Grrr

Aug 14, 2008 14:32

Just went for a job interview. Job was at the lowest end of pay I can afford to work for, but was the type of organisation I really like working for, and was advertised as full time ( Read more... )

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ciphergoth August 14 2008, 13:55:47 UTC
Oh FFS! How to piss people about! Grr indeed.

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ergotia August 14 2008, 14:00:41 UTC
Came back to another job possibility though. Only a slim chance with this one I think but at least there is some movement. My jobseeking experiences of the last six weeks seem to me to suggest a slow down rather than a recession...

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lovelybug August 14 2008, 14:11:25 UTC
Knob-otters, the lot of them.

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reddragdiva August 14 2008, 14:25:44 UTC
Bait-and-switching?

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ergotia August 14 2008, 15:32:12 UTC
Not sure what you mean, but I think it was basic inefficiency. There was no time for them to see my written answer and decide I was too rubbish to interview, for example.

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reddragdiva August 14 2008, 15:40:06 UTC
Bait-and-switch = lure someone in then sell them something else. But yes, stupidity rather than malice is probably a sufficient explanation.

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friend_of_tofu August 14 2008, 15:10:03 UTC
Oh, that's fucking sneaky!

Gah.

If you don't mind me asking,what's wrong with current job? I thought it sounded quite positive.

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ergotia August 14 2008, 15:32:43 UTC
It was, but it came to an end as locum placements do. Sigh.

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friend_of_tofu August 14 2008, 15:40:08 UTC
Bah. I thought it would maybe turn into a permanent placement.

Best of luck. Should I look out for stuff in my internal recruitment flyers? (Or would that be a bit too much like working for the enemy?)

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ergotia August 14 2008, 15:47:55 UTC
Where do you work? :) basically I prefer to work for employees, but will work for public sector employers.

Might still be a perm job coming up at GLA but prob not till xmas - funding, auditing, blah blah blah. Was officially encouraged to apply when and if it does though.

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biog August 14 2008, 15:42:02 UTC
That's not very honourable of them. After all, how much effort does a little courtesy take these days. Good luck with any future job hunts though.

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ergotia August 14 2008, 15:48:16 UTC
Thanks :)

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