TEN REASONS WHY
I HATE LOOKING FOR A JOB
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will
be wise.” –Author Unknown
Ever
since I can remember I have always tried to have my own business and not depend
on the paternal corporation for my existence. But occasionally my business
might slow down and I would try to see if I can get a traditional job. But the
process of looking for that job and all the processes that you have to go
through is sickening and just puts me off. Everybody is acting and being phony.
From the onset they know they are not going to hire you, but let you play all
that silly games.
Now
reason with me. I have a talent, I am educated and have the experience that is
required for a company. Why does it have to come across like the one who is
interviewing me is superior to me?. Why does the interviewer come across like I
should beg for that job. I think the
whole job seeking process needs to be overhauled. We are living in the 21st
century and job seeking is still one of the areas that it seems like we are
living in the dark ages.
Let me
give my 10 reasons why I hate looking for a job:
1. The Resume -
suppose to be a summary of your educational background, your experience. But no
- you are supposed to include some buzz words so that you can impress the HR
people. Because of this there is a cottage industry teaching people how to use
those fake buzz words - Here is what I mean
"Assembled a team of five auditors
that conducted a Sarbanes Oxley audit of financial operations in less than
three weeks.
Eliminated nearly $5 million in operating
expenses by consolidating IT contracts under one vendor.
Launched several new product extensions and
offerings, resulting in an increase in sales revenue of nearly $15 million over
a five year timeline".
Here
are some buzz words we are supposed to use: Accomplished,
achieved, acquired, adapted, addressed, administered, advised, allocated,
analyzed, applied, appointed, appraised, approved, arbitrated, assembled,
assessed, assigned, assumed, assured, audited, authored, awarded
2. The
long application process - You spend the whole day completing the tedious and
long application process - asking you all those silly questions; you submit the
application and nobody even bothers to acknowledge your application. I believe
that companies don't value your time and
treat you like nothing. If they were really serious somebody from that
department will call or email to acknowledge and schedule a follow up or
eliminate you from consideration. This is just courtesy human behavior.
3. The
Interviewing process - Everybody knows it is a fake interviewing process - the
candidate is supposed to answer the questions with canned answers and whosoever
is able to perform and lie their way through is able to impress the interviewer
gets the job. What a joke? There are people who are good performers and are
able to lie their way to good jobs. It happens all the time. Forget about it if
you happen to be a foreigner and have an accent!!
4. The background check - Yes it is all right to
do a back ground check. But the wait and unresponsiveness from the companies
does not make sense.
5. The
second interview process - where they
don't even let you know that you are competing for the job with other candidates
so that they can tell you immediately that they will not hire you. I don't know
why they HR people will take their sweet time to inform you the results when
they know from the beginning that they were not going to hire
you.
6.
Minimum wage - jobs are also requiring resume!!!
7.
Temporary Agencies - are the worse culprit in the hiring process - they let you take all these aptitude test, and
all kinds of examinations that have nothing to do with your skill and knowledge
as it relates to the job you are applying.
For example, your job as a word process was eliminated after working 21
years for a company. Why do you have to go through all the hoops to starting working.
I have experience, honesty, integrity, dependability etc., Why do I need to go
through the whole laborious process again.
8. After
all the process - the silly application process - the fake interviews - then
you receive a rejection letter that make you feel like a failure. Another thing
is they let you float in the sky before they email or sent you that stupid form
letter rejecting your candidacy.
9. Travelling
to interviews - I believe that people looking for jobs should be paid when they attend interviews for
their transportation expenses
10. Salary
- Companies ask about your salary requirements, but I know they know what they
are going to offer. Just come up with a range of salary and negotiate a
reasonable salary that both of you can live with.
The
following sums it all up:
"Hello. Are you looking for a job within
our company? Well we do have an opening for an IT professional. The
requirements? At least five years of experience, references, a resume, cover
letter, proper degree and education. Oh we also need your address, phone
number, social security number, age, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, etc. The
pay is minimum wage. Why you ask? Well, we are a business and we need to make
sure we are running at full capacity and making as much as possible. How else
do you think America is still the number one country in the world? We, the
corporations, have been keeping it alive since the days of Rockefeller. Through
thick and thin we have exploited all possible loopholes to make this country
shine. If you feel that this company is right for you, please fill out the
online application with all of your personal information. We will contact you
if we find that you are a good fit in our business, no promises though. I do
hope you have a great day in our great country".
