Bad day

OK, today I applied for two jobs. So, that's not too bad.

However, one only had an 0870 number and you know I won't call them.

I did call the agency handling the other job for which I'd applied. All she could say was that she had been inundated with applications for the job.

I also called some agencies I had emailed yesterday for specific jobs. They said the same. They all had masses of applications they were wading through. They had no time to go through mine. Quite a few agencies had already made a shortlist before I could even phone them.

Oh dear.

Worse. I called a former colleague who was handling my application for a contract role in Amsterdam. Apparently, the client wasn't going forward with it. He did warn me that the client had a habit of suddenly changing their mind. Nevertheless, it's a "no".

Yesterday morning I had two live possibilities (having been interviewed on Friday and Monday). Now I have none.

To amuse myself I called the agency handling my application for a job in Duesseldorf since April 2003. We had a very good chat (although we have had those before, quite a few times). He'll resubmit my name for a couple of roles there. It seems their client (a very large company) has an on-going rolling restructuring programme which throws things up in the air a bit.

Then, to amuse myself some more, I contacted the agency handling my application for a PM role in Prague since October 2003. I hadn't spoken to him for about three or four weeks. When we last spoke he advised me that the client wanted to see me soon in Prague.

Anyway, I phoned him today but found he had left the recruitment company! Before getting me a second interview - the slacker! I managed to get through to a colleageau with whom I had spoken about the role before. She said she'd get back to me.