It is a question I find I am asking more and more these days
after a string of recent and unfortunately unsuccessful interviews. Interviews
are a tricky thing especially it seems when it comes to feedback, it is very
difficult to get feedback in general and lately it seems that it is near
impossible to get written feedback. Call me cynical but sometimes I feel the
answers given over the phone or so generic that they remind me of politicians
on talk shows, they could be read a dozen different ways. Certainly not every
time but let’s say more than once.
Enough of that though the current state of employment
etiquette is secondary to the problem of me not having a job. So what can be
done to resolve that, there are a few go to things:
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Unpaid work
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New skills to improve your CV
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Preparation for job interviews
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Evening classes or classes
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Pick up a temporary job
These are the suggestions and I have followed most of them
the only I haven’t are the evening classes because they don’t offer anything I don’t
have qualifications for in my area of work. Unfortunately you can’t make a huge
change profession wise just using free evening classes and at my age and
resources I don’t think that would have been possible.
Temporary jobs are a problem when talking about roles that
are less than say 3 months, those if taken would mean I would be taking on even
more debt thanks to the interesting way that unemployment benefits work in this
country. It also makes part time work (of less than 30 hours) an impossibility which
in this market really reduces the amount of available roles to apply for.
(UPDATE)
Checked through the local listings for Adult Learning stuff
and the pickings are slim to say the least so it looks like I’ll just have to
double down on interview prep.
