'Breaking News that nobody is interested in' ...
- Thread starter Degs62
- Start date
- Status
Walking the dog too, especially a dapper dog, or owl or badger...very thera-wotsit
Ashtonian
Banned on request
I didn't get it.
In fact I didn't do anything wrong. They are going to speak to my line manager to get me experience shadowing someone because I impressed them so much.
Im Crushed. I genuinely don't know how much more I can do. I can't interview any better than I did today and they acknowledged that. Every person who gets the job before me has the experience. I can't get the experience without the job, my department won't give me a job and rig the interviews.
It sounds like the job was earmarked again for someone and I had no chance of getting it. But it kills me I have to go back to that job again knowing I am trapped there. The fact I will even have a qualification soon thst is for senior managers rather than my level and it won't count for anything. I have a qualification in staff mentoring and it counts for nothing. My experience is essentially project management over and over. Just because I haven't done the job in that place I'm unhirable apparently despite achieving so much and helped bring in a number of systems. I have done so much far beyond my job title and I even have qualifications to back it up and yet I just can't get anywhere.
Just gutted. Just feels like I am trapped now and I hung so much hope in today.
In fact I didn't do anything wrong. They are going to speak to my line manager to get me experience shadowing someone because I impressed them so much.
Im Crushed. I genuinely don't know how much more I can do. I can't interview any better than I did today and they acknowledged that. Every person who gets the job before me has the experience. I can't get the experience without the job, my department won't give me a job and rig the interviews.
It sounds like the job was earmarked again for someone and I had no chance of getting it. But it kills me I have to go back to that job again knowing I am trapped there. The fact I will even have a qualification soon thst is for senior managers rather than my level and it won't count for anything. I have a qualification in staff mentoring and it counts for nothing. My experience is essentially project management over and over. Just because I haven't done the job in that place I'm unhirable apparently despite achieving so much and helped bring in a number of systems. I have done so much far beyond my job title and I even have qualifications to back it up and yet I just can't get anywhere.
Just gutted. Just feels like I am trapped now and I hung so much hope in today.
Same here, I stick my favourite artists on youtube and before you know it the ironing is done and I'm at peace with the world,plus the missus stop's moaning.
Seanjd
Player Valuation: £30m
The right one will come mate, just keep trying.
Have you asked them why you keep failing interviews, you are clearly doing something wrong.
Seems to me that you keep failing these interviews, despite you thinking you did well in them, I can only assume you arent doing as well as you think.
So the only way you can get promotion is if you have the relevant experience, which you cant get / they won't give to you ?
Two choices Ash - find a new job or go and get experience, maybe do voluntary for a charity ( if you can ).
Gutted for you mate, but is sounds like you've hit that glass ceiling.
Commiserations Ash, don't know where you work but you will already have worked out a lot of places holding internal boards already have 'Jobs for the boys' which no end of experience will eradicate.
Have a chat with your line manager and formulate an action plan round about what they deem necessary to have you fitted for promotion, if you play the game and fulfill your end of the bargain so to speak, then find yourself failing another board, you will have a big question to ask yourself as to where your future lies.
Good luck.
Ashtonian
Banned on request
Nothing wrong with my interviews mate. In fact I can guarantee I interviewed better than anyone else today, seems like they wanted to give it to someone internal to them (again) and it just means anything I do, including bloody qualifications is meaningless. I mean the staff mentoring qualification I got, senior staff were on thst course, it wasn't for any old person it was for actually high up people to do.
That's why it's crushing. Two interviews barely a week apart and my interviews were fantastic. I genuinely can't interview any better than what I am.
I need the better job for the experience but can't get the experience without the job. I can't sell myself any more than what I am or do more. Never mind a glass ceiling it's starting to feel like a prison now so to speak. Most of the interviews thst come up seem to be ear marked, but I genuinely can't do more than what I am doing either. My qualifications I have got through work as mentioned above are actually high standard, much higher than my job role. I just need that one opportunity and I won't look back after that. I see jobs being handed to people all the time and I can't win, I'm always the next in line now, I can do this shadowing but how long will that take? How arsed are my managers going to be in helping me leave?
But yeah, just crushing that I can't do anything more. Plus it's the waiting game for another job to come along and to even get shortlisted for that or not. Could be months before I get another interview and for all I know it could end up the same way as today if someone just has departmental experience
From what he's describing, it sounds like the job has already been filled and they are just going through the motions interviewing people, as they have to legally.
Start looking for another job mate, even of it means a bit of a drop in wages to start with x
Ashtonian
Banned on request
I have had so many issues in where I work mate and they couldn't be arsed supporting me in that do I am not sure how proactive they would be in helping me leave either sadly.
This jobs for the boys seems to be a lot more widespread than it seems. I know one day someone will take one look at me and just want to hand me the job there and then but it's finding that job. Not to sound arrogant but I genuinely am brilliant in work. Today alone I sold myself as someone who works alongside senior managers elsewhere, brought in more than one system (considering my level is a massive thing ) talked about qualifications that not even they would have and as someone who knew everything they were talking about. You can see why I'm a little down haha I shouldn't be in the job I'm in any more, I'm better than it. I don't say that as an arrogant thing, it's true. There is so much more I could be doing in my career yet I look around at where I am and see them all rotting away not planning on improving their situation and just feel that will be me in another 10 years
Ashtonian
Banned on request
There is always thst option yeah. The problem is 2 months ago it wouod have been the same pay but now it would drop, then a few a years gaining experience there to start again.
Just one opportunity I need.
I know I'm cry arsing and I apologise. Just a little bit down after everything.
Did the person who got the job have more experience than you?
Sometimes we can blinkered and be biased towards ourselves. If you feel unjust that strongly, goto HR and raise it as an integrity issue.
Sometimes we can blinkered and be biased towards ourselves. If you feel unjust that strongly, goto HR and raise it as an integrity issue.
Not to sound negative, but actually you do SOUND arrogant. Perhaps that impression comes across in your interviews.
- Status