SavvyJobHopper

After some weeks of contemplation and a range of feelings that take you to the brink of destruction I have decided now is the right time to return and help anyone who is at all interested in reading this and currently trying to find work in any of the industries I have knowledge of.

Due to the crap economy we are no longer just facing discrimination within the HR fraternity; (well I say HR but they are just as much a pawn in the game, keeping the big bosses straight on what they can and can’t do), we now face a new problem volume; there are simply too many of us.  I have often sat with a pile of C.V.’s sorting them into a ‘Yes’, ‘No’ and a ‘Maybe’ pile but now the ‘Maybe’ pile has gone and everything is black and white.  The criteria is so strict it does not matter how dynamic your C.V. and covering letter is if you’re not wearing a tie you won’t hit the ‘Yes’ pile!

Employers have not the foresight to see that we all have transferable skills and for those that are a little older and wiser and just not ready for the scrap heap it is a hard pill to swallow.  Don’t get me wrong we would all love to have a life of luxury but few of us are born with that silver spoon anywhere near our mouth.

Over the next few weeks I will be developing this site to include information for job hunting and training to find sustainable employment and if I can help one person in finding a job or new way of life then I will have succeeded. 

As for myself, I will not give up but as I have found out once before in the last recession, the need for my expertise is no longer required, after all employers will hardly train people to be competent to do their job let alone develop them at a time like this.  Most employers do not understand the need for a trained workforce and only train people because they feel it is the thing they have to do to gain the ‘Investor in People’ status so they miss the point completely.  It is merely an expense with no benefits which make you wonder how they made it to a position of authority.  I have only come across a couple of managers who were willing to help other individuals to further there careers. Most Managers are full of their own self importance and point score on how big their company cars are, they line  their own pockets and make sure they employ people underneath them that fall short of their own intellect to guard against them being found less capable.  Born Managers/leaders are few and far between and so most require training to equip them for the task ahead, unfortunately companies promote but do not train and we often hear comments like ‘what did they do to get promoted’ (this is the clean version). Many times I have thought the same and it has happened in quite a few of the industries I have worked in, you later find that nepotism played a large part in the selection and so was born that great saying ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know!

Well I will sign off now to look for information which may help us all on our way to a brighter future.

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