other hand, maybe I should just face facts and accept that it is 
> essentially pointless for me to continue to remain alive. Maybe I should 
> just go throw myself off a tall building and get it over with. Then I 
> wouldn't have to put up with this suck-ass job that I hate, surrounded by 
> people who don't want me around, being paid peanuts, living in a world 
> that is completely indifferent to my pain and misery. Seriously, what do I 
> have to live for? Is my world ever going to be better than this? 30 years' 
> prior experience suggests "no"...

    Jeez Andrew, you need to stop thinking like that. Seriously.

     ~Steve~

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