My apologies to my devoted fans for not having written in a while. I've been somewhat occupied job-hunting.
An interesting highlight from one of these interviews was for a bilingual (Spanish/English) tech support position at one of the major corporations based in O'Fallon. I was interviewed by two people, neither of which knew, or had any understanding of the Spanish language. And in the end they "decided to go with another candidate." I wonder what criteria they used to make that selection? Go figure.
Another major company that interviewed me (also based in O'Fallon) was for yet another bilingual Customer Support position. This time I was interviewed over the phone by two very distinctly Hispanic people. The interview started in English and ended in Spanish. In the end they, too, went with "another candidate." Apparently my Spanish wasn't good enough. Holy Cow already!
I'm seriously thinking of going back to school and getting my engineering degree in rocket science because apparently that's what it takes to get a job around here. Ironically enough, NASA just ended their manned space program with the space shuttle's last mission this month. Even if I had a degree in rocket science I'd still be amongst the ranks of the unemployed now that NASA engineers are getting laid off.
Since I figure to be idle (read "unemployed") for the foreseeable future I'll make it a point to post more regularly. Apparently I've received threats from my loyal fans for not blogging. I've had a few adventures since my last post and hope I can use those to amuse my readers. Hoping this one should keep them sated for now.
Until next time…
