'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Got an immediate e-mail response of "No, thanks." Does that seem stupid to anyone else?
They must expect to get more than enough applicants anyway. Like, maybe they figure it's an easy way to reduce the number of applicants from 300 to 100 (numbers I pulled out of my ass).
hmph. It's still stupid.
Nope. Got an immediate e-mail response of "No, thanks." Does that seem stupid to anyone else?
In the sense that they don't really know what you can do yet and now they never will? Yup. But in the sense that their priority at this stage is probably to try to weed things down to a manageable number, and that there are tons of people out there who apply for things despite having none of the requested qualifications? Still sucks, but I can see where they're coming from.
I'm one of those people whose background and experience could be applicable to all kinds of things, but there isn't the obvious pathway from one job to the next. That's a big part of why it took me so long to find my current job - which is virtually the same role as the position I'd burned out on in the first place. [Fortunately, I'd been out of work for so long by that point that the burnout had a chance to dissipate.] But anything where you have to explain why your credentials fit their job is a tough sell in this economy.
Got an immediate e-mail response of "No, thanks." Does that seem stupid to anyone else?
It's stupid because they rejected you. But from the employer POV, I can understand, because B2B writing and editing are a different skill from other kinds of writing (and I say this as someone who's written for the trade and consumer press). It's not a bad filtering tool if they really don't want to do any training, though "no, thanks" for a job you think you could do always sucks.
For those keeping track, the lemon pound cake is amazing.
Ugh. I have a "Okay, so we fucked up" meeting in ten minutes. Not only is there nothing we can do about it (the project is cancelled due to things other than us having made a mistake), but it's been rescheduled 4 or more times, because one of my co-workers keeps being vague about his availability. He's a mandatory attendee, and he's not in yet. In fact, neither of the attendees from my team are here yet.
Katie-bo-batie, how was your birthday?
Very quiet, thanks. I'm going out to celebrate later in the week; yesterday I just hung around the apartment and Didn't Go To Work whee.
In fact, neither of the attendees from my team are here yet.
You need to fit them with little shock-collars, and carry the remote with you wherever you go. Train them by administering increasingly longer shocks until they show up.
because B2B writing and editing are a different skill from other kinds of writing
Okay, yes, that makes some sense, she said reluctantly. I could so kick ass at that job, though.
It's just another one of those damn duck nibble things. Why do I not have my Zyrtec yet? Why was I up half the night with my sinuses throbbing in pain? Why does the universe not conform to my will?
For those keeping track, the lemon pound cake is amazing.
Phew. Such a relief.
Except for the part where I don't have any, or anything resembling it.
Eeek. I can't find a form it took two hours to fill out yesterday, and that recreating would take at least another hour.
I hope my boss just took it off my desk for unknown reasons and put it some place I can't find, and that I didn't accidentally throw it away at the end of the day yesterday. (This has been known to happen, sadly.)