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[Oct. 10th, 2009|01:14 pm] |
So I applied last month for a job with a tiny law firm that specialized in law related to airports. I got rejected because, according to the managing partner, I wasn't specialized enough in airport law. Now, 90% of what airports have to deal with is environmental regulations (e.g. NEPA), so I would've though that I'd be about as close as they could get. How would one specialize in airport law? They don't even have an airport law class at Georgetown!
I would be more willing to accept the guy's reasoning, except that this morning I got a call from a headhunter that was looking for someone to work in the public affairs office of a Dept. of Defense agency. Now, if you've seen my resume you'll notice that I have nothing that even remotely resembles public affairs experience, but all the headhunter cared about was the fact that I used to have a security clearance. She wasn't that picky.
So, what I find annoying is why are the places I want to work so focused on every minute detail of my resume and willing to reject me even if they think I'm 99% qualified, but places that I don't want to work are willing to give me jobs even though I doubt I'm even 1% qualified? It is like the job market is mocking me. I once long ago got rejected for a job as an environmental engineer because, according to the hiring manager, even though I was the most qualified person, he noticed that I had some nuclear engineering background and he decided that I'd never be happy doing just pure environmental engineering with no nuclear work so he'd hire a less qualified, more focused person instead. And yet the headhunter this morning seemed to completely skip over three MS degrees and a JD that all scream, "I do not want to work in public relations!" and say that she thinks I'd "be a great fit!" Why can't I find someone in a field that I want to work in willing to hire pretty much anybody? It is quite frustrating. |
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