Of course, you might be absolutely right. I am so glad I have ended my professional life, as I don't think I'd be able to put up with that kind of shit to get a job. Last time I looked for work, there were only 3 jobs in my profession in the country. A resume' and a cover letter got me an interview and I was lucky enough to get the job. No networking or bull shit. Perhaps today, I just wouldn't make the grade.
I do believe the best has passed and so much of what we have to do today just to survive is BS. I believe in meritocracy and you were obviously employed by merit, as it should be.
It's like the usury system now: it's absolutely bizarre that if you don't have a credit rating (because you've never been in debt), then you can't get credit! This happened to someone I know.
There is no common sense today. Just because a person has "connections," why does that make them best for the job? Somebody who is qualified and puts their head down to the task is surely the best person for the job.
I wish there was a way around the stupidity of "connection," because it means many good people are being penalised financially just because they don't know the "right" people. I despair!
I never had a credit card before I was 43. Eventually, I needed one to rent a car (they wouldn't accept cash any more), which I did often as I traveled on boats, far from home.
I found that owing nothing meant I had no credit; a fate worse than death, in the US. It took years to build a good credit rating, because I still paid for what I wanted by paying off the credit card immediately. Eventually, I found a few no interest cards that I could max out until just before the expiration of the no interest deal, and built some credit.
I should have been born 150 years ago.
IIN that in every job nowadays you need "networking" to get ahead?
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Of course, you might be absolutely right. I am so glad I have ended my professional life, as I don't think I'd be able to put up with that kind of shit to get a job. Last time I looked for work, there were only 3 jobs in my profession in the country. A resume' and a cover letter got me an interview and I was lucky enough to get the job. No networking or bull shit. Perhaps today, I just wouldn't make the grade.
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I do believe the best has passed and so much of what we have to do today just to survive is BS. I believe in meritocracy and you were obviously employed by merit, as it should be.
It's like the usury system now: it's absolutely bizarre that if you don't have a credit rating (because you've never been in debt), then you can't get credit! This happened to someone I know.
There is no common sense today. Just because a person has "connections," why does that make them best for the job? Somebody who is qualified and puts their head down to the task is surely the best person for the job.
I wish there was a way around the stupidity of "connection," because it means many good people are being penalised financially just because they don't know the "right" people. I despair!
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I never had a credit card before I was 43. Eventually, I needed one to rent a car (they wouldn't accept cash any more), which I did often as I traveled on boats, far from home.
I found that owing nothing meant I had no credit; a fate worse than death, in the US. It took years to build a good credit rating, because I still paid for what I wanted by paying off the credit card immediately. Eventually, I found a few no interest cards that I could max out until just before the expiration of the no interest deal, and built some credit.
I should have been born 150 years ago.