Job rejection letters

Well, having had that job interview that seemed to go OK last week, I received an email yesterday evening, that was rather out of place. It's a very polite request for feedback on the recruitment process, which I'd have been perfectly happy to respond to if they'd bothered to tell me that I hadn't been accepted properly. They promised me an email or phone call; which I haven't had, and I can't help but feel both irritated and hurt by it. I am going to get in touch with them to ask what's going on, but I'm still just a little too worked up to make that kind of phone call.

I guess it's back to job hunting with me: looked at The Bridge yesterday evening, and couldn't see anything, have a copy of The Guardian today, so might get a chance to look at that a bit later on.

I am competent, loyal, devoted, full of initiative and all the other qualities employers search for: there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to find a job I enjoy - they're the ones missing out; even if I need to write that down to remind myself of it, every so often;-)

Edit: Security setting changed to Public on 24/06/04

Job rejection letters

Well, having had that job interview that seemed to go OK last week, I received an email yesterday evening, that was rather out of place. It's a very polite request for feedback on the recruitment process, which I'd have been perfectly happy to respond to if they'd bothered to tell me that I hadn't been accepted properly. They promised me an email or phone call; which I haven't had, and I can't help but feel both irritated and hurt by it. I am going to get in touch with them to ask what's going on, but I'm still just a little too worked up to make that kind of phone call.

I guess it's back to job hunting with me: looked at The Bridge yesterday evening, and couldn't see anything, have a copy of The Guardian today, so might get a chance to look at that a bit later on.

I am competent, loyal, devoted, full of initiative and all the other qualities employers search for: there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to find a job I enjoy - they're the ones missing out; even if I need to write that down to remind myself of it, every so often;-)

Edit: Security setting changed to Public on 24/06/04

Friends only entries

How does anyone else feel about using LJ as a place to record extremely personal things? I'm still rather hesitant about doing that - even with private entries, because I'm sure that I'll make mistakes and forget to mark things private, and that for any given code there's a way to break it - so someone determined enough probably could get into them.

And a related question - how much is it acceptable to write about other people? If I was writing on paper there's lots of things I'd write that I simply wouldn't say on here, for fear of what I say getting back to the person I wrote about, and because I wouldn't be happy if anyone else did that to me. I think I'm working my way to the conclusion that an LJ isn't a substitue for a diary type thing.

Edit Slightly altered 6th July 2004, so I can make this a public entry.

Friends only entries

How does anyone else feel about using LJ as a place to record extremely personal things? I'm still rather hesitant about doing that - even with private entries, because I'm sure that I'll make mistakes and forget to mark things private, and that for any given code there's a way to break it - so someone determined enough probably could get into them.

And a related question - how much is it acceptable to write about other people? If I was writing on paper there's lots of things I'd write that I simply wouldn't say on here, for fear of what I say getting back to the person I wrote about, and because I wouldn't be happy if anyone else did that to me. I think I'm working my way to the conclusion that an LJ isn't a substitue for a diary type thing.

Edit Slightly altered 6th July 2004, so I can make this a public entry.

Things I hate

Received this email from someone at work, complete with animated character jumping up and down.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour
to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to
forget them. Send this phrase to the people you'll never forget and
remember to send it also to the person who sent it to you. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them. If you don't send it to anyone, it means you're in a hurry and that you've forgotten your friends.

These kinds of email are one of my pet hates: I get so many of them and I really resent the implication that I'm a bad person because I fail to pass the damn things on. Don't really know why it bothers me, but it does.

Things I hate

Received this email from someone at work, complete with animated character jumping up and down.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour
to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to
forget them. Send this phrase to the people you'll never forget and
remember to send it also to the person who sent it to you. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them. If you don't send it to anyone, it means you're in a hurry and that you've forgotten your friends.

These kinds of email are one of my pet hates: I get so many of them and I really resent the implication that I'm a bad person because I fail to pass the damn things on. Don't really know why it bothers me, but it does.