I had a call from a recruitment consultant this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now then, contrary to popular belief, I’m not the kind of guy who loads up the 12-bore shitometer and gives people both barrels of shit at point blank range for no good reason…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I didn’t do that this morning, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though I should have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The RecCons in question (no names to spare embarrassment but she works for a company that boasts they are – and I quote – Serious about talent) started asking me about a contract I worked on in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s nine years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the RecCons continued to not get the point of me saying I haven’t worked in that industry (doing much the same job that I do now, but her take on this was industry-specific), it became obvious she was a new employee and trying to find her feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I uncocked both barrels of the shitometer and put it down and tried, patiently, to explain to her that my knowledge of that industry was nine years out of date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So then she asked who I answered to on that project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wut?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are times when I can’t remember who I spoke to nine minutes ago. The chances of me remembering who I worked for nine years ago (for context, that was eight employments ago because at that time I was a contractor, living on three-month gigs which sometimes extended and sometimes didn’t) are slimmer than Rizzla paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I explained this to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So then she started asking how I got into ‘that industry’ – painfully showing she hadn’t appreciated that a contractor in my role works in many different industries over the course of their professional life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So this is my point…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I were a RecCons I would at least make sure I understood the difference between permanent employees in a specific industry and contractors who float between many different employer-types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s what I would do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, she had a very pleasant telephone manner, so there’s that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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