18-03-2002 21:57									#31
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH I've been told I was too nice and then listened to complaints that there weren't enough nice guys around in the space of one drunken evening's ranting.

First complaint was when you were sober, second complaint when you were filled to the brim and puking like Bush I.

	18-03-2002 21:58									#32
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Only in his butt hair to get the corn.

	18-03-2002 21:58									#33
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Roland,

Well, they do keep the bugs out. It's the early morning tsjirping that drives me crazy. Have to sleep with a big hairnet to keep them quiet.

	18-03-2002 22:01									#34
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What do you do against the cats ?

"Have to sleep with a big hairnet to keep them quiet."

"Big hairnet".... what a cute nickname for Venom....

	18-03-2002 22:05									#35
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The 'hairnet' takes care of those.

	18-03-2002 22:32									#36
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OKAY you guys need to lay off the fRO, sO WHAT IF HIS HAIR IS HUGE?? ANd he probably has little critters scampering freely about his cranium?? Who cares if he has to use a pitch fork to comb through it..I'm sure there is some strange type of woman out that would love to run her finger through your critter infested hair Drekkus!

	18-03-2002 22:42									#37
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Thanks BW. You're a good person. I'll keep the faith.

I need an afro smilie. All those bald headed smilies are no good!

	18-03-2002 23:03									#38
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I know these bald smilies are soo boring!!!

	18-03-2002 23:04									#39
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the hippy one has hair

Jon Miller

	19-03-2002 00:43									#40
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quote: Originally posted by Roland First complaint was when you were sober, second complaint when you were filled to the brim and puking like Bush I.

I ended up sleeping with her IIRC. One of those drunken friends incidents.

	19-03-2002 02:30									#41
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I am overqualified for my job, but then I am the Boss.

Last edited by Lefty Scaevola on 19-03-2002 at 03:09

	19-03-2002 02:34									#42
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Somehow, I'm having difficulty seeing words "Provost Harrison" and "Overqualified" so near to each other. If this thread would have been about him applying as village idiot, no, wait, a Welsh village idiot, then it would have been fine, but otherwise - it does not go!

	19-03-2002 04:12									#43
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I've never been told that I was overqualified, only that I was underqualified.

I've been hearing that far too often lately. Dammit, I need a job, but everybody wants somebody with a Master's or better.

	19-03-2002 04:45									#44
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I've been told I'm overqualified for a job - but in that case I think they just didn't want me for the job. It can be a way to let you down gently.

I've also done lots of jobs for which I was hopelessly overqualified. It never worked out - you end up wondering all day what the hell you are doing there. The day goes very very slowly when you are bored out of your skull and watching the clock.

Whilst waiting to get inducted into my current fabulous career I took a job as a trainee manager at a supermarket. God, the horror of that job. The worst part was when inspiring tunes like "Anthem for Common Man" would come over in the muzac. There you are, stacking beans on the end of an aisle to the insane standards of the floor nazi and hearing "let's sing a song of joy for men shall each love other...."

The store manager's jaw hit the floor when I told him the job I was going to when I quit.

	19-03-2002 06:01									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's That's why Cambridge didn't accept me.

Hmmmm, that's funny, but if I recall correctly, which I am quite sure I do, you never even applied to Cambridge

Well this thread seems to have been threadjacked thoroughly by normally respectable posters and brought back to topic by Alexander's Horse. Wonders never cease to amaze me

Well I don't care that much, the job seemed fairly sh*tty and had a fairly sh*tty wage. All jobs are like that around Hull. That is why I intend to get out, and fast.

	19-03-2002 06:12									#46
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Stew's first choice Uni offered him CCC, if I remember correctly. Hardly Cambridge...

	19-03-2002 16:54									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Stefu Somehow, I'm having difficulty seeing words "Provost Harrison" and "Overqualified" so near to each other. If this thread would have been about him applying as village idiot, no, wait, a Welsh village idiot, then it would have been fine, but otherwise - it does not go!

I tell you what Stefu, I challenge you to a dual. You list your qualifications and then I will list mine You can include experience as well

	20-03-2002 07:05									#48
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That happens a lot more in a buyers' market than a sellers' market. That's why you should apply for research openings in biochemistry instead of as paper pushers.

I am startled to find out that Horsie is actually qualified for a job

	20-03-2002 07:06									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison I tell you what Stefu, I challenge you to a dual. You list your qualifications and then I will list mine You can include experience as well

For some wierd reason, the image of Provost and Stefu in a fighting circle, Stefu with a antique pistol and Provost with a penguin, pops into my head.

