Landing a Job

Why has it become so difficult to land a job in this day and age? I'm not talking about the consequences of our current recession, but rather just a general difficulty in finding a good job. We're all in the same position, we have to work for our living in order to survive. Work is the main thing that allows us to do just that. So why is the most seemingly primal catalyst in survival so hard to acquire? It's almost like the methods to this achievment are set up in opposition; like most industries and corporations are structured for rejection, not invitation.

Should we really have to take an hour out of our day to fill out an online application and submit it to no-mans-land via cyberspace. How bout the username and password you had to create just to establish a profile so that you CAN submit through their application website? It's like they're making you become a member of a group that is auditioning you to become an actual member? Seems like a strange irony to me.

What about 3-4 rounds of interviews for an otherwise meager position? I once had 3 rounds of interviews for an administrative assistant position, and when I got to the interview they couldn't even tell me exactly what I'd be doing..."it's pretty open right now, we're re-structuring a lot of things so the job could turn into anything". Awesome! Three interviews for a job that you can't even describe? Sign me up...right after I light this fuckin' place on fire! I didn't light the place on fire, nor did I get the position. I'm glad about it now, but hindsight appreciation doesn't get me back that wasted time or the contentious attitude my current boss had in letting me have the time off to go to the interview (she thought it was a Dr.'s appt of course).

It's like an obstacle course with monkeys throwing shit at you after you trip over one of the rubber tires in the middle of the course. That's not based on a true story, but you get the idea. No one should have to go threw all these hoops just to simply put some food on his/her plate. If the president and his administration want to talk about job creation, let's start talking about creating better jobs for people, not just more. Cuz in order to land a job wherein you don't want to blow your head off or your colleague's head off...you have to first get socked in the gut by a 1,000 gorillas and THEN AND ONLY THEN you might get the gig.

It's not a problem caused by a recession necessarily. I've personally always felt the difficulty in landing a decent job. Perhaps I'm too picky? Perhaps I'm hard to satisfy? Perhaps I need to shave off this spiked mohawk? Could be a combination of all those. But I'm pretty sure I'm not wrong here, as I've gotten the same attitude from many of my peers. And let's face it, most people hate their jobs.

So there's everyone's predicament really, we all get in line to jump through hula hoops laced with horseshit just so that we can plop down in our cubicle and get carpal tunnel.

I'm moving to Scotland now, I want to be a shepherd. Ever heard of a sheep that talked back to you or asked you to "enter this in a spreadsheet"? No, no you have not.