Comments on: Serial F**k-Up Girl Strikes Again….and Again…and Again….

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:45:36 +0000

Gawd that sucks, but be patient, I’m sure you’ll get ‘the’ job one day!
Take care!

By: Beautifu1

Beautifu1 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:30:07 +0000

Stupid people!!! So glad I read this before commenting on your pre-interview post.

(((((((HUGS)))))))

I hope you find that job that is perfect for your real real soon, and that they appreciate you. but until then hun (((((((HUGS)))))))

I don’t know which would be more annoying, knowing that it had nothing to do with anything I did/didn’t do or to know that something I did/didn’t do persuaded interview people to not choose me. The later would be frustrating but fixable for next time, the first, which is sounds as though is what happened to you, simple frustrating

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:12:32 +0000

It’s only been a couple days. I’ve never applied for a job on your side of the pond, but here, a week or two can transpire before someone’s arsed to call back and say, “Oh, hey, we need you to come in tomorrow. …Yes, of course you’ve got the job, didn’t anyone tell you?”

I don’t want to stoke false hope or anything, but, you know, there’s always an outside chance. The wheels of bureaucracy grind slow but fine.

And yeah, the “overqualified” conundrum is insanity itself. You’d think a place would be excited to hire someone competent and skilled, not intimidated by the prospect. Maybe you could include “holds hands, speaks in soft soothing tone, has cookies” in your resume to take the edge off, if they’re that skittish.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:17:25 +0000

Oh dear. Should have seen this before leaving a comment on the previous post! Academia, though… You KNOW academia and the unconventional free-thinkers such as you and I do NOT mix. We might have brains but we’re not willing to fall into tight cliques in order to exercise them for the earning of a wage.

I am sorry it went so badly. But from what you wrote, it’s nothing you did and everything to do with the snobs at the university. Remember, those who behave like that are usually using either class or intellectualism, or both, as a security blanket to mask their inadequacies. We both have experience of this, don’t we?

You could always write something… Maybe send off some short stories for publication, or take part in the Script Frenzy 30-day 100-page script quest running all through April. Do a search for ‘Script Frenzy’ on Google and all will be revealed! It won’t make you any money straightaway but it’s a challenge that might lead to you doing so one day…

I’m writing a three-part comic strip at the moment. It’s fun. x