My Conversation with a Monster

[eat_my_pencil]

i had a jobhunting question and though i've asked various people their opinions on it, i thought of contacting the good ol' people at monster.com to get their "professional" advice. i ended up using monster's online web chat person option (1st time i've ever used such a thing). the conversation wasn't necessarily funny or anything, but i was

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[dizoburo]

you should have talked with them more, be it a bot or an outsourced Indian girl. should have asked "on a side note, do you really thinkg ashiya karawasai (whatever her name is) is the most beautiful girl as Yahoo front page proclaimed?"

and yea depending on the job, you should mildly mention the whole health issue in the cover letter to explain the gap. and like lithium pearl girl said, twist it into something positive and not so much pitiful.

none of the "and after surviving my bout of cancer, i have finally decided to try for my lifelong dream of ballerina dancer. and with this renewed verve, i feel that i will be an asset to the core company ballet group. Because if i can conquer cancer, then surely, i will learn the perfect pirrohuette."

did you win any prizes while in the hospital? like most behaved or something? cause then you can add that to the resume and have it in the gap of employment, and it kinda alludes to you having have spent time in the hospital in some vein. and then in the interview, they'll ask you about it, and then you go in the explanation and stuff. yea word.

[dizoburo]

oh and you didn't ask me this shit, you fuck. what? i'm not professional enough for you? jeez... i thought we were friends.

[eat_my_pencil]

you're still a sexy bitch...with a faux hawk!

[eat_my_pencil]

yea, i don't want pity/sympathy, i just wanna be upfront and honest about what's been going on. its good i've been keeping busy during my "time off" and its definetly made me more eager to gettin back to work