Ever feel like you just wanna give up? I'm losing my job at the end of this month. Because of the financial situation in the world, there's a hiring freeze on both internally and externally and hardly any positions are coming up. I applied for one that I was absolutely qualified for and went over to Human Resources for the interview. After they do their interviewing, they select a few candidates to go over for a second interview with the department. I wasn't shortlisted for the second interview. You wanna know why? Because under my "Summary of Qualifications" I have semi-colons after each point, but I did not put a period at the end of the last point. And in addition to that horrific faux pas, when I was listing what I did at the TD Bank head office I made the unforgivable mistake of using 3 descriptive words in the past tense, and one using present tense. Since the job requires writing and proofing, I guess that was enough to completely disqualify me and none of my other skills matter one bit.
I was absolutely stunned and I said to HR: "Are you serious?" Yes, she was. They got a ton of applicants for that position, so they can be as nit picky as they want. And since there is no union here, I have absolutely no recourse. But I guess I can be consoled by the fact that there were several other applicants who made the same horrible mistakes on their resume as I did, so I'm not alone. Yes, that's very comforting.
And in addition to that, there was another job I didn't get, even though it's right across the hall from me. Since it's advertised as a year contract, the boss is under no obligation to hire someone internal----he can hire whoever they want. His wife (who doesn't even work here) works with immigrants and their English language skills, and sent over a girl from India or Pakistan who has a Masters Degree in Business but who can't get a job in Canada. Since the boss is soooo damn worried about appearing to be "politically correct" by hiring a visible minority, he's giving her the year contract, even though she has absolutely no experience for this particular job. And there's not a damn thing I can do about it.
In addition to all this stress, we found out last week that my brother in law's disease could very easily turn into leukemia within the next year or two. And to top it all off, I lost the love of my life today.
If ever there was a time where I just feel like cursing God and then dying, this is it.