Day Six: I apply for a job with The Fund

One of my morning rituals is to get online and check my mail to see if any of my job applications have gotten a response, then I check the websites where I've posted my resume, hoping to see if anything even distantly familiar to my work experience has appeared, just waiting for me to apply. Then I go to Craig's List. Then I get depressed. Sometimes, a job appears that looks interesting/challanging and I apply. Then I get either no response, or worse a polite response that 'although your resume shows extensive work experience we really don't want you'. Then I get depressed.

Today, I was at the bottom of the barrel, Craig's list. Lo and behold, I see an interesting job. Citizen Outreach Director, The Fund for the Public Interest. Basically a canvassing job, but working for groups like the Sierra Club, helping these folks and others to keep our planet clean and safe for future generations. So I go to the application page and fill out about a dozen pieces of information, tell them why I want to work for them and I'm done.

Should have known better. Later, I go back in and start reserching these guys. Seems they chew through 'trainees' pretty regularly and have been cited with unscrupulous wage practices. Anyway, long story short, if they call me for an interview, I will decline. But, now knowing their hiring practices, I probably won't get called as they tend to prey on college students, so that leaves me out.

So that's my 5% lesson today. Live and learn!