If you’ll recall I did interview (via Zoom) for a position with Siemens last year. After dumping over 100 Graphic Designers throughout North America in February of 2021, Siemens slowly began putting together Senior Graphic Designers and Graphic Designer Supervisors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Throughout my professional career I’ve gotten nearly every job on my own. With the exception of a Headhunter getting me an interview with Hallmark in 1989 (and I got that job after the interview) and Boss Staffing getting me an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like the title says, this isn’t what I wanted to hear. Now he didn’t say that I was out of the running, that they were going to pass on me, but by saying that they wanted to talk to some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If it sounds odd or if you think I’m overreacting, to hearing positive news from my interviews, it’s only because I rarely, if ever, get any news or responses to my interviews. A job seeker replies to all these job[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was a frustrating day. I’ve been drawing a comic everyday since I was laid off from Siemens on 9/4/2021 and if you’ve read any of my comics back in 2015, I drew comics that described the difficulty of finding[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I won’t go into a litany of my experiences of dealing with job recruiters and my opinions of them. I’ve drawn plenty of comics discussing that. I’ll just say I was pleasantly surprised that this recruiter called me back like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not only was I surprised to hear back from the same recruiter to call me back, I mean it’s been my experience that recruiters almost always disappear, but to hear back from her the very next day. Add to that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really can’t say what prompted me to answer my phone. A call at the 5:00 hour from a number I didn’t recognize is a sure fire ignore and send it to voice mail, yet, I did answer. The recruiter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If I don’t sound as excited or appreciative enough for this possible job opportunity it’s because my track record with job recruiters isn’t a positive one. Well, this interview, if it actually happens, is 13 days away. So, I guess[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve dealt with a lot of recruiters and hiring managers in the past 19 months of unemployment and the most consistent aspect of them all have been their “ghosting”, their lack of contact after either a phone or in person[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…