Applying for jobs is such a pain in the ass.  First of all, you waste so much time because most jobs don’t post even a ballpark salary range.  I’m in a profession where salaries range from around 35K to 85K and there is no use of me applying for a job that is 30K less a year than what I’m making now.

Also, you can’t tell what the culture of the company is really like.  Often, the person interviewing you isn’t who you’ll be working with closely.  It’s such a gamble.  And for a mood sponge like me, morale and integrity in the workplace is of utmost importance.

Then there is the “experience required”.  I can learn anything in a short amount of time and out-perform many people who have been doing the job for years, because I’m smart and I have a work ethic.  But it seems employers would rather hire an incompetent employee who has been incompetent at that line of work for 10 years, than hire an employee with demonstrated success in diverse workplace settings who could learn any job in about three months, and then be a great addition to the team.

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