The State of MsCleanslate

I’ve been neglectful, but it isn’t willfully, my friends. A check of the ticker in my sidebar will show you that I am still not working, so I haven’t been distracted by a new job.

No, I’ve been distracted by dealing with the job hunt. Whilst I am being asked to take tests to measure my integrity, I am dealing with people who I honestly believe have no clue what that word means.

Potential Employers… you aren’t doing ANYONE favors when you tell people you’ll “call them either way” and then never contact them. Believe me, I will remember every single business that did this to me and I will never do business with them AND I will tell whomever my employer is to never do business with them. Sure, that’s a pittance in relation to your HUGE customer base, but it would have taken a 15-second email to keep my wrath at bay. It is shady ethically and it is JUST PLAIN RUDE.

To the lady at the agency who knew the second she saw me that she wasn’t going to hire me but spent almost an hour with me anyways (and then never made any contact…I’m forgiving you for this because you could have told me “we filled the position” and shooed me out the door and you didn’t), I know that you could have (and likely your boss thinks that you SHOULD have) done things differently and I thank you for your time and consideration most sincerely.

I’m trying to keep my spirits up, but I know once we hit November, hiring will enter a freeze period. I am feeling the crunch, I am being less selective in what I apply for even knowing I will likely regret the compromise in the long run. “Bird in the hand…….” and all that.

It’s funny… I’ve been to a dozen agencies now… maybe more. They’ve run the gamut from the debutante cotillion type of atmosphere (“we just simply are not sure that you have the proper pedigree to work here…”) to the trailer park atmosphere (don’t blink, we’ll be packin’ up and movin’ on any day now…) Or maybe a better analogy is that I have been to both the Nordstroms and the Walmart of agencies. The thing they all have in common? None of them have any work for me.

So, that’s where things are with me right now. Be Well.