What the hell do they want from me?

[hymir]

Seriously, what do I have to do? I get interviews for crappy jobs, so presumably they don't care that I am over-qualified, but a few days later I get a letter which may as well start "Dear John...". I am not going to try and take the managers job, if they pay ok and conditions aren't too bad then they will have a more than competent employee for

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[r1chard]

Usually being over qualified doesn't mean that the boss is afraid you're after their job; it means they don't think you'll stay long. it's a kind of back-handed compliment ;)

It's a weird place to be just coming out of uni. I had success doing a moderately difficult job for a small company that didn't pay much. These sorts of companies need clever people willing to work for not very much; perhaps applying for crappy jobs to pay the rent isn't the way to go.

Once you have a medium job you can get this elusive "experience" that companies ask for. Also, lie on your CV. My policy is that if they want someone to know how to do a particular thing, that I can figure it out if it comes to it, so I just put on my CV, "yeah, no worries" ;)

Good luck

[hymir]

Yeah, obviously I am not planning to be there for the rest of my life, but some places have a high turnover of staff anyway, to them it shouldn't matter. It's so annoying, whatever the reason.

I am going to look for a medium job as well, but at the moment I need something to pay rent etc.

Good luck with the book, by the way.

[hymir]

Maybe it is a back-handed compliment; I'd like to show them my backhand...

[r1chard]

Can you sign up with a temp agency? Probably this is a good time, since the summer students are all back at school now. I got a job with (*spit*) scottish widdows through adecco in about 3 days one time. It's shit job but you get paid weekly, and you can then relax a bit while looking for a real job. They won't care that you might leave suddenly,since it's a temp agency.

[mlle_satine]

ouch...one thing i've learned is it take absolutely ages for the right job to turn up...you'll find something so long as you're persistant its just as frustrating as hell

[hymir]

Yeah, problem is it isn't just frustrating because I can't buy cd's and stuff, I actually don't have enough to live on. It is partly my fault, if I had worked harder at my degree then I would be starting a PhD now (probably). I hope something turns up soon

[mlle_satine]

yeah thats shit mate... have you tried talking to the bank about loans...and possibly as a last resort going on job seekers?

[hymir]

On job-seekers, I don't like it and avoided it as long as I could, but at the moment I don't really have a choice.

[hymir]

Well, I've been going for a few things. The two promising ones recently have been the ROE one (which I may have been under-qualified for, as I haven't worked much with children) and the opticians one (which I was over-qualified for, but they didn't seem to mind at the time). There are some other things in the pipeline, but it will take time, even if I get them, time I don't have. Put simply, I have about £30 until someone pays me and rent is due at the start of next month; I will get some job-seekers allowance at some point, but it won't even cover the rent.

I'm going out when my hair is dry, to try and find something. I may need to print some more cv's.

[anonymous]

job-seekers has a housing benefit form you can also fill in and apply to get some of your rent paid by them you know? xxx

[hymir]

Thanks (whoever you are). I do know about that, unfortunately they are about three months behind on the claims, apparently. Thanks anyway though.

[februus]

MORI

:D

[hymir]

Well, I hope whoever they chose is good; I would kind of like to know why I wasn't chosen, it might help in the future.