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I want to have some kind of journalling place and having just visited tumblr for the first time in a month I'm just like ... no ... so here goes the zillionth attempt to type a post on DW and *not* immediately delete it.
Today I got rejected for another job, and the reason given was that I'm not experienced enough. For an entry-level job, ad stating "experience not required but desirable". Requested educational background high school OR vocational post-secondary training or a university degree in the field (I have an MA in an unrelated field plus a BSc IN THE FIELD as well as volunteer experience doing the work). I also have three years' worth of highly specialised office work that should have a tonne of transferable skills or at least demonstrate my ability to learn, even if it isn't in the field.
So I have to conclude there's just something wrong with me. This job was with a company who had already interviewed me for a different role; after I was close to getting an offer for a NON-ENTRY-LEVEL job in the same field at a different location, they encouraged me to apply again later, so I did when this more junior position was posted. And I know they decided I wasn't a good fit, as opposed to choosing somebody else who was a better fit, because I emailed them about being in the area for a different interview if they'd like to schedule an interview then to save me some time travelling--they probably haven't even started interviewing any of the other applicants yet.
I'm still crying about it but I'm also angry and frustrated and feeling quite hopeless. My current job is a dumpster fire (normally in meetings we shout loudly about how awful things are but in a meeting today we were just quietly like "well. we know our situation. nothing is going to change. let's move on to the next topic") and I really really want to move closer to my parents so it doesn't take half a day's travel each way to go see them. But this is the only entry-level job that has been posted for that area in that field in FOUR MONTHS. Nearly all jobs that are posted are in the biggest city in the area and honestly, after this rejection I felt a wave of relief at not having to move to or near to that city (right now anyway).
So I don't know what the hell to do, I can't stay in this job and I can't stay in this town, there are no jobs in the less-awful towns around there, a huge part of me wants to just quit and sell my flat and move in with my parents and let whatever the fuck happen. (A couple of weeks ago I actually decided I was definitely going to give my notice on January 31st whether I had another job lined up or not. I have a two-month notice period which is a whole lot of time and I already wish I had quit back in October. But it was way easier to say I was going to quit no matter what happened when there was actually a possibility I might have another job by then. It's much harder now that I know I won't.)
I'm still waiting to hear back from that other interview but I know I'm going to decline that offer if I get it. Huge red flags, and if I get an offer it's because they're desperate, not because they think I'm a good fit (as they know hardly anything about me, having spent 99% of the interview trying to sell the job and barely asking me any questions at all).
Today I got rejected for another job, and the reason given was that I'm not experienced enough. For an entry-level job, ad stating "experience not required but desirable". Requested educational background high school OR vocational post-secondary training or a university degree in the field (I have an MA in an unrelated field plus a BSc IN THE FIELD as well as volunteer experience doing the work). I also have three years' worth of highly specialised office work that should have a tonne of transferable skills or at least demonstrate my ability to learn, even if it isn't in the field.
So I have to conclude there's just something wrong with me. This job was with a company who had already interviewed me for a different role; after I was close to getting an offer for a NON-ENTRY-LEVEL job in the same field at a different location, they encouraged me to apply again later, so I did when this more junior position was posted. And I know they decided I wasn't a good fit, as opposed to choosing somebody else who was a better fit, because I emailed them about being in the area for a different interview if they'd like to schedule an interview then to save me some time travelling--they probably haven't even started interviewing any of the other applicants yet.
I'm still crying about it but I'm also angry and frustrated and feeling quite hopeless. My current job is a dumpster fire (normally in meetings we shout loudly about how awful things are but in a meeting today we were just quietly like "well. we know our situation. nothing is going to change. let's move on to the next topic") and I really really want to move closer to my parents so it doesn't take half a day's travel each way to go see them. But this is the only entry-level job that has been posted for that area in that field in FOUR MONTHS. Nearly all jobs that are posted are in the biggest city in the area and honestly, after this rejection I felt a wave of relief at not having to move to or near to that city (right now anyway).
So I don't know what the hell to do, I can't stay in this job and I can't stay in this town, there are no jobs in the less-awful towns around there, a huge part of me wants to just quit and sell my flat and move in with my parents and let whatever the fuck happen. (A couple of weeks ago I actually decided I was definitely going to give my notice on January 31st whether I had another job lined up or not. I have a two-month notice period which is a whole lot of time and I already wish I had quit back in October. But it was way easier to say I was going to quit no matter what happened when there was actually a possibility I might have another job by then. It's much harder now that I know I won't.)
I'm still waiting to hear back from that other interview but I know I'm going to decline that offer if I get it. Huge red flags, and if I get an offer it's because they're desperate, not because they think I'm a good fit (as they know hardly anything about me, having spent 99% of the interview trying to sell the job and barely asking me any questions at all).