I won't be complaining for long anymore
Yesterday I had several good things happen to me, but more notably, I got results from a couple of contacts. One contact, I feared, wouldn't ever offer me job, relationship, or any help that connected to her because we had partied together and she was used to my ribald nature. I have a hard time keeping anything to myself, especially anything vulgar or sexual. Why would she want to sully her company by letting me in the door? Well, the truth is that she sees my pure heart, at its very core to say the least, and my sufficient intelligence, and she probably knows that I provide a breath of fresh air to any diffcult situation. So, she personally passed on my resume and cover letter to the HR department for two jobs, including a job in the HR department, no less!
It should be clear that I've railed on HR departments before, so why would I want to join the herd of benefit checkers and resume tossers? Clearly, because there's always room for improvement. There's always another chance for me to practice being nice to total, and often pushy, strangers as well as impolite co-workers. There's alot to know with health insurance, one of the most critical parts of life when someone gets sick. As I've said before, HR is a critical component in the success of a company.
The other contact that got in touch with me was a friend of my cousin's. She works in the Time and Life building, conveniently located right across from Radio City, where I work. She said that she's been impossibly busy but would love to make time and talk to me about the publishing industry, hopefully providing me with a referral if I can ever apply there.
I've never gotten anything from a peer referral. My current job was less of a referral and more of a favor granted by the president of the company. Still, though, anything to minimize the gap already inflicted by the internet is a great advantage.
It should be clear that I've railed on HR departments before, so why would I want to join the herd of benefit checkers and resume tossers? Clearly, because there's always room for improvement. There's always another chance for me to practice being nice to total, and often pushy, strangers as well as impolite co-workers. There's alot to know with health insurance, one of the most critical parts of life when someone gets sick. As I've said before, HR is a critical component in the success of a company.
The other contact that got in touch with me was a friend of my cousin's. She works in the Time and Life building, conveniently located right across from Radio City, where I work. She said that she's been impossibly busy but would love to make time and talk to me about the publishing industry, hopefully providing me with a referral if I can ever apply there.
I've never gotten anything from a peer referral. My current job was less of a referral and more of a favor granted by the president of the company. Still, though, anything to minimize the gap already inflicted by the internet is a great advantage.
posted by Wellsmus at
4:57 PM
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Read this one and it reminded me of 2 important keys I have learned about New York City's job market:
1.) you always have a 75% (my own estimate) btter chance of getting a job with a referral. There are a lot of lazy incompetent people out there applying for jobs and its a lot of work to sift through the crap-heap for the hidden gems. I think this is what makes HR people so frustrated. Soraya has been taking in resumes and talking to candidates at our office and I am consistently suprised with the demeanor and lack of professionalism many of them exude. All of this adds up to a referral being an excellent foot-in-the-door to sperate you from the pool of idiots.
2.) New York business always seems so fast paced and unforgiving from the outside and those with little experience are always haunted by thier lack of skills and the prospectes of attempting to break into such a seemingly poweful workforce--- but the truth is nobody really has any idea what they're doing. The productivity seen from the outside is just a shell, and once you get inside, you see that everyone is jsut running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to keep up witheveryone else who is only doing the same. If you actually stand back and abserve those around you, they are all jsut as timid about thier experience. If you walk into a place exuding confidence and be just demanding enough, thats better than 99% of the applicants out there. Project your readiness, learning ability, and problem solving skills and you've got something far beyond that kid in the pack with an IV league education that doesn't understand how everyone is this work force is basically presented with problems needed to be solved, and usualyl by bosses too busy to walk you through. If you prove to them you can figure it out on your own and are resourceful, thats all they're looking for. Someone they don't need to keep an eye on. Someone who is going to make thier life and job easier.
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