Looking for a job is not easy. Unless, you happened to be extremely intelligent, have more achievement that one can count with his or her fingers, have an unbelievable long list of contacts, graduated from a top university and/or heartbreakingly attractive.
If you have all of the above, you have the privileged to turn down job offers, because you probably want to travel the world first.
If you have most of the above listed good lucks, you are probably already working in the company of your dreams.
But most of us are not as lucky as you are. Oh yeah, by the way congratulations for those who are.
Today I applied to a company for the tenth time. And I got rejected even before anybody could have a look at my CV. I know, that there are many applicants out there, but as the name would suggest "Human resource", you may be familiar with the risk of this, as there are billion of humans out there (unless its called "alien resource" then you probably wont have to bother with so many humans's CV).
What made me sad/pissed/hopeless is the fact that there was a list of top universities in my country that you can choose from. And if you happened to not be a graduate from one of the universities listed, there is an "Other local university" option you can click. I graduated from what you guys call "other local university" and as you may guess, they asked it twice. Like to assure themselves that you are not applicable because you didn't graduated from a top university.
Well, this may be irrelevant to why my application got rejected directly after applying. Maybe because I wasn't desirable, but I have a hunch that I got rejected because I didn't graduate from a top uni.
It makes sense you know, because the questions that they were asking were pretty standard and through the times I have applied, I change the answers (ex 1st time applying: are u related to a government official? No. 2nd time: Yes, my father etc.) and the only thing I didnt change was where I graduated from. So I have a reason to suspect.
I wanted to lie so bad, to lie that I am an alumni from a top university. And one day when they asked me why I lied, I would say: the same reason why you discriminate. You wanted the best, I wanted a chance. You wanted someone intelligent, I wanted to show you that I am. You wanted someone with lots of powerful alumni contacts, I wanted to tell you that I have enough to satisfy you. You wanted to be impressed, I wanted to impress you.
I know a living proof of someone you went in a top university because of pure luck, I knew someone who bribed, I even knew someone who didnt write their own thesis and graduated probably because it was attractive. I knew some people who are stupid and lazy, enjoying the privilege of the good name of an university. It is just a name for Gods sake, it doesnt have any connection of who you are as a person. And I know, its a stepping stone, you must have some brain if you can go into a top uni and blah blah, but everybody has their reasons. I didnt even try to apply to a top uni, why? because the test was at the same time with my IGCSE and because I was thousand miles away (literally separated by the ocean). My cousin got a scholarship from Harvard and she declined it because of whatever reason and I still respect her.
And then you might say, those who are lazy and stupid wont pass the interview process. Yeah probably, and you just wasted your time talking to a idiot instead of giving a talented person from a B-List university a chance.
I wanted to lie so bad... so bad that I almost did it. Then I said to myself: why on earth would I apply to a company that discriminates people. Why on earth would I wanna be a part of a company who doesnt give people a chance? Why on earth would I be proud to be a part of a close minded greedy company? Why on earth would I wanna join a company that wont even see my potential?
And therefore I didn't.
I wish you all the luck in the world though, for there must be one or two nice people who are sadly trapped inside, enjoying your extravagant monetary incentive.
Sigh,
Arinda
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