Three weeks ago the Council were on the phone to me ruing having to turn me down for a thoroughly decent full time job as I'd been pipped to it by someone who'd already done the job before. They were awfully nice about it and I came away feeling valued and not at all despondent as they'd been more than satisfied with all the things I would have brought to the role.
This morning I got a letter from the Council's own agency, which puts people in simple admin positions for a week or two to cover backlogs and such. I 'didn't meet their required standard'.
It'd be funny if I wasn't so skint. Ten year's administrative experience, with a little management and customer service and a degree in communications, H&S and First Aid qualifications and all the rest is clearly not going to be enough to see me through copying a few forms into a spreadsheet. I do hope they find someone out there that is up to the job though - with so many exciting telesales positions up for grabs, I doubt if anyone would want to look elsewhere for employment!
Alternatively, it could be (as one of their number confirmed to me over the phone the other week) that they are not being called upon to provide cover for anyone at the moment, and are having trouble justifying four people working there on a job that doesn't actually have a point at the moment. These days few will say 'you are overqualified' or admit to not having any positions open. The agencies that offered me callcentre in the first instance are still not willing to admit I'm 'trouble' for not wanting the work they offered and holding out for something less morally bankrupt. I can phone any of them and they are overjoyed to hear from me - I'll be promised a callback regarding one of the 'exciting' opportunities they have on offer but the call never comes.
Ironically, as I wait for my CRB to come through I'd be glad to do one of their dodgy jobs for a few weeks at the moment, crap as I am at pretending I give a toss when I don't.
Of course, were I crusading through a career in paid journalism as my youthful self once aspired to I'd be no better off, as yet another friend 'on the inside' has been shafted by the market leader - a certain Japanese games, no - electronics - company clearly leaning on the main publisher in the field to control the content of magazine editorial, bringing it 'on message' with the adverts they are paying so handsomely to have in the mags. Were their marketing campaigns not so laughably out of touch and ham-fistedly trying to court a myspace generation so cynical they'll never even notice the stuff is aimed at them, they might have a point in being so controlling. As it is, I think as a gaming species, Wii might be looking elsewhere for our fun anyway. Let them yank all the strings they like - their product is inferior to the competition at the moment and nothing changes that.
This morning I got a letter from the Council's own agency, which puts people in simple admin positions for a week or two to cover backlogs and such. I 'didn't meet their required standard'.
It'd be funny if I wasn't so skint. Ten year's administrative experience, with a little management and customer service and a degree in communications, H&S and First Aid qualifications and all the rest is clearly not going to be enough to see me through copying a few forms into a spreadsheet. I do hope they find someone out there that is up to the job though - with so many exciting telesales positions up for grabs, I doubt if anyone would want to look elsewhere for employment!
Alternatively, it could be (as one of their number confirmed to me over the phone the other week) that they are not being called upon to provide cover for anyone at the moment, and are having trouble justifying four people working there on a job that doesn't actually have a point at the moment. These days few will say 'you are overqualified' or admit to not having any positions open. The agencies that offered me callcentre in the first instance are still not willing to admit I'm 'trouble' for not wanting the work they offered and holding out for something less morally bankrupt. I can phone any of them and they are overjoyed to hear from me - I'll be promised a callback regarding one of the 'exciting' opportunities they have on offer but the call never comes.
Ironically, as I wait for my CRB to come through I'd be glad to do one of their dodgy jobs for a few weeks at the moment, crap as I am at pretending I give a toss when I don't.
Of course, were I crusading through a career in paid journalism as my youthful self once aspired to I'd be no better off, as yet another friend 'on the inside' has been shafted by the market leader - a certain Japanese games, no - electronics - company clearly leaning on the main publisher in the field to control the content of magazine editorial, bringing it 'on message' with the adverts they are paying so handsomely to have in the mags. Were their marketing campaigns not so laughably out of touch and ham-fistedly trying to court a myspace generation so cynical they'll never even notice the stuff is aimed at them, they might have a point in being so controlling. As it is, I think as a gaming species, Wii might be looking elsewhere for our fun anyway. Let them yank all the strings they like - their product is inferior to the competition at the moment and nothing changes that.
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