Futility's Search

About my futile and irritating search for a job in a market that wants skilled employees, but is saturated with mediocre workers

Welcome to my new blog.



I'll try to keep this one more alive than my last. 



Why not, I have practically nothing else to do at the moment, and lots of time to do it.



I am looking for work.  Not too unusual in this economy. 
However, I live in a remote part of the country and cannot just strike
out anytime I want.  It costs me $50 in traveling just to get
groceries for the week.  I will move when my place sells, or I get
a job somewhere which pays enough to move for.  Have had my place
on the market for two years, but thanks to a nice, but rather useless
realtor there has been no action on what is a splendid property in a
busy market.  I may be remote, but that is what some people are
looking for in a second, third or fourth home.



I finished up a three month temporary job on the 3rd of November. 
I had been looking for more work the whole while. But nothing.  On
the 1st of Nov. I received two phone calls of promise.  After that
I have had 5 more job offers.  Two of which I am expecting word
back from this coming week.  The others are a right off.  I
have also applied to 10 agencies--involving myself in endless forms and
details of my job history (hey, that's what I thought resume's were
for. . . ) and have only had replies from two.



What is it about today's society?  If I send someone a letter, or
an email, or a job application then I expect an answer of some
kind.  Is this wrong thinking?  I try to answer each call,
email, and letter for what ever reason.

No one is doing that it seems to me.  Jobs I have interviewed for,
and then responded back to in order to thank them, etc. I never receive
even a "Feck Off Looser" from.  It's getting desperate.

Yes I don't have a ton of experience in Management. I have no MBA. I
have been CEO of my own corporation.  I have worked in numerous
high end jobs and difficult fields.  What will it take to get a
job? 



If I knew my employees were acting towards candidates the way I am
being treated, they wouldn't last long.  It's a matter of basic
respect.



For the last four years I have altered between working for myself and
working other jobs when I needed a certain skill or asset. Before that
I had worked for the same company for over 7 years in one industry for
10 years.  I was on the verge of doubling my salary when the
accident happened.



More of that later.  The grey, stillness of the morning has lifted
and the chores are beckoning.  I need to get out of the house to
add creedence to my excuse for not answeing the phone all
morning.  The realtor has been trying to call.  I pointed out
to him that his contract had expired and he should stop advertising the
place.  I think he knew this fact and is trying to pressure us
into signing for another period.  I think out next step is to
auction the place, or just take it off the market until we can find
someone who will put the information in the correct hands to get the
place sold without any more bullshit.



Until anon.

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