Networking = Cheating

[Mr Khan]

kitler53 said:

Mr Khan said:

kowenicki said:

Forgive me. EXPLETIVE!

It's one of a set of skills that you need to be able to function in the modern business world.

If you can't communicate on a personal level then yes you are at a disadvantage. So hey.... Why not put yourself out there and learn.

I wasn't the best in the social business environment either, but I put myself out of my comfort zone and got on with it.

If you think everyone networking is comfortable then you are extremely naive.

Being qualified is less than half the requirement in my experience.

Your problem becomes more apparent by the day, you are negative and it's all someone else's fault.

I wouldn't hire you either. Get over yourself, the world owes you nothing.

 

rant response to rant thread over.

The world owes me a job. Not a great job, but not a job that's exploiting me (as too many seem to want to do).

There i said it.

no, it doesn't.  just like the world doesn't owe anyone a boy/girlfriend.  their is a lot of compitition out there and the spoils go to those that can best grab it.

i don't know a lot about you personally but a thread like this makes it hard for me to believe you are the best potential employee in the crowd.

All of the groups that have actually given me a damn chance (aside from the two scam jobs i picked up this year, whom i parted ways with on very bad terms) enjoyed my work thoroughly. Near the end of my three-month stint with KFC, i was their go-to guy if anyone called off. If the Library hadn't had their budget slashed, they'd still have me on. I fit in very well with the people at the congressional campaign, and Gamestop said i'm better than all of the other seasonal helpers they've hired this year. Got a glowing recommendation from my internship, and forged friendships with the janitorial staff in my work-study job in college (which, given racial and socioeconomic differences there, has to count for something).

Once i get past the hiring managers, their stupid trap questions, cheap tricks, and red tape, institutions generally find me a model worker.