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This is What I think

Sorry, but not really....

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I was going to say "And I'll Tell You Why" but, nope. This is an entire rant about why our generation this day in age sucks, and if you're interested or intrigued at all, then I'm going to go ahead and assume you stand with me on this matter. Also, we'd definitely be friends.

Okay- this is, I guess, similar to a girl on her period ranting about how she "hates everything" and quite honestly, us girls aren't wrong, OKAY?! Literally, I do hate everything and everyone; however, for the first time I finally realized a BIG reason why.

No, I am not going to talk about politics. Instead, I am going to talk about the professional world us millennials are delving into, and instead of elaborating on the issue from my last article (if you didn't read it, I hate you) I am going to take things one step further.

The whole idea of having to have experience in order to gain new experience, was the FIRST thing that made my pot of unjustly things/emotional rage, boil. Now, I'm going to make a bold statement about our impersonal, "professional" generation who hold these expectations that SKYROCKET to a whole new level.

Our generation SUCKS!

HR people and the people who are responsible for hiring don't have time to meet with you face to face and most of the time, they won't even RESPOND to your emails, yet they want you to PERSONALLY stand out?

Does this make ANY sense to you???? So you're saying on one hand I should be aggressive and reach out but on the other, I'm annoying? I'm damned if I do or damned if I don't, huh? COOL. AWESOME.

They will only call the ELITE, the rich, the more than qualified and their sister's brothers cousin who is looking for a job. This is the way people have been getting their jobs in an economically unstable world. Everyone's scrambling, yet you're telling me you only have room for ONE interview in the whole entire world?

You're telling me that you went out of your way to email ME about a phone interview, and then because I emailed you back, you suddenly think I'm desperate and don't want me? That's literally the ONLY reason I can think of that an HR person wouldn't respond to an email THEY initiated.

Job recruiters, I get it. You have a ton of people at your feet, clinging on to your legs for dear life, asking you to guide them to their wondrous, successful careers. Well, I'm one of those people and I cannot tell you how badly I feel about my experience with you guys thus far. You send me on one, TWO interviews tops, and because neither of them were the right fit, you totally give up. Granted, if there are no more jobs you saw that suit my qualifications, than fine. Totally. Cool. I understand and we're still friends.

However, if I reach out to you with my information, you think you can send an email explaining you received my resume and you'll reach out with anything you see? Not only for recruiters, but HR people, don't you think it's important to say "we have received your resume and we'll chat soon"??? Don't you KNOW I am PULLING OUT my hair and am aging very rapidly at this stressful process?!?!

But, I love how my internships never cease to talk to me. THAT'S BECAUSE I'M WORKING FOR FREE. That's because I do FREE LABOR 247. You're getting results and I'm seeing NOTHING.

Just so everyone knows, my personal BEST asset is my ability to interview. Like, my people skills- IN PERSON- rock. Yet, it's sad how many jobs have turned me down because of the lack of "pizazz" my resume has, and I don't have the chance to personally be in front of them. SHOULD I BE LIKE ELLE WOODS AND COLOR IT PINK? HOW ABOUT A SCENTED ONE?!

That's honestly what I'm about to do. To all the job people, HR people and recruiters everywhere- I WORK TWO NANNY JOBS, I HAVE TWO INTERNSHIPS, I PAY MY OWN BILLS and still manage to put a damn smile on my face and crack a joke every once in a while! Give me some credit and start learning a thing or two from the old days! Back when things were simple and if the person was qualified, and you met with them and LIKED them, they'd have just as good of a chance at getting hired as your sister's husbands cousin's daughter!

I don't want to settle, but it's evident that at the rate this IMPERSONAL world is going, I am going to be a nanny for the rest of my life. Like, these kids are going to be thirteen asking why I am still here, while listening to their robotic music that makes no sense because by that time, it'll be the year 2046.

I'm going to go look at a picture of a puppy. Thanks for listening.

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