I hate looking for jobs.
There is something about trying to impress someone using only a single sheet of paper that is utterly ridiculous and demoralizing. Here is a short list of reasons why job searching can be a serious pain....
- Where are the jobs? At times, searching for job openings on a companies' website is way harder than it should be. Sometimes it seems like companies purposely make finding the actual job openings as painful and time consuming as possible. Maybe they do this to weed-out those individuals with no patience for hunting through all the gibberish. I don't know.
- Don't leave me in the dark. I hate it when companies never get back to you. If I spend the time to fill out all the information required to apply for a job, at the very least, I feel entitled to a response from the company. For the most part, this hasn't been an issue, but sometimes, they never even let you know. That's totally frustrating. To this point, yesterday I applied for a job and I was turned down within 5 minutes. Either my qualifications made it a no-brainer for them, or they are really efficient with their hiring practices. Either way, I know to move on.
- Why do I have to both submit a resume, and recant my job experience? This is probably my least favorite aspect of job searching. Sometimes companies want your actual resume, plus they want to you basically retype your resume into their predetermined format. What is the point in that?
- When applying online, making salary requirement a required field. I know this is important to a lot of companies when making hiring decisions, but how am I supposed to gauge how much I would require for performing a particular job duty if all I know about the position is from the little bit of information provided in a single job description. This seems like something that should be a required discussion much later in the hiring process.
- Feeling like you will never get a job. This is the worst. When you've applied for 50 jobs and have zero to show for it, you feel like you are destined to deliver pizzas the rest of your life.
As I said, I hate job searching, but at least this search will be way easier than any I have had before. Receiving a Walton MBA has given me the opportunity to apply for all types of jobs, that before, I would never have been qualified for. This encourages me through my search.
Plus, there is one thing I always tell others to remember about job searching, one day you don't have a job, the next you do. These things tend to happen out of no where and all of a sudden. So, even though I was just turned down for another job (literally, as I type this), I could get a call tomorrow from someone wanting to interview me.
