So I'm about to graduate in a couple of months, and my student-only part-time job will be no more! I'm quite terrified, and trying to pick up a full-time position doing clerical stuff because I have lots of experience in it, so I can pay the bills while figuring out grad school stuff for next year.

Well, last week, I interviewed for a good position that had substantial pay, a comfortable, casual office, and a pretty location that is very close to my house. Also, great hours. Well, the dickhead who interviewed me was initially very nice and expressed a lot of interest in me as a candidate.

He asked me to come back on Monday afternoon for a second interview. He didn't specify the time, and said we could figure that out later in the week. I went out of town after the interview, but I called him while out of town, on Thursday AND Friday (the interview was Wednesday), to see what time I should come in on Monday. I didn't hear back from him and figured he just wasn't interested in me anymore.

Well, today, I get an email from the dickface, stating that they had to go ahead with the second interviews on FRIDAY, because I guess filling the position was so fucking urgent...and the position had been filled. I wouldn't be so pissed, except I would have stayed in town to go to the second interview...

Honestly, what the fuck? A second interview for MONDAY was promised to me. I think they could have waited, particularly over a freaking weekend! Nice miscommunication, asshole!

I HATE JOB HUNTING! I know this shit is part of the game, but it still sucks.

UGH.

I know that game.

Every job I've ever had was becuase I knew somebody. And I've got a graduate degree!

Imago777 said:

It's so true! It's not what you know, but who you know...that old, annoying adage...grrr. So unfair. No wonder I've encountered so many idiots in great positions.

My favorite was, when, a few years ago, this girl was at my dinner table at my cousin's wedding....she had also been an English major. I was expressing my fears to her about finding a job after graduation, and she was like, "Oh, don't worry! I'm a [insert fancy name here] for [insert fancy corporation here] in Manhattan, and I'm making 60K a year..." So I asked her how she found the job. Her response? "Oh, my dad owns the company..."

FUCK YOU!

That's why I love being in business for myself...although that entails a completely different set of hoops you have to jump thru at times...

Good luck, hun...

congradulations and welcome to life after college...

ahhhhh yes.....welcome to the real world, it's quite ugly isn't it?

jerseykrs said:

don't listen to this guy he does not know what he is talking about...

Dude, that's lame!

I hope your next interview experience goes better.

My wife experienced something almost identical when she was initially trying to find a paralegal job. Some people can be real assholes.

Hang in there. You were probably meant to have an even better job with someone else.

Thanks, guys.

Look at it this way: you wouldn't have wanted to work with such unprofessional people anyway. When a business hires new staff it's a two-way deal, like any other business transaction. Both parties should be equally respected and satisfied. If you go in with that attitude they can usually sense that you're a force to be reckoned with and not someone who's just desperate for a job.

I understand that these people probably would have messed things up anyway and that good attitudes don't put food on your table, but at least it's a way of retaining your self-respect and improving your chances the next time.

retina said:

ass! you took my answer!

sorry to hear about this shitty situation, scandalous. you're smart and you know what you're doing; you'll find a suitable job soon enough.

Natsume said:

You guys are right. I didn't want to work for a dickface who fucks around with me, anyway. Even if it would have paid the bills...

Imago777 said:

I recently hired somebody for an office position that I found through an interviewing process. So, keep the faith!

Ace said:

Hire me!

thescandalouslife said:

Unfortunately we aren't hiring at the present time (and I don't think you'd be willing to move to Toronto, anyway). But you'll find something.