nemo2342 | (no subject)

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Things I learned while looking through the online applications at work:

1. Being able to type 60 words a minute is great, unless your first language is "gibberish"

2. If you're in the second or third year of your degree, being able to spell the name of your major is optional.

3. People really want me to know about their hobbies (particularly their anime collections)

4. Either people can't read, or else there are really people who think I'll hire them for one day a week

5. I will never lose my job, as all of the applicants for it want way more money than I make (or can make).

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I love looking at peoples' applications ... it makes me very careful about how I do my own these days.

One fellow brought in an application where I work -- under driver's licence number, he wrote, "Getting new car."

... "What," my manager inquired, "does getting a new car have to do with his driver's licence number?"

I am always tempted, when the application has an email address, to email these people with "constructive criticism". Sadly, since I'm not even supposed to be reading the applications, much less taking private information from them, I can't really do that.

Get out of there, man... Try finding work yourself for a private employer or something. Make sure your education and credentials are in check...

I'm trying, but I can't find anyone who'll hire me (or more correctly, I can't find many jobs that will still let me pay my bills).

There's a sense of job security when you look around and find that your competing peers can't spell their major. I do however take offense to your first comment. As a pround member of the nation of Gibberia, I feel that Gibberish as a first language should be more respected by the job market.

Good luck gettin' outta there

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