Employment Update

No news is... well... no news.

I've been working as a temp since early July (back with MSU Office Services after a 7 month drought). I figure I have another week, maybe two before I work myself out of a job again. Data entry is incredibly boring, but it's money, and I was fresh out of that. I listen to podcasts all day long while updating records - it could be so much worse. Telemarketing, for example.

I get interviews periodically, even second interviews. But not the job. I don't know why, and even if I did, I have reservations about trying to change my presentation. I mean... is it doing anyone a service to pretend to be something I'm not? They're only going to find out eventually, after all, and being fired is worse to me than not being hired.

I have been working on volunteering less information, though. It still feels dishonest, but on the other hand, do they really need to know everything? Especially the things they don't ask?

One friend has suggested that I apply using my birth name instead of my nickname, because I am all over the Internet, most of it related to my roleplaying hobby. She thinks that may be a reason I'm not getting hired.

What I want to know (rhetorically) is... doesn't anyone hire imperfect people any more? I mean, ye gods and little fishies, are there so many perfect people on the job market that those of us who are old, or fat, or not quite normal can't get a job?