Hey, I have a really frustrating story that i need to VENT and have chosen thbis lovely community as my raging ground. 

A few months ago i had a job interview for a school library.  They said they really liked me, but went with someone else, asked to keep my details on file incase anything else came up.  Fine.

A couple of months later they ring me up again - can i come in for an interview for the same position as last time?  Yep, i definitely can!  It turns out the person they appointed quit (she was an older woman, and i think she had trouble relating to the kids from what the head teacher told me in my interview), so thay asked me and two other candidates who had previouslt applied back in.  So although i don't expect anything to come from this interview, i'm happy i came out near the top of the pile and feel i've done myself justice.  The interview is on a monday, and the head master says "we're interviewing the last person tomorrow morning, so you should hear from us on tuesday afternoon."  Great, there's nothing i hate more than the verdict being strung out, so i'm happy.

No phone call on tuesday, fine.  The school rings me on thursday - the headmaster is still deciding between the three candidates he has met twice, you will hear from us early next week.  ok, whatever, the headmaster is clearly a bit of a drip since he can't make this decision, but fine, give them some slack - the previous candidate did quit on them, so more thinking time is understandable.

No word early the next week.  it's the last week of term.  On friday i ring them in the morning, and say I was expecting a call early in the week, so checking out the situation before the holidays.  Am told the headmaster will get back to me.  3pm on the last day of term.  He doesn't ring my house phone, only my mobile although he has the numbers for both, and asks me to ring him back at school - an inconclusive, cryptic message that doesn't say whether i have the job or not - he wants to discuss the "possibility of employing" me.  I don't get the message in time because reception in my house is shite.  try ringing the school a few times, but they're clearly shut for the holidays.

No word over the 2-3 weeks christmas holiday.  Clearly, it would wreck his christmas to take 5 minutes and ring me - he has two contact numbers for me, i have one number for a school that is closed. 

Today, first day of term, i ring up and again explain my situation - I am following up a message i which i was asked to call in regard to a job.  Again told that the head teacher will get back to me.  Am i in all morning?  Indeed i am, and repeat both my phone numbers.  I next to the phone all morning, clutching my mobile phone in an area of good mobile reception!  No word.  No word all day in fact.

i have given up on this job by now, but am so angry at how ridiculous and strung out this situation has been!  they have consistently neglected to ring at times arranged BY THEM, they haven't given me any conclusive answer about the job that they called me back in to interview for, it's not as if i am harrassing them - i am calling because i have been asked to!  How disorganised is this head teacher than he misses his "early in the week" telephone deadline, then leaves a message at 3pm on the last day of school!  I don't believe i would have heard anything from them if i hadn't called that morning.

It's so frustrating, being treated like this after being asked to come in for an interview, being asked to ring up etc.  It's unbelievably rude not to even tell me straight out if haven't got the job rather than stringing me along like this.  Like i say, i have given up on the job and won't bother contacting them again.  I feel like i've had a second chance waved in my face, and now i'm being jerked around by a bunch of incompetent arseholes, it's so infuriating - in fact, it's like a bad relationship - i just want some kind of closure, i want them to either admit they aren't employing me or come begging me to come and work for them at an increased salary, throwing in a company car, free lunches, and unlimited library budget!  this is MADNESS!!!  Who else feels the same?

Greetings all,

I am a new member, very glad to have found this community.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have been unemployed since the end of March, 2009. My area of expertise is print production. I have done everything I can to find work--I had a great contract job for a month--and have been wending my way through the paperwork jungle trying to get approved for WIA-funded training.

And then...

We came up to Portland, Oregon, to visit friends for Christmas. Last Saturday, I slipped on the stairs and broke my ankle. The surgeon who put it back together with plates and screws felt very strongly that I should stay here in Portland until he can do a post-op exam and remove the staples, which cannot happen until two weeks after the surgery.

So, our stay in Portland has been extended, and I am wondering how to deal with unemployment. Not getting benefits would be a total disaster--my husband has been unemployed so long he does not get benefits, so the two of us have been living on my benefits all this time. Oh, did I mention two days in the hospital and no health insurance?

I am wondering if I need to file for state disability insurance and, if I do, will I lose my UI eligibility once I recover from this injury? I don't think I am going to be able to walk at all for at least six weeks--kind of makes it hard to go for job interviews.

If anyone out there has had any experience with this sort of situation, I would be grateful for any advice.

Hey, everyone. I was thinking of taking a class or two (probably accounting, and maybe a foreign language) to maybe make me a little bit more useful as an employee if I ever actually get a job. But one of the things that they ask me when I file for my unemployment is whether or not I've been in any kind of school or training that week. If I take courses, does that mean that my unemployment benefits could go down? I checked the FAQs on their website but it doesn't say anything about school or training. (I'm in MD, by the way.) Thanks for any insights.

Just a note from me saying sorry about the backlog on entries.  I went out of town for Christmas, and to my surprise I had ZERO access to a computer.  So, I again apologize, but now that everything is (mostly) back to normal for me, I should be approving entries within a few hours of posting.

Hope everyone had a nice and safe holiday!

So I applied for a bartender job on Craigslist or wherever and the guy just emailed me back asking "do you have a facebook" (capitalization and punctuation his). I do have a Facebook, but I've used it like once and I guess I should fuck around with it before sending it off to the guy. So what kind of stuff should I have on there that employers are looking for? Is there anything I shouldn't have? Will it look bad that I have no friends or anything?

Unless I'm correct in assuming that it was just a discreet way of asking "Do you have any pictures of yourself online, because nobody hires ugly bartenders." In which case, check.

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Would it hinder me trying to get a job as a graduate nurse to have a resume hinting at a lot of IT and art experience. Computers are obviously an important part of healthcare, but I don't know if listing these things would make me look sort of...distracted.