Yep, the day had come. The day that I will be delivered from the suffering that is work. The salvation of unemployement is upon me.
I still had 14.5 vacation days left, so I took them all. So as of today, I do not work at Mammoet anymore. Sorry Bugsy, no more cranes for me.
Now I have time to do the following things:
- Sleep
- Get my driving license
- Sleep
- Train
- Not doing any updates at the VG Press.
- Did I mention sleep?
- Play games
Life of hobo > engineer
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gamingeek (7m)
So I got a call and the company that did the personality test rejected me. The reason, because I am a sociopath. They probably only hire pussies anyways. So two down and one to go. Hobo 4 life!
Personality tests are such a wank. I've had a different results everytime I've taken them.
That is because you have a multiple personality disorder.
They rejected me because of 3 reasons
1) I don't seem to be that interested in Naval engineering. Which is why I am a Mechanical Engineer
2) I have zero social empathy. Who is his right mind think that this is a drawback?
3) I like high variance in my work otherwise I will become bored. They thought they could not keep me there for a longer period. Well at least they admit the work is monotemous. Good at least they are honest upfront and do not let me waste another year.
Good now I can start looking, have some ideas where to work. No point in letting other people do it for you, for they have vested interests.
Because of the highly sensitive Human Resources culture in the states there is no way you'd ever tell an applicant why they were not selected. Most companies either don;t ever get back to you or send you a form letter/ e-mail.
I often did though, if I liked an applicant and thought they would be receptive to my advice. I also made sure to tell unsuccessful applicants in person (over the phone), for the most part I made up excuses like "someone inside the company expressed interest in the position, and it is our companies policy to always promote from within", so not to hurt their confidence.
FTFY
Okay, I had to fill in stuff to get money from the government because I am unemployed. But of course the incompentent fools ask for me to fill in documents I already handed over. Sigh.
I decided to aim high, no more Bachlor jobs. I finished the university, so I should aim higher. Sure you can fly too close to the sun and crash and burn spectaculary, but better that then doing mind numbing things and slowly die inside.
So Philips the company had a vacancy for a traineeship, I had to make a motivational letter, write my resume in english and hand in my grade list (O-O). After having it proof read my my sister I finally handed it over and within the day I got this message.
''Regarding your application for Traineeship - Technology, we regret to inform you that after very careful consideration we have decided to proceed with other candidates. These candidates more closely matched the requirements for the position.''
Wow that is quick, no big deal, just wish I did not do all the work writing that stuff. Funny how they read it once and say no, wish it was as easy to write it. Well there is more to that message
'Please feel free to apply again if you find a suitable vacancy on our website in the future.'
*Looks at vacancies
Nothing, unless you have 1-5 years of relevant work experience. So much for Philips. Well they have my resume, maybe they will think of something, probably not. Philps is done.
Also left my resume at two companies Shell and Brunel. Probably nothing there also, but you never know.
Unemployement is fun, except for the part they force you to find new work.
If you want a native english speaker to proof read anything like that in the future let me know. I make plenty of typos on this site, but they are just typos -- I usually know what I am doing and can also have Mrs. Spro look it over as well.
My sister is a lawyer, language is her job. She does not only proof read, but she also changes things so the meaning is clear. Lawyer are good at that making sentences that are absolutely clear in their meaning, so the possibility of misunderstandings is reduced to a minimum.
And Aspro, thanks but no thanks. Just proof read your own stuff for a change