Yet Another Head Hunter Bytes The Dust (Follow Up)

When we last heard from the hero of this tale , he was patiently awaiting the call from the head hunter. "I should know by Tues evening or Wed morning about interviews," he said to me. Translation: I knew i wasn't going to hear jack until fri.

Today at 1pm this joker called me up. Wanted me to interview tomorrow @ 830am. That's less than 24 hours notice for an interview. The problem with that is that i have a doctors appointment from 9-10am which means i can't do the interview until after. Realistically it would be 1130am at the earliest that i could actually be there (it's appx 30 min away) and that includes hauling ass. So the guy tells me that he'll call me back later with a time that i can work with better. It's now 11pm and i never heard a peep from him for the rest of the day. Thanks. Real classy.

How much is it to ask for 24 hours notice? Companies can take their sweet time making decisions on whether or not they want to decide as to when they'll have a meeting about the decision to set the date that they want to decide on interview dates. In the meantime, people like me are supposed to drop everything and run and get punished for having prior commitments. They have no idea what my doctors appointment is about and it's honestly none of their business. It's called courtesy. Anything less than 24 hours and you're setting people up to fail. How am i supposed to properly prepare for an interview with < 24 hours? Banking an awful lot on me having proper preparation for the interview!

So....

Tonight i got home from work and there were to messages on the answering machine. Some head hunter from the 412 area code (Pennsylvania) called about a job. I wanted to punch her in her face when i heard the message. My name is Sean. It's NOT pronounced "SEEN". Got it? Why are you even bothering to call people when you can't pronounce their name? Not only is that annoying but i find that highly rude. I understand butchering last names. That's why you apologize for it and ask for proper pronunciation. It's called courtesy.

And so continues my stint of being "Professionally Unemployed"....