Today, my sister and I heard back from a job we both applied to. I had used the knowledge from my MBA degree to write a six-page essay for the application, while she just copied and pasted hers from a random website. Guess who got the job. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML
Today, after I applied for an IT position at work, and a coworker I’ve worked with for 3 years, who said she had no intention on applying, wished me luck and told me, "I hope you get it!" it's now a week later and it turns out she applied the next day, got the offer and accepted. I had to find out a week later from a different coworker. FML
Today, my job interview got canceled. I later found out it's because my sister got the brilliant idea to go talk to the manager to "advocate" for me, and they thought I put her up to it. FML
Today, my ten-year-old sister had to write out my job application because no one can read my terrible handwriting. FML
Today, my sister started a full-time job with a good pay despite having no prior work experience and being a college freshman. Meanwhile, I've graduated with two degrees, have been working two jobs for the last five years, and still can't get a full-time position anywhere. FML
Today, I found out that after interviewing for two jobs at great companies, I was neck and neck with one other person for each position. They both offered the job to the other person. FML
Today, I got notice that I didn't get the new position I applied for at work. After two interviews, pay negotiation and paperwork, as well as years of giving this place all my time, I found out my boss gave it to his friend's daughter, who has no experience or credentials needed for the position. FML
Today, I went to a job interview. I never applied for the job, they'd sought me out, had a phone interview, and sent samples, all before the face-to-face interview. Turns out none of the people I met with had even read my resume or writing samples. I was told I might not be a good fit. FML
Today, my sister felt guilty and told me about the changes she secretly made to my résumé months ago. She'd put "doing your mom" and "corporate espionage" as my hobbies, and "Justin Bieber's pussy waxer" as a previous job. No wonder I'm still unemployed. FML
Today, I was passed over for the job of my dreams. I now have to watch as a girl I have on Facebook - a total moron - boasts daily about scoring the position instead. Turns out the interviewer was her uncle. FML
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nichollelovins 18
Work smart not hard.
Morning_fml 22
You're better off not working in a place like that if they don't appreciate real effort and hard work anyway. Hope you find a job, OP.
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caliguy08 17
As I hiring manager myself, to be honest I wouldn't have the time to read a 6 page essay written in proper APA formatting. It's great you have your MBA and all but keep in mind not everyone out there is interested in reading a short story for a resume. We want just the basics so we can formulate our own questions and have you answer them systematically as they will be open ended. From there we can form our own conclusion. The fact you wrote a 6 page essay shows that your believe your education will get you everything yet you don't have the necessary soft skill needed for a work environment. Don't NUKE it...keep it simple.
Gurtol 9
who the hell wants to read a 6 page job application?
NotLemon 16
Im guessing OP got the job!
ohSNAPyall 27
Six pages is overkill. Do you know how many applications they're reading? Keep it under a page next time.
Nezumi04 20
That my friend is plagiarism what your sister did. I know it probably not the best idea, but you should turn her in.
swoldier04 6
Haha it's a dog eat dog world. Got to do what you got to do to get ahead
efarley 5
as someone who interviews and hires people I wouldn't have hired you either. You actually think we have time to read a six page essay? I guarantee you they tossed your book of a resume straight in the trash. we spend 5 mins max on each resume. take some resume writing courses, learn to get the important information onto a single page because that's all were going to read.
fantasyworld 39
6 pages is a lot, no one wants to read something that long.
LUFT 12
They probably didn't even read it...they look at so many apps they probably wanted brief and to the point. It's still bs though I'm sure you'll find something better :)
igg125 30
It's maybe because of the five extra pages