My biggest frustration these days is looking for work.
There is the constant threat of severance pay running out and not having a job before that happens.
There have been plenty of phone calls from interested potential employers wanting to see if I'm still interested in working for them because it's taken them so long to get through the hiring process only to find out its one of the 'loser jobs' that I applied to more for practice than a real desire to work there.
There have been classes taken and completed in Microsoft Word; Excel and Power Point programs. There have been typing tests galore to polish my typing skills to a brilliant shine (55 words per minute). There was even a class taken in CPR because it's always interested me and it can't hurt. There have been job offers I had to turn down because the pay was so pitiful it is questionable how anyone can sustain life on it. There have been 'free' offers to critique my resume...of course followed by the offer to 'make it professional' for a small fee and for a pittance more they will throw in a professional cover letter.
But the part about looking for work that really ticks me off are the people that call you to see if you are still available; request a call back to set up a telephone interview; said call back is completed and they are never heard from again! My limit with these types of calls involve two call backs with polite messages left for them. After that, if I don't hear from them within a few days, all information about that job and the telephone tag is documented and filed. If they should call again at some later date I will easily be able to pull the file and read how shabbily they treated such a fine applicant as myself. Hopefully I get the chance to tell them sorry, you missed the boat as I have already been snatched up by a different company and you have missed out on an awesome employee!
