h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well. I'm 75% of my way through the carefully assembled job application form. My one little block of experience looks so pitiful. I hate having to do the facts part.

Just have the "Why would you be good for this position?" question (yikes) the big block of A4 to fill in, and the schooling side of things.

So I took a break, and came on here before I tackle that lot. I'm feeling fairly confident. I just keep thinking *friendly, confident and customer orientated* as some kind of mantra. It seems like everyone can play this employment game so well, except for me. It's hard not to get down about it. Anyway. *friendly, confident, customent orientated* Luckily my Mum spent 4 years or so as a sales assistant (*ONLY* just remembered this ) so I can fall back on her knowledge.

Other things : spaghetti and cheese and herbs for late-tea. natural curls. stretchmarks. rosemary bread. radio shows. vast expanses of skin. inevitability. a dead h2g2. writing letters. international postage. welsh people stealing my correspondance. fluffy quilts. cats. wraps. and automobiles.

wasn't me honest, never stole any correspondance

At least someone is alive online.

Soooooo bored.

*slips into a coma*

I misread that at first glance and thouth you had slipped into a comma

I may be active, but I'm not sure about alive, does being alive require having a life ?

Math

I did that once. T'was sticky.

Nah, you can be alive but be sad and reclusive too...

I'm confident i fit into the sad recluse part... there's half a dozen of my friends down stairs yet here i sit in the computer room alone... there is a perfectly good reason to that, as much to do with the number of chairs and ammount of floor space in the living room as anything else...
if we started a club for sad reclusive people do ytou think any would join, or mearly think they fitted in but felt to socialy inept to join ?

math - in a silly mood today

ps why was the comma sticky or do i not want to know ?

I'm currently writing a not-for-review article about Satanism, so I'm pretty sure the answer is "yes" there

T'was sticky because that is where I drop my half-eaten sweets. Really should stop doing that...

My very best wishes for the job application, Saturnine.

I hate having to do that 'justify yourself in writing' bit in job applications. I'm in a kind of jobseeking mode at the moment myself (though I hope not for much longer, if my second interview on Tuesday and susequent formalities come off OK), and I found that the most awkward bit on the form. I keep wishing I could just write "Disturbingly intelligent, great programmer, natural engineer - your loss if you don't hire me", but I doubt it would go down well.

Saturnine~
You will come off sounding like you are the perfect person for the job, I am confident of that
Best wishes on the job hunt
lady

I *actually* had to write that I have a friendly, hardworking attitude...

Good lord, kill me now.
The worst one is "Why would you be good for the job"...*bangs head against the wall*

I just want to hang about in a games store, and argue about why the X-box is crap and get paid for it!!!

OK, so translate that into: having some interest in and knowledge of the products yourself, you like to compare features and should be able to judge which ones are suitable to meet a given customer's needs.

No! No more!!

AAAEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAARGH!

*has gone insane*

Then surly the ereason you're perfect for the job is you ability to discourse on various subjects including the xbox, various games, cds etc ?

but then what do i know I didn't fill in an aplication or write a cv for my current job, just walked in made an appointment with hr, and said i know how to do this, i have this experiance, when can i start, answer next monday. but then again no one in their right mind wants my job or any similar, good thing i'm in my left mind

math

What is your job Math?

i have the pleasure of working in a call center, working in place like that changes you, working with the great british public everyday i know they are in general stupid arrogent and rude...

example
caller: I need the number for 999 NOW YOU F***ING IDIOT! ITS AN EMERGENCY
me: certainly sir, 112

Ask a stupid question... get the right answer back ?

Math

Wouldn't like to think I would have to do that.

what answer the phone or be that caller ?

I should be off the phones in a few months either as a team leader or in IT, and hell its not that bad, answering the phones takes about 30-50% of my attention leaving the rest for reading, though posting here is not that easy as each call brings the database access scree to the fore. Work nights too helps, from about 11 onwards I spend more time waiting for calls than dealing with them

MAth

S'pose it's good for nighttime people...

What'cha reading right now?

the tell us a joke thread, just got post 2081 with the levellers as back ground noise , or if you mean more generally I just started the pillow book of sho shonegan (i'm sure thats misspelt, but its down stairs and i'm lazy).

Math

I get the impression I'm not welcome any more. The strangled scream was a bit of a hint. = unsubscribe