I've been working a new job for 3 years. Some may think 3 years is hardly new. But this environment I'm working in is constantly changing. It is in a sense it is schizophrenic. Sometimes a manager may mention Lean as if this is a holly word, but not understand really what it is. Then it's all change and when a change happens we have just 5 minutes to get trained on it, on a specific day at a specific time. If you happen to be on leave, then you'll miss out. But 6 months down the line you'll then find out what you missed out on. It is chaotic.
Working there 3 you most people may think it's no longer a new job. which is not the way I see it. In my previous workplace for 32 years it is new. In fact, if I hadn't of known otherwise, this Organisation has done more to ensure I didn't get employed than get employed with them. My experience in this area is not the same but juxtaposes so much most of what I already know has some relevance to this new job role. yet in the recruitment process I had tried in excess of 20 times. If anything, this shows persistence leads to results. Even though they rejected me many times. My manager has also gotten to see my value, although at one point during the probation period it felt like he wanted to get rid off me because I kept saying I didn't know how to do certain things. Things which the crap computer system would barely allow someone who knew how to do it to do.
would see if that set of answers worked or not. There would be a computer generated reply, possibly AI generated, giving reason and clues as to why I did not fit their criteria. But eventually I did. The bastards, however, gave two sets of tests. One was of personality. It was I thought somewhat offensive to say I didn't have the personality, and also at the same time to say the answers to the personality questions needed to be honest and there was no right or wrong set of answers. However, It was clear from their you-have-failed email they did take into account personality. So I changed my personality answers. Taking several failed applications, I created a spreadsheet and found the answers which got through. Funnily enough, it was my 3rd application which got me a job. My other applications were for different jobs and none of them were successful. Even now I continue to apply for other jobs in the same organisation, I expect I'm now up to 10 other failed applications. It is in my view an incredibly flawed and unfair process.
As a manager and a decision maker, I've had to deal with many situations, most of which I've now forgotten about. Yet, I have confidence in my abilities. Put me in the situation and see what happens. See how I react and how I deal with it. Instead, this Organisation likes to see how good my written supporting statement is. They look at things called competencies. Hell, I was studying competencies and recruitment practices 20 years ago. Funny and tragic thing is I have known of applicants who have never written their own applications. They have been done by people in their lives who had better literary skills. Yet, these individuals have got through and beaten the system. Got the job. I do my own work. I don't get anyone else to do it. You could call me donkey man. Mind, that might mean something else. Donkey, as in carrying all the weight and baggage on my back myself. Just like I pay my taxes and don't take out of the system. It almost makes me feel a bit bitter. I have seen many a manager who were incompetent, jumped to conclusions and decisions, acted inappropriately, even the occasional bully. The recruitment process failed in allowing these persons through. I've seen good, hard-working employees leave organisations because they just could not get on with the person who managed them. I've nearly done so myself. Yet the recruitment process doesn't account for these.
So I still continue. I'm not stopping at all. Even if I may be in the older age range where I'm expected to retire and shut up. I really want to get my job done and want to show I can do it and do it better than many other people. So I'll copy all of my statements I make, request feedback every time and then do what I can to improve my answers. So far I've got to learn it's what they haven't said in the recruitment process which is most important. It's these unwritten rules which are more valuable than any introduction session on how to fill in a form and what they are looking for. Back to basics, I will get better and better and they'll not get rid of me. I will retry again even though my job is so demanding and I could not adequately do it if I worked 60 hours a week.
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