Adventures in Job Hunting

[valarltd]

Full time work needs to happen. So I keep applying.

I applied for a warehouse position.
They wanted me to do six essay questions about my career goals and teamwork! And a credit check atop it all.
For a WAREHOUSE job.

This is getting ridiculous.

I can't list my actual career goal:
I want to work a non-demanding, non-mentally stressful job, make a living wage so I can go home and write books.

Comments

[thornsilver]

The rings you have to jump through for a job search piss me off so much! Because my actual answer to "What is your five year goal for your carreer?" Is "To work a job that supports me and does not make me think about killing myself with a sharpened pencil every day."

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

They wanted me to do six essay questions about my career goals and teamwork! And a credit check atop it all.

What company was this for, if you don't mind saying? A large, national firm, or someone local?

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It was Swann Recruitment. My resume probably went into some filing drawer.

[shinymarigold.livejournal.com]

I hear you re: hoop-jumping. The part-time retail type positions I've been applying for require, among other things an assessment test (seriously, I spent less time applying for college). Fortunately I've been on LJ a long time and am very good at answering these sorts of questions in advantageous ways, but honestly! First of all, no, I've never stolen from an employer; second, even if I had, I'm not dumb enough to admit it; and third, what kind of applicants have you had to deal with that you have to ask this question multiple times on the same test?

But needs must when the devil drives, I guess, and it's a buyer's market jobwise these days. Sigh. Good luck!