I'm officially on the job market. I'm actively seeking employment and therefore relying on the services of those who supposedly match candidate with client (you can see where I'm headed already). For the similarity between recruitment agency and pimp may seem an unlikely bedfellow but for me it couldn't be any more cosy than if they installed a stripper pole in the foyer and said "only those wearing 9 inch heels may apply". Basically they'll pimp your wears and hopefully hook you up with a paying customer. And there is plenty more on the street where you came from but it's the paying clients they've got to keep happy. The street walkers, job seekers, whatever, have got that addiction thing happening too, career progression. They all want it and can't get enough of it. It seems like they just get one off the street and then in a year or two they are back for more. Resumes describe all the tricks they pull, why they do it so much better, faster, more outcomes and achievement based to get their juices flowing. And then they wait in vein for the call and hope they'll be picked as the one that's fancied the most. No luck today. Maybe it's my ballet flats.
Ah I'm well acquainted with the 'agency' life. And whoring it is! Good luck. What's worse is the little chicky's placing you can't spell and are about half your age! Fwooar. If one more 25 year old tells me that I have a great resume and am ultimately employable, I'll break her bloody stilletoes over her pretty little face!
ReplyDelete... and some of the dodgy places you get sent to - not quite what you'd expect from an agency on the 54th floor with sweeping harbour views. Then when you land a job in a similar pretty wow factor office, sweeping city views, upper echelons of the building, complimentary toast or cereal for brekkie, coffee making machine and bottomless bickie tin at your leisure ra ra ra ... some of the shit you have to deal with in a place like that you'd also never expected or imagined. Can I borrow your stilleto for one second please? I could put it to very good use right now, promise I'll return it cleaned and sparkling.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck, Lorna. Keep wearin' your flatties but maybe keep on stiletto in your handbag for the times that Baino and Rowe are talking about.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking more along the lines of retirement myself. Just need that lotto win....
ReplyDeleteGood advice, I'm sure she won't feel a thing.
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