Not Getting the JobMuns asks - Did you blag your way through a job interview, only to be caught out? Is your photography portfolio full of other peoples work? Did your potential employers google your name, before offering you a lucrative contract and discover something from your past you would rather forget? How did you fail to get the job?
(, Thu 11 Jun 2015, 12:00)
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Recruitment consultantsWhen the dotcom bubble burst in 2001, I had to get a proper, normal job. So I contacted an agency to see if they could help me. I was called for an initial consult by a guy named Garth. I could just picture him, from his voice alone: cheap suit, too much aftershave, plays squash (aggressively) with Brian from accounts every Thursday, and thinks TOWIE is a lifestyle magazine.
So after collecting my technical skills etc, he asked me what kind of thing I was looking for. After summarising the kind of role I wanted, I finished by saying I'd ideally like to find something "Socially useful".
This clearly threw him. I tried to find other ways of explaining: "Ethical", "Responsible", "Positive contribution" etc. But it was hopeless: clearly the idea of desiring anything more than the fattest paycheck was beyond him.
I now work in education technology. Garth didn't get the commission.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2015, 14:20, 5 replies)
Oh don't talk to r0bm867 about recruitment consultants!(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 17 Jun 2015, 14:23,
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(, Wed 17 Jun 2015, 14:29, closed)
towie started in 2010hth
xxx
(, Wed 17 Jun 2015, 15:45, closed)
*replace with suitable 2001 equivalent which I can't be arsed to google*
(, Wed 17 Jun 2015, 17:11, closed)
Pop Idol?Unless Garth was ironically retro and dressed like Maureen Rees.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 18 Jun 2015, 9:27,
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