A Sense of Urgency

Most people want everything done immediately with few resources. That's how we get things like terrible video games, questionable workplace practices and, not surprisingly, disappointingly inflexible employers. Sure, you might try and do something about it, like trying to negotiate a middle ground for yourself and the employer, but in a number of cases I've probably been in, they'll just point you to the door, refuse to answer your follow-up emails, and make things awkward every time you encounter them at a careers fair.

Also, a brief note about the monthly updates: It's been fairly busy lately with university projects and such, so I might have to skimp out on a monthly update this time until the workload (i.e. stress) drops considerably. While the *old* Dante Denmore Facebook page is still showing up on Google searches, I'll just remind you that the page will never be recovered due to circumstances described in a previous blog post. I've been thinking of a running another Facebook page in place of the old one, but if you want to object that, you can tell me on Twitter, email or on the blog itself.

Pre-filled Job Applications

Personally, I would prefer that I fill out my own job application rather than automate it, simply because I get to completely control what the employer might or might not see.
Ever worked for a company with a questionable reputation? Just forget that ever happened.
Overall grades are a Pass average? Just say "Completed university degree at ...".
Then again, as with most things involving me finding a job, it's probably that the other 99% of job seekers have a more reliable and better experience with pre-filled job applications. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

Repeat Offender

What goes on behind the curtains stays behind the curtains. That is to say, the curtain of obligatory politeness and professionalism. Personally, I've only really applied for a few positions on repeat occasions, only one of which led to a job interview...and then a subsequent though quickly delivered failure.

Also, apologies for the late upload this week. It's been rather busy and stressful working on the most recent team-based project at university. Though I'm surprised the reader stats haven't slumped, so I certainly encourage you to keep on keeping up. Because the best developments will certainly be worth the wait.

Spell Check

For all those times you send error-riddled, badly formatted and overall uninteresting job applications to companies with a vague sliver of hope that they'll overlook aforementioned errors because they see "great potential" in you. Yeah, not going to happen, is it? Well, maybe it might, although it probably says more about the employer than anything else (i.e. poor grammatical skills and such).
But even with a professional CV, you're still not going to get that job, so in some situations is it even worth trying? Most careers advisers would say to make it so, but at the end of the day, you are the Bob Ross of your own job loss... I have to admit, that was a good rhyme.