some had to snort cocaine to act insane!
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
Yeah, your there to help them out not the other way around, be confident, remember ya manners, dont panic, try not to worry but just be you, thats the most important bit.ebug9 wrote:
About to head out for a job interview. Any last minute tips?
Knock yourself out.mcminty wrote:
Will* you lads afford me the opportunity to rant about a stupid job I was trying to apply for?
*will most likely do it anyway
I'll just copy out what I typed to someone else.. so sorry if it's not as coherent as it could beFinray wrote:
Knock yourself out.mcminty wrote:
Will* you lads afford me the opportunity to rant about a stupid job I was trying to apply for?
*will most likely do it anyway
I've been looking all over for engineering cadetships. I'm coming up the end of my second year at uni, so I figure I've got some good skills.. and I do want some work experience in an engineering related field. ... Read More
I was applying for a Cadet Civil Engineer position, in a roads and infrastructure department - which would have been perfect as last semester I did (and did well in ) a subject on Transport and Highway Engineering. This thing would have also paid nicely.
So I've spent 5 -6 hours hashing out an awesome application letter, and response to their criteria. Once I'd done that, I was able to proceed to the next stage in the application...
Only to find out that they would want me to go to uni ONE day a week, and work for them FOUR days a week. As I'm studying engineering full time (ie. up to 21 hours/ 4-5days at uni per week), this is a FUCKING RIDICULOUS notion. At this point I decided not do pursue it. Yet the thing that gets me is.. WHY COULDN'T THEY PUT THAT INFO IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION AT THE BEGINNING, SO I DIDN'T WASTE. MY. FUCKING. TIME.
Pricks.
Lol, shuddup.Cheez wrote:
lololool asks for permission to post in EE Chats.
Well, this isn't a typical job. I'm not applying as a graduate, with my shiny Bachelor in Civil Engineering. I'm applying as a uni student to a CADET engineer position (don't mind the caps, i cbf to type bbcode). They stated that you must be enrolled in a civil engineering degree.. which nearly EVERYONE would undertake full-time. There's no chance in hell that I would spend 8 years at uni to do a part time BEng. And on that note, I just thought that.. even if I was doing it part time, there is no way I would be able to get all my classes on one day.Cheez wrote:
No but srsly it's not like it stops anyone else posting shite.
Also, don't most employers do that sort o' thing, y'know since they're employing you?
I's already doing a double degree, so it's 5.5 years. The fuck I'm making it longer. Moneywise.. it was around 630 a week (amerifolks, remember that OZ dollers).. which would have been mental for someone in my stage of studying.AussieReaper wrote:
srsly minty you should have applied, and if you gotten it changed your uni structure to part time. That sort of experience is invaluable, and you would have been making money.