I hate it when...

[johnjohn320]

...you're told that you're "shoe-in" for a certain job, and just to wait until they sort random stuff out and they'll call you about when to start, etc. Then you wait, and wait...and wait. Meanwhile,you're not applying for other jobs, and holding off on taking other committments until you know your hours....bah.

Extremely poor-written rant, I'm just a bit miffed and felt like whining to someone. This has happened twice already this summer.

 

[mpitts]

Just wait until you get to work year-round.

 

[MichaelD]

Summer? It's MAY. Are you out of school already? Way back when , school got out the first week of June.

But I can understand your frustration with the BS way most companies "get back to you."

- Interview goes very well. Interviewer very impressed...tells you "You're gonna work in this shop...you'll start Monday...call you by Friday!"

- No call, no email, no text, no contact at any of the 136 means of communication you listed on the application. :roll:

- You don't wanna dork up Job #1, so you don't do any more apps/interviews...and you may wind up screwing yourself.


Unfortunately, until you get some education and/or certs AND at least 5 years verifiable experience on the resume, this game will continue.

It's rough being young, educated and wanting to work in the USA. The system's busted, unfortunately.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Summer? It's MAY. Are you out of school already? Way back when , school got out the first week of June.

But I can understand your frustration with the BS way most companies "get back to you."

- Interview goes very well. Interviewer very impressed...tells you "You're gonna work in this shop...you'll start Monday...call you by Friday!"

- No call, no email, no text, no contact at any of the 136 means of communication you listed on the application. :roll:

- You don't wanna dork up Job #1, so you don't do any more apps/interviews...and you may wind up screwing yourself.


Unfortunately, until you get some education and/or certs AND at least 5 years verifiable experience on the resume, this game will continue.

It's rough being young, educated and wanting to work in the USA. The system's busted, unfortunately.

I'm in college, so "summer" is technically underway. Obviously, it's not late enough in the season to start freaking out-I'm sure I'll find something. But I hate sitting here on my ass waiting for the phone to ring.

 

[Cuda1447]

Apply at as many places as you can, interview as many employers as you can. If they don't call you back, its their loss. No reason to be loyal to them, ESPECIALLY if you haven't even got the job yet. Interview with other people. Worst case scenario, you just turn down one of the jobs, or quit a few days after you start for a better job. Trust me, thats not really that big of a deal.

 

[Bacstar]

Over the years....I've learned to keep interviewing no matter what they say when you exit the interview. Until they have an offer letter with my signature on it, I keep looking.

It gives me peace of mind at least...however, if one comes back to me with a better offer, than ooops... thankfully, I haven't had that problem yet.

 

[goatjc]

Originally posted by: Bacstar
Over the years....I've learned to keep interviewing no matter what they say when you exit the interview. Until they have an offer letter with my signature on it, I keep looking.

It gives me peace of mind at least...however, if one comes back to me with a better offer, than ooops... thankfully, I haven't had that problem yet.

I'd follow this. I went through 4 agonizing months at a crappy job, interviewing at like 1 month intervals b/c of waiting a month to "hear back." (and I use the term hear back loosely). Even though you think you're a shoe in, dont count on it. I remember one month I was a shoe in, but, instead, I was not. So, I said f@ck it, and just started interviewing like a mad man and got a new job within 1 month. The "shoe in" job called back like 5 months later, saying they had a job there if I wanted one.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
...you're told that you're "shoe-in" for a certain job, and just to wait until they sort random stuff out and they'll call you about when to start, etc. Then you wait, and wait...and wait. Meanwhile,you're not applying for other jobs, and holding off on taking other committments until you know your hours....bah.

Extremely poor-written rant, I'm just a bit miffed and felt like whining to someone. This has happened twice already this summer.

I completely agree...that's happened to me the last few years. Pisses me off.

 

[imported_Imp]

That's what kinda of happened to me, but now I'm kinda viciously f*cked. Needed an engineering job, got an interview at a place where I was suppose to be 1 of 2 people to be considered. I won't say the interview went all that well, but they said they'd make their decision in a week. Fastforwards to a month later, they finally offer me the position. Applied for 4 positions in the meantime. However, in the previous 2 weeks, I got a bit pissed at them cause the interviewer gave out too much info and actually told me that the other applicant was a freaking electrical engineer. This position was pure civil stuff, all related material dealt with drainage/transport/hydrology, which I spent the last 3 years cramming for. Naturally, I was pissed and only took two days to e-mail them back and tell them to go to hell. An extra issue was the crappy pay as I already got re-offered a position from my previous summer's employer who payed double; only problem is that it wasn't engineering and I've only filled about half my required 'engineering' experience hours to graduate. Also, got an interview for another civil job.

Turn to now. All prospects are gone, gotta go back to high-paying, but crappy job. Filled with regret that I didn't take the one I turned down.

 

[johnjohn320]

Follow-up rant: Man, whatever happened to the idea of a "summer job?" Yes, I'm still unemployed, as I've been told by two companies in the interview "we really like you, your application and availability is good, you have the right experience, and we really want to hire you, but since you're a student and aren't planning on staying through the fall, we can't hire you."

It says all over my application that I'm still an enrolled student. All my past jobs have the times of employment listed as summer months. And yet, in every interview, they seem surprised that I just want to work for them through early September. Is it really shocking to, as a student, just be looking for summer employment these days? With 20 class credit hours scheduled in the fall and free-lance work already lined up, I can't maintain the hamburger-flipping job all year. Argh. Oh well, another interview on Thursday...

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Apply at as many places as you can, interview as many employers as you can. If they don't call you back, its their loss. No reason to be loyal to them, ESPECIALLY if you haven't even got the job yet. Interview with other people. Worst case scenario, you just turn down one of the jobs, or quit a few days after you start for a better job. Trust me, thats not really that big of a deal.

Yeah, this is my lesson learned.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Follow-up rant: Man, whatever happened to the idea of a "summer job?" Yes, I'm still unemployed, as I've been told by two companies in the interview "we really like you, your application and availability is good, you have the right experience, and we really want to hire you, but since you're a student and aren't planning on staying through the fall, we can't hire you."

It says all over my application that I'm still an enrolled student. All my past jobs have the times of employment listed as summer months. And yet, in every interview, they seem surprised that I just want to work for them through early September. Is it really shocking to, as a student, just be looking for summer employment these days? With 20 class credit hours scheduled in the fall and free-lance work already lined up, I can't maintain the hamburger-flipping job all year. Argh. Oh well, another interview on Thursday...

I feel your 'pain'.

It really seems like there aren't many straight up summer jobs to be had anymore, unless you're a lifeguard at the pool. I too am looking for work from may-august, but there isn't any to be found.