You've got to call

Yesterday I applied for a job to which I thought I was very well suited.

Today I called the agency and the agent told me he thought I wasn't very well suitable at all.

For that job.

But he was willing to consider me for other jobs.

Ten minutes later he called back. He wanted to consider me for some potential project management positions at his client.

He gave directions on how I should tweak my c.v., I dutifully tweaked, and now the c.v. is going to the client.

From the jaws of rejection comes a bite (not sure that sounds right but you know what I mean).

Inappropriately named agency of the week

In Switzerland there is an agency called "ASSpro".

And yes, they capitalise their letters like that.

And they advertise in English.

For what? For IT project managers, of course, so I applied to a job for which they were recruiting.

If they call me I will try not to snigger.

7 Silver Linings Now That You've Lost Your Job

Found on Cracked.

Good

Today I applied for five jobs.

Three were for the same freelance job advertised by different agencies. But they still count. And the job was right up my street.

Another job I applied for was brought to my attention by a former colleague and friend (still a friend if that sentence was misleading). Thanks Elliot.

It asked for bilingual German and English but I applied anyway.

I relayed this to Elliot, pointing out that I am not bilingual in those languages and he replied that I was never good at English. Bloody cheek.