Sky_Blue_Daz
Well-Known Member
Years ago I applied for a job I'd unofficially been doing for about 18 months, the job would have been a £3.000 a year pay rise
Long story short I'd helped members of society who were self harming, suicidal suffering with depression to find and develop coping strategies
I had even helped a potential colleague who was having difficulty developing working relationships with people on his caseload
Anyway a job come up I applied and was told out of 43 applicants my application was head and shoulders above the others
I had a mock interview which I sailed through and then had the proper interview which I thought I did incredibly well in
Any way I never got the job they gave it to an external candidate
I had a feed back meeting in which I was told that the other guy answered a question slightly better then me (fair enough)
I then asked had he developed the working relationship I had with some of the service users and other staff
They said next time a position comes up I should reapply
So a year down the line I had done a teaching qualification a job come up so I applied and remember my application form was "head and shoulders " above 43 applicants I added the teaching qualification to my original form and I never even got an interview
I have never got over this, most pissed off I've ever been
I genuinely think the manager of the department was concerned for their job once I got established
Long story short I'd helped members of society who were self harming, suicidal suffering with depression to find and develop coping strategies
I had even helped a potential colleague who was having difficulty developing working relationships with people on his caseload
Anyway a job come up I applied and was told out of 43 applicants my application was head and shoulders above the others
I had a mock interview which I sailed through and then had the proper interview which I thought I did incredibly well in
Any way I never got the job they gave it to an external candidate
I had a feed back meeting in which I was told that the other guy answered a question slightly better then me (fair enough)
I then asked had he developed the working relationship I had with some of the service users and other staff
They said next time a position comes up I should reapply
So a year down the line I had done a teaching qualification a job come up so I applied and remember my application form was "head and shoulders " above 43 applicants I added the teaching qualification to my original form and I never even got an interview
I have never got over this, most pissed off I've ever been
I genuinely think the manager of the department was concerned for their job once I got established