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Disneyphile · 09-02-2008, 10:24 AM

So, I'm heading off to the valley in a half hour for an interview at a temp agency regarding an entertainment job they have posted.

Already, the recruiter called me and asked, "Won't you take office positions at other companies?"

I'm very apprehensive about this interview in the first place, because 8 years ago, I went to an entertainment-centric temp agency with a consistent 2+ years experience from 2 different television stations, and they butchered my resume to make it look like I was the receptionist at those stations (I was a floor director and studio camera operator), and from that point, they'd only offer me entry level desk positions. And, when I'd look at their job boards and see several in-studio production assistant positions or needed camera ops, they'd seriously tell me, "But, your resume is for office work. We usually send men out on the physical jobs." (In hindsight, I do realize I could have sued them for not only that statement, but other gender-related ones that they consistently made.)

My 6-years-of-personal-cubical-hell recent office job is not even listed on my resume now, because it doesn't even fit with what I've been doing. And, this "first crunchy fruit" named agency better as hell not "doctor" my resume, unless it's to enhance the skills that I listed. That prior experience was mostly why I gave up and went to the cubicle job for those 6 years.

I'll seriously take working for $12 an hour at our neighborhood Costco before I'll agree to answering phones for $10 at a place 50 miles away. I refuse to return to administrative cubicle limbo, thank you very much. Now, will I travel 50 miles away to help run a video vault with just some basic editing duties for that same amount? You bet. And, that's the job they're currently showing available.

I'm just hoping that I don't come across as stubborn or bitchy when I say, "Sorry, but I want that one. If it's not available or won't match with me this time, then please keep me in mind only for similar positions."

I can't stand ~~recruiters~~ sales people who only give a crap about their commissions and never about the people they're supposedly trying to help.

09-02-2008, 10:24 AM	#23557
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	So, I'm heading off to the valley in a half hour for an interview at a temp agency regarding an entertainment job they have posted. Already, the recruiter called me and asked, "Won't you take office positions at other companies?" I'm very apprehensive about this interview in the first place, because 8 years ago, I went to an entertainment-centric temp agency with a consistent 2+ years experience from 2 different television stations, and they butchered my resume to make it look like I was the receptionist at those stations (I was a floor director and studio camera operator), and from that point, they'd only offer me entry level desk positions. And, when I'd look at their job boards and see several in-studio production assistant positions or needed camera ops, they'd seriously tell me, "But, your resume is for office work. We usually send men out on the physical jobs." (In hindsight, I do realize I could have sued them for not only that statement, but other gender-related ones that they consistently made.) My 6-years-of-personal-cubical-hell recent office job is not even listed on my resume now, because it doesn't even fit with what I've been doing. And, this "first crunchy fruit" named agency better as hell not "doctor" my resume, unless it's to enhance the skills that I listed. That prior experience was mostly why I gave up and went to the cubicle job for those 6 years. I'll seriously take working for $12 an hour at our neighborhood Costco before I'll agree to answering phones for $10 at a place 50 miles away. I refuse to return to administrative cubicle limbo, thank you very much. Now, will I travel 50 miles away to help run a video vault with just some basic editing duties for that same amount? You bet. And, that's the job they're currently showing available. I'm just hoping that I don't come across as stubborn or bitchy when I say, "Sorry, but I want that one. If it's not available or won't match with me this time, then please keep me in mind only for similar positions." I can't stand ~~recruiters~~ sales people who only give a crap about their commissions and never about the people they're supposedly trying to help.
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