Anyway the job I mentioned here is still being advertised. This despite the rather significant fact the closing date for applications was the 10th January. Sharp practice? Wash your mouth out with soap and water.
The crowd I was whinging about last week finally sent me a copy of the job description they'd promised. Despite being grilled about C#, Java and HTML the actual knowledge requirement was summed up in the phrase "software technology skills". Clearly the agency knows more about the company and their requirements than the company itself.
I've been talking this week to another agency. They rang on Tuesday about an "exciting opportunity". It's always refreshing to speak to an agency that isn't based in Belfast (or Northern Ireland for that matter) as they always come across as more focused and more professional. So when they said they'd send me details, I had them before I'd got off the phone. Twenty minutes later I'd emailed a reply, keen to know the next step. Then I rang them. Then I rang them again. And then four times yesterday. As soon as I post this I'm going to ring them again. But now in hope more than expectation. In fact it's not hope. It's resignation.
And this is the thing. The old familiar feeling of banging my head against another wall. Sorry scrub that. As an agency is involved I'm banging my head against a wall in front of the wall I should be banging my head against.
If you want to know what exasperation looks like, this is it.
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