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Joseph M Ruggiero wrote:
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> I'm sorry to say that in many cases you are right. Most of these job
> openings already have people in mind before they are even posted. Still
> we have to play the game, "EOE" Equal Opportunity Employeer and all that.
Hardly an "equal opportunity" is it?!
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> It is really unfair to all those applicants that take the time and spend
> money to send in an application. But it is the law of the land.
No... it's the *practice* of the land. The law actually asks for something else
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> However, there are legit job openings too. So you have to have faith that
> one day you'll land one of those. Another thing to think about it is that
> oneday someone who knows you may open up a position that's is intended
> for you. Then you can be on the other end of the stick and the world will
> remain in harmony.
Definitely *not* my idea of "harmony"!
I can deal with the fact that these 'positions' exist. What I cannot deal with
is
the hypocrisy of posting openings that are not, in fact, actually open. That is
definitely *not* 'playing the game'. We *all* have better things to do than was
ting
time and (in the case of unemployed grad students) money in chasing down
non-existent leads.
Allynn (sure I'm bitter... I'm looking for a job!)
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