Today I am applying for a new job. The application is hard enough. It's pages long and they want my full work history from the time I was 16 years old. Complete with addresses and phone numbers. I worked my way through college, so I have quite the work history of summer jobs and christmas break temporary work.
After the application comes the job interview. I have rarely done well on any job interview. The question that gets me the most is, "What is your weakest skill when you are on the job." I'm sorry, but what is the point of this question? I'm sure that it's to find out who is the best bullshitter of the lot. You cant tell the truth on this question, so you have to package it with some spin and the same type of political half truths the politicians use.
The current job interview practice requires you to package and present yourself according to the same principles politicians use to get elected. Ack!
Every year the special phrases and considerations for resumes and job interviews change and you have to go through all this work to keep up and do you know what employers say, "we still aren't sure how to pick out who will be the best employee."
Well I don't know either, but I can say the entire process stresses me out so much that only apply for the jobs that I absolutely can't pass up. Maybe that's how it should be, but it would be nice if the system was a little more user friendly and a little less spin.
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