This Looks Familiar

I was doing some job hunting today, and on Craigslist, I came across this ad for a Project Engineer/Geologist.

It sure looks a lot like the add that I answered 5 years ago. Except for the last bullet before successful candidates.

Essentially it makes it look like I became too expensive for their tastes, and so they downgraded the job that I was doing.

Today did at least provide some opportunities. I sent out 5 resumes today.

Now, we’ll see how long it takes these people to respond.

Job Hunt

Yesterday, I wrote to one of the companies I had interviewed with. The one that I had gone back to for a writing test/example. They had said they should get back to me by the end of the week. In response, I was told that I was overqualified for the staff position (I knew that), but was told that the hiring decision for the senior project position was on hold for another 2 to 3 weeks.

Joy.

No news otherwise. I've applied for 3 jobs today. One I had applied to in January, and again in February. I can tell by the company's job number. Maybe if I keep applying to them they'll at least give a "no". In going on 10 weeks of applying for work, I have received to rejections after applying. The only rejections have been after the interviews. And one from a headhunter.

Apparently, companies are being so cowardly that they don't want to hurt peoples' feelings so they are just not responding negatively to applicants, feeling that no response is "kinder" than a rejection.

Once again I wish had saved all of the rejection postcards and letters I collected in '94 and '95 and then again in '98. At least then I knew for sure that people were at least reading the resumes. Or possibly just seeing that they existed. I feel like a sub-atomic particle. I don't exist unless some HR person acknowledges me.

Evidence

According to Private/Corporal /Sergeant/Captain Carrot, evidence means "that which is seen".

A while ago Jennifer and I took in all of our photographs to be scanned. It turned out to be quite a bit.

This means I have pictures of the many different hairstyles of my mother. The many hair lengths of me. The many friends from around the country. The many family members through the years.

Now of course they didn't end up very organized, but that's going to be one of my projects in the coming days in between filling out online applications and such.

Right now, the task is importing them and then sorting through.

It'll keep me busy.

Continued Improvement

I received an email this morning that at least gave me some uplifting thoughts.

I was from a company in Berkeley that said they had been in a rush to hire for a position, and I had missed their hiring by just a couple days. It did say that I seemed to have a solid resume, and was I interested in contract work.

We'll see where this goes, but it is my first feedback on a resume that I have submitted.