AbsolutChic

Job hunting is the most time consuming, energy depleating and soul sucking task you can ever take part in.

Not to be dramatic or anything.

I’m just so fed up with it all; fed up with reading job advertisements that ask for intelligence and attention to detail when they can’t even spell properly; fed up with the lack of follow up once you send off an application to tell you whether you’re even being considered or completely unsuccessful; and most of all, fed up with the term ‘immediate’ being over used when they really mean ‘in a week or two’.

I’m also not a fan of my recruitment agency right now, I’m prepared to jump through hoops as much as I have to, but don’t dangle a carrot in front of my face for two weeks and expect I’m not going to get frustrated. Aside from sticking out a temping assignment which was so disorganised and erratic that I’d work one day on, two days off, one day on, and only end up with $250 out of it, I’m now waiting for a position which I’ve ‘gotten’ but the company is still waiting for director approval to give a start date. Correct me if I’m wrong, or crazy, but shouldn’t you have approval for staff BEFORE you go and pick someone and let them know you want them? I’ve been waiting this last week for an indication of when I can start this particular assignment, and they’re leaving me in the dark.

Unfortunately I can’t take my frustration out on anyone, as I’m not a fan of shooting myself in the foot.

I know something will come out of it eventually, but I’m just losing my mind staying at home all day, I go to the gym to keep me sane, but there is only so much exercise you can do in a day.

I keep waiting for my ‘Eureka’ moment; you know how you see on Oprah and whatnot, someone is telling their story of ‘Oh I was unemployed for x-amount of months/years, and I thought to myself ‘Why doesn’t someone do X’ and that’s how I made my first million’. I want my damn moment of genius.

Or a winning scratchie…

That’s my vent for today.

Stay tuned.

xoxo