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Originally Posted by knightoflenity
Here in the UK I have noticed that employers want you to essentially swear allegiance to the company.
It also appears that the interviewers buy into a lot of body language techniques etc which work on some basic level but are also so basic that there would be other signs to go along with say eye contact as an example.
I for example feel that my gaze is too strong, the windows to the soul etc so I'm not going to concentrate my eyes on some 50 something old man unnecessarily. They might interpret that as lack of confidence but that's just moronic if you also have great answers & anecdotes etc.
There have been jobs that I am super over qualified for yet have not had a call back because I think that the next guy in the line hit all of the talking points.
I had a group interview once where even though I had handled thousands of ££'s every day & made on-the-fly decisions in my previous job the interviewer clearly liked the stock answers given by the Romanian next to me.
She wrote assessments on our answers & whilst I didn't see what she wrote this guy could say something like "I have always wanted to work for Walmat" & she would write lots down on the paper about him. Where can you go with that answer, does it show initiative or confidence - no.
It's like a lot of things in life whereby the people asking often want a certain answer, my best jobs came from going completely off script & just talking to the interviewer but if they are just office minions then you can be in for a rough ride unless you speak minion.
Waaaay extreme but have you ever considered the police or military? In the UK anyway you can earn class 3 driving licences as part of the training which are a great back up if your stuck for work later in life.
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I couldn't join the military. I do not support America's proxy wars and would rather die than be forced to kill an individual over something as measly as territorial disputes and money games.
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Originally Posted by Blue Tiger
You may want to report the staffing agency to whatever your regional labor relations authority is.
It is illegal to "profile" or blatantly declare some jobs best suited for females and others reserved for males. It isn't just annoying, it's against the law.
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I wish I could, but they get away with it by making it as subtle as possible. If you ask them for a job in an office setting, they'll first say things like 'oh, we already have those positions filled,' or, 'You're not qualified to meet them,' event though I have certifications and vocational training them, but there are, somehow plenty of warehouse and labor based positions for you-then, you suddenly realize that all the women who come in are telling you they are getting office, low-labor and many other positions like that- and when you ask them why all of the suddenly there are office positions and why you weren't asked to take one even though you're qualified-((and this isn't just me, several other guys brought this up too)) they say, 'oh, sorry we held those positions for people who are more qualified,' which is funny. because some of them don't even have experience or even certifications in working in those environments and yet they get assigned before us because some off reason.
I'm not some heavy lifting guy who can pull these jobs effectively, I already get reassigned from a labor job because I was 'too small,' and couldn't handle the lifting necessary for it. It was an on-field fencing company where we had to handle 9.G almost 300lb+ rolls steel fencing, I could easily help someone carry them, but ask me to get it on my own and my body just isn't made for it. Every other guy there had a hundred and more in terms of pounds above me and it made wonder why the hell I was even there.
I have great endurance, I do parkour and train in the fifteen different martial arts both in weapons and hand-to-hand when I get the time, but I'm not a dead-lifter and I don't have the money, metabolism and needs necessary to keep up a body like that.
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Originally Posted by EndoftheRoad
Focus less on what's not working or what you don't have. Trust in your SELF. Beyond being well spoken, charisma and charm are in my experience easier to reach if you're relaxed and confident in your shoes. Good luck
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Thanks, I usually feel very confident but as said as of late I can't even get to many of these jobs as I have to rely on staffing agencies to make use of my position right now.
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