So some brave souls go through the effort of documenting their experiences for the rest of us.
Finally, I heard back from one job and its perfect.
Its a social media position for a baseball organization.
And I love baseball, and I do social media.
So Im like this is perfect.
So I go to an interview, rock it.
Im like, This job is mine.
He says, I want to do a second interview.
So I go to my second interview.
At this point, I asked about the salary because he said its a full-time job with a salary.
And hes like, Yes, I want to do one more interview with you.
Ill get you the numbers at that interview.
So I said okay.
After that, Ill call you and let you know if the job is yours.
So I said okay.
I get a call from him saying, The job is yours if you want it.
And I said, I still need to know the numbers.
I dont even know if I can afford to live.
I said, Thats not what full-time means.
The story only goes downhill from here
So I move on.
And he texts me at 11 pm saying Hey.
And I wait till the morning to respond.
Im like, Did you mean to text me this?
And he says, Yeah, I saw you werent doing anything.
So I thought Id ask if you wanted to grab a drink.
So I said, Thats weird.
You just screwed me over so bad.
So I posted about it on my spam account.
And I said, How the [hell] did you know that?
So what night did he send you that text?
So I google his mugshot.
And sure enough, there it is.
He lost his current job and the organization that he was starting.
So yeah, the job market really is that bad.
Bills and rent, however, do not wait for anyone.
Part of this is the economy in at least the United States.
Tech companies have been going through round after round of layoffs,throwing literally thousands of applicantsinto the market.
Its even worse in countries with massive populations.
The New York Times reported this year that there wereroughly 1800 applicants, each, for various governmental positions.
There is a possible silver lining to this sort of situation.
Team leads have a chance to meet candidates and get a feel for their personalities.
Companies can actually test if the person has the skills they claim to have.
And applicants, like Alyssa Cardib, are forced to risk all sorts of time being wasted.
This way, candidates can actually learn what people and companies to avoid like the plague.
It can also help establish a sort of baseline.
