tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49431858842213603552011-07-08T08:47:23.671+01:00Something's said, I hear of someone's experience during the day and I'm tempted to scribble out a few ideas as they come to mind. Nothing too poetic, just an instinctive reaction to an event. It may even become a habit, not a whinge just my observations.Jan Vivian - Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346283777254176924noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943185884221360355.post-41652500605653990902010-07-27T12:48:00.000+01:002010-07-27T12:57:10.666+01:00<div><font color="#3333ff"><strong><em>SPEWED OUT</em></strong></font> </div> <br /><div><br />Looking for work? Apply on-line, come what may.<br />After that it serves to put your name in a box,<br />There's no time to meet so email your choicest resume',<br />Tell us what you've done. After all, it could be a hoax<br />Played on us agents by people who've lost their way.<br />And please…accept this,<br />Our clients worry too, about finding the right staff,<br />They're harried, monitored, bothered by ethnicity,<br />Have to be on guard, sure of a person's probity,<br />So, prove to us who you really are, give it a try.<br />A passport will do or the right slip of paper.<br />As long as we have copies there'll be no hue and cry.<br /><br />Turned down? It's difficult, a big ask<br />To accept, even if you're up to the task,<br />But the thing is, they'll look at anyone,<br />Even those who've only worked 'for a bit',<br />The liberal use of buzzwords often does it.<br />They're what the better qualified may shun,<br />The mature ones who've worked long enough.<br />Unfortunately, in your case, as with others,<br />The computer failed to recognise pertinent ones.<br /><br />Who's right and who's wrong? We'll never know.<br />The machine's chosen, spewed out many in one go.<br />Convinced, it's gone for the bright and the youthful,<br />Those who our quirky clients can happily command<br />And, being picky, trim salaries saving a bucket full.<br />What is more…the thing is…as you well know,<br />They've got targets to achieve, bottom lines to protect.<br />'Don't worry', they'll reassure us, 'we missed some,<br />Even those that the machine spewed out we reject'.<br /><br />So, hopeful fretful ones, as you can see<br />It's not our fault you've been spewed out.<br />The best qualified often don't have a voice.<br />As for us recruiters? Mechanically and anonymously,<br />We're paid for making an effortless duly diligent choice.<br /><br /><font color="#3333ff">Jan Vivian©</font><br />July 2010 </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4943185884221360355-4165250060565399090?l=janvivianscribbler.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jan Vivian - Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04346283777254176924noreply@blogger.com0