Beginnings
I work in the Professional Division of a major, multi-national staffing services company. I match up employers and IT professionals with the idea that the client gets the ideal employee for the environment and the employee gets the perfect working environment for their skills and personality. It’s a nice job.
But there’s something that I don’t get. Applicants complain to me all the time about how they need to work, as if I have some Magic Pot Of Jobs that I am capriciously denying or granting access to.
Look guys, my company gets paid (and my bonus compensation is therefore determined) when I put someone to work. So if I had the right job for you, wouldn’t I be trying to get it for you? Next to you, I am the person who most wants you to have a job. So whining to me about how you’re running out of money, or insisting that you’re really smart and learn new things really fast, isn’t going to get you to work any faster. I feel bad that you don’t have a job, and I know you’ve got bills to pay, but the fact is, I didn’t do whatever it was that caused you to be out of work in the first place, and you are only 1 of hundreds of people calling me on a weekly basis for help. Some of you, I will be able to find a job for. Some of you I won’t. Whining is just going to annoy me- it’s not going to convince me that you’d be a great employee for someone.
So in that spirit, consider this site a mixture. Some of it will be things I’ve learned as a recruiter about making yourself more marketable. Some of it will just be little rants like this one. In any case, enjoy, and welcome to my Magic Pot of Jobs.
(The next several posts will be from my personal blog, so no freaking out about stolen content. It’s not stealing if it was already yours.)
August 9th, 2005 at 11:02 am
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