#although me applying for government and uni or tafe jobs is kind of why i'm getting such LONG application times

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

things that shouldn't be a thing in the process of job-hunting:

• constantly having to your junk/spam etc email folder in case a certain employer's rejection or invite for an interview goes there instead of your main email inbox

• employers taking their precious time with going through their applications. like dude, I applied a WHOLE ass MONTH ago. where the fuck is the response???? okay, dgmw, I know they might get hundreds of applications. but waiting like 2 or more whole ass months for a response is just fucking annoying. tell me you're not going to bother pursuing my application so i can rest and stop checking my inbox for your response.

• to continue from the above point: i took time applying for this job, wasting the better part of an afternoon applying for it..... and now I don't hear back for a month or so or even more in some cases (the classic 6 month wait for some shitty retail christmas job that I applied for during uni just to be rejected.... and also a local metal manufacturer losing MY application in THEIR SPAM FOLDER for 3 MONTHS, again while at uni). just. I'm over it. just brutally ignore my application or send me an auto reject so I KNOW that I dont have the job and I'm out of the running for the job.

• an employer giving the option to apply for a job through a job site's default job link but seeming like they won't bother checking it (this is happening now for one job that I applied for at the end of may or something).... like do you even check these default link applications or just the email ones??? again, if you're taking this long, just send me my default rejection or "unlikely to progress with your application" email through the job site (which actually goes through to my junk box). just give me an indication of where I stand

• ok I know I could ring to ask to speak with any of the place's HR teams etc... but I learnt being persistent with asking for the progression of your application is actually quite frustrating for the person on the other side, for the place you have to ring.

my case in point: I took a load of these calls last year from one job candidate for the place I was working at for my cadetship. this lady rang like sometimes at least 2 to 3 times a day, chasing the HR team to respond to her application. most of the time, I wouldn't patch her through, so instead, I would send an email or call the HR lady's voicemail to see if she'd respond. like if you're THIS persistent, idek if you're going to get the position tbh. it's just a run-around for the back office workers to try to hunt down HR for the 4th time you've called in one day. I get it. you WANT the job. but maybe being this persistent is laying it on a bit too much. I honestly don't know. maybe this woman did actually get the position in the end.

but I'll always remember, whenever this woman called when i was on the front reception desk, the other receptionist training me always made wry remarks that the woman was just a bit too pushy. and for crying out loud. HR will get to your application when they get to your application. be patient instead of being pushy. like I don't know where I fully stand on this. but I've never rung to ask my progression in the application process. I just wait it out, even if it does take forever.

just yeah. I hate job hunting.