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Job search fail
Jun. 30th, 2014 05:59 pmI spent the day - after my writing class - enjoying the books, wifi, air conditioning, and comfy chairs at the Santa Clara library. As always, there were tons of cute little people getting books, awesome babies doing baby stuff, and general people watching. But there was this one guy.
We were sitting on the first floor, a great spot for the best air conditioning, with a table between us. While I was reading about Alcuin of Tours' influence on the court of Karl, King of the Franks, he was cold calling every single tech company in the valley.
I wanted to throttle him. First of all, this was a library. No cell phone zone. Be quiet. He wasn't particularly loud, but it was noticeable. Secondly, he was calling off a hand-written list, and asking about email addresses for HR and if they were hiring. Folks, we were 10 second from the library's computer room. He could have found all of that with web searches, and the librarian would have probably helped him post his resume online at the right headhunter sites. Thirdly, he was asking about assembly jobs. Don't know if this is a software term, but nobody does assembly in the valley anymore.
But what made me want to scream was when he got a call back. From his end of the conversation, it was an interview offer. An immediate one. He put it off.
He put it off.
If you are looking for a job, and somebody calls for an interview, you take the time they give you. You offer to be there that day. If one is fishing, one needs to be ready when you get a bite. I mean I feel for the guy, looking for work. We looked to be of a similar age. But I find myself hoping that sombobdy else jumped on that lead and is there finishing uo an interview right now.
We were sitting on the first floor, a great spot for the best air conditioning, with a table between us. While I was reading about Alcuin of Tours' influence on the court of Karl, King of the Franks, he was cold calling every single tech company in the valley.
I wanted to throttle him. First of all, this was a library. No cell phone zone. Be quiet. He wasn't particularly loud, but it was noticeable. Secondly, he was calling off a hand-written list, and asking about email addresses for HR and if they were hiring. Folks, we were 10 second from the library's computer room. He could have found all of that with web searches, and the librarian would have probably helped him post his resume online at the right headhunter sites. Thirdly, he was asking about assembly jobs. Don't know if this is a software term, but nobody does assembly in the valley anymore.
But what made me want to scream was when he got a call back. From his end of the conversation, it was an interview offer. An immediate one. He put it off.
He put it off.
If you are looking for a job, and somebody calls for an interview, you take the time they give you. You offer to be there that day. If one is fishing, one needs to be ready when you get a bite. I mean I feel for the guy, looking for work. We looked to be of a similar age. But I find myself hoping that sombobdy else jumped on that lead and is there finishing uo an interview right now.
