|
![](/i/fill.gif) |
"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:496f0010$1@news.povray.org...
> 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~
Post a reply to this message
|
![](/i/fill.gif) |