Apr 24 2010
The Job Hunt Blues
The job market’s rough. There are a lot of people out of work and a lot of competition for every opening out there. I’ve had four job interviews and I’d have to say the last was the worst. Well, it wasn’t really the interview that went poorly, it was something that happened at the end.
I went in for a position with Sears. I’ve always loved Sears and I thought the entry level job was a good way to get into a brand I’ve always liked. The interview went okay, but at the end, the woman interviewing me said I’d be told at the end of the week or the beginning of the following week if I got the job or not. She was going to present my resume and the notes she took during the interview to the other staff members in the end-of-the-week staff meeting.
I said “okay, thank you” and left.
When I got home, I received a rejection email. What?! Not 15 minutes after I left Sears I was rejected! What happened to consulting with her fellow staff members?
My previously high opinion of Sears took a bit hit last week. I don’t know why they would hire someone who would lie straight to a potential employee’s face like that. I wish the people at Sears would do a review of the local Sears human resource office.
That sucks. And it was so fast, too. I guess you need to lie to work there 😀
But the interviews are getting worse and worse, apparently. They don’t hire the persons who have the actual skills, they hire the persons who convince them to give them the job. That’s why so many incompetent people work in places now.
Shortly after getting denied, I joked around with a friend about the fact that I may as well have lied on the resume. It wouldn’t have hurt. LOL.
Wow. Not sure what to say about that. I’ve been on several job interviews and I’ve never had something like that happen. But, I have had it where they tell you a similiar spiel to what they told you and I never got a rejection anything–letter or email. At least, the woman isn’t wasting your time… lol Gees. Just crazy…