	20-03-2002 07:27									#50
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Being overqualified means that you have the skills to get a much better job, but since you aren't doing so, you must have some serious psychological problems.

So what are these mental problems you're having, Rich?

	20-03-2002 08:22									#51
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MikeH,

quote: I ended up sleeping with her IIRC. One of those drunken friends incidents

You slept with her, but can't remember?
My memory is bad, but I don't often lose track of which of my friends I have slept with. Then again, I should ask them whether we've ever slept together. Maybe I have forgotten, too.

	20-03-2002 08:49									#52
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On topic,
I've never been over-qualified for a job, but I'm always surprised when people expect me to be able to do a job that I have no background for.

e.g "So, you did Elec Engineering? That's great, as our two best computer programmers where Elec Eng's (so you must be really good, too - obviously)."
"So you did Elec Engineering? Our Quantitative analysts are just starting to use Elec Eng theory in their work, so you'll be way ahead of them."

I don't believe it, but I'm glad they do. And I never was much good at Elec Eng, so why not try something else?

	20-03-2002 10:18									#53
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Three jobs over quailified, quailified, under qualified just remember F.A.B. Features advantages and benifits.

Have three resumes ready for jobs in them stress the F.A.B. of each. You will always find work that way...

Example for over qualified job stress the areas of your experience that will enhance thier need, clerical, ontime, deicated etc. Sooner or later you will hit a nerve a reason to hire you. Same goes with the rest.

I was under qualified for a job once and bragged I was the best. They hired me because the boss was a bragart and thought he was the best. Personalities play a large roll it hiring take the gut shot after some research.

Ignore the "No phone calls please" Phone them ask questions from all you chat with. Most times the receptionist knows more about the job than the boss. If they ask did you see the ad in the paper say no play the lead role tell them you are working your way though the yellow pages.

Don't lie just pad or accentuate the obvious and play down the obvious. Work them... F.A.B.

	20-03-2002 10:58									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger I am startled to find out that Horsie is actually qualified for a job

	20-03-2002 15:47									#55
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quote: Originally posted by Ramo Being overqualified means that you have the skills to get a much better job, but since you aren't doing so, you must have some serious psychological problems. So what are these mental problems you're having, Rich?

Nothing like that. The other jobs I have been applying to are located away and are of the right qualification level appropriate to me. The thing is that the application procedure takes forever, so I was looking for a temporary job at home to keep me going financially, just for a few months. I was never going to stick it for long (it was only 3 month anyway), and obviously they realised this

	20-03-2002 16:37									#56
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Overqualified


Yes it's a bumper!

Once I was told I was overqualified in a much subtler phrase: "What the hell are you doing here?"

My reply was (because what Ltec said it's the absolute truth) "Don't worry I don't want the extra money".

I mean when you're pressed against the wall and the communist revolution is nowhere near the horizon you have to temporarily compromise, no?

Anyway I've been through 3 jobs untill I found one that truely satisfies me.

I did accept to work somewhere where I was "overqualified" but I quit 2 days later and didn't even claim the money.

If you have some money left keep looking. You are bound to hear that phrase a lot. It is the curse of the "overqualified generation" as some call it.

Sometimes, I wished I was an immigrant.

	20-03-2002 16:41									#57
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I can cope, I have the 'jobseekers allowance' to keep me ticking over, but having a car, my expenses are high, alas, more than the jobseekers allowance I get paid (which isn't a lot of money).

	20-03-2002 16:49									#58
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That car of your is a veritable money sucking machine Mr. Penguinator. Get a bicycle. Infinitely cheaper plus you get the exercise.

	20-03-2002 16:55									#59
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I live in a fairly large city where the traffic volumes aren't too bad, so it is the best way of getting around. Plus I need it for my sanity, I use it to get out, visit friends around the country. Besides I will make a hefty loss if I sold it, it is more worth my while to keep it, especially if I get a job fairly soon.

	20-03-2002 17:31									#60
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Ever heard of lying!!!?

Well, omitting the truth in your case...

If you made the I/V, they've read your resume so all you have to do is 'forget' to mention half the work you do or did in your previous job...

The object is to 'fit' yourself into the job on offer, sure you'll f*** off the moment something better comes along, but they don't have to know that. Tell 'em what they want to hear...

You have the luxury of being able to pare back your knowledge, I normally am working the other way which is far more difficult - I find if I can blag a job that I'm not exactly qualified for, I usually have a grace period of a couple of weeks to quickly learn all the skills I'm supposed to know in the 1st place!