Feeling very unmotivated lately......
Applied for a job at Saginaw Valley State University. I had to create an online "profile" which is the new way to waste people's time. I wrote my cover letter and updated my resume after creating my online profile (with all of the same information that is ON MY RESUME). Then I went to attach and send them my resume and cover letter I had to answer "supplemental questions".
These are, apparently, questions that will either allow you (or not allow you) to apply for a position.
The first was asking if I had a BA (I do). So no problemo there.
The second was asking if I had three years experience in communications, journalism, or public relations. (Technically, I graduated in 2010, with a year and a half of corporate experience at WMU, with another seven months of PR and event planning in Kalamazoo)....
So no, I do not have three years of experience.
I do not think that should stop me from applying to a job that I have routinely done all of the duties for. This is a "communications specialist" job, with daily duties that are all things I have done before.
So I think, I shouldn't lie. (Aren't you glad I'm such an honest, trustworthy person?)
So I say, "No" (there is no "fill in the blank" option)
And after spending over an hour giving Saginaw Valley State University all of my information and creating a "Username" and a password and all of this other CRAP they tell me that I am not qualified for the position.
So I completely wasted my time, in other words.
So I shared this lovely story on Facebook and was informed that you should ALWAYS say "yes" to the supplemental questions because otherwise they will not EVEN LOOK at your application. They will not even GET your application.
So at this point I am pretty pissed off about it and thinking that I can't even get them to give me a chance on a job I would be great at and I find the Human Resources Director's name and email him my resume and cover letter (not that he'll read it) and not that it will give me a chance at all....
but at least I will clog up his inbox and apparently that is ALL I CAN DO.
So I am trying to remember today, that all I can do is keep trying.
Today, I did not want to get out of bed.
But I did.
So even though I still do not have a job, I am trying to be positive (trying is the key here).
It is proving to be the most difficult thing in my life. I have a history of depression, and I have been feeling depression I have not felt in years lately.
I need to remember that I am not alone. There are so many people who are looking for work. This is the only thing that makes me feel better.
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