Did you see this?
A report just came out how department stores, amusement parks and other retailers no longer need to hold job fairs for holiday or summer work because they’re already flooded with applicants (and sadly, most of whom are overqualified).
Shows you how times have changed.
Companies no longer need job fairs to get applicants cause there are way too many people looking for work?
I’m screwed.
But it reminded me of something I’ve been wanting to bring up…
Have you ever been to a job fair?
The one I decided to check out was TERRIBLE.
I thought the moment I walked in, I’d be lured by various companies desperately trying to get me to apply.
Nope.
The moment I walked in, I got nothing but dirty looks from most of the reps who obviously didn’t give a sh*t that I was desperately trying to find a job.
It was unbelievable, actually.
Most every person I talked too was just there to answer questions about the company — and some of them didn’t even seem to KNOW a lot about the company they were working for!
It was like a bad night of speed dating, but at least with speed dating, you usually got one or two “yesses.”
Never again.
And not just cause now I know job fairs are filled with imbeciles who don’t know what they’re doing.
Cause with all the people out of work now, they don’t need to put on sh*tty job fairs.
Good riddance.
In a related story, yes…Conan got the job selling popcorn at California Disney Adventure.
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Andrew Wisot is a freelance writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and an US Weekly Fashion Cop who’s “between jobs.” Andrew will blog for LOLs until he’s employed again or 50,000 miles, whichever one comes first.
Email: andrew@willblogforlols.com
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March 9, 2010 at 2:42 am |
yea job fairs suck