<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div><br>On 23 Aug 2017, at 00:52, Daniel Watson <<a href="mailto:dgwatson1988@gmail.com">dgwatson1988@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hey mate<div><br></div><div>Just pointing it out, but no resume has been attached?</div><div><br></div><div>D</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Rory Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rory.jones.au@gmail.com" target="_blank">rory.jones.au@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">Hey guys, apologies for the off topic and somewhat ranty nature of this post. And if you happen to be a member of a rather specific forum, apologies yet again, but I’m really after as many answers as I can get.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">So I was employed for pretty much exactly a month, getting the job with a public rant somewhat like this one (though I highly doubt lightning will strike twice in this case), until some serious health issues came to light, namely sleep apnoea, which I feel is now well under control with CPAP treatment that I have been undertaking for a couple of months now.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">I never had the chance to start treatment. By the time I simply received the diagnosis it was already 3 weeks too late, I’d fallen asleep at my desk because of how tired I was, and that was that. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">But this was all several months ago, I have been looking for work ever since, and quite frankly, I am going out of my mind. I can’t do this seek crap anymore. It’s simply not working and I don’t know why, which is why I’m asking for advice. I know this is not really the place for it, but networking and telco, well it’s my thing. It’s what I’m most interested in - that and the railways, funnily enough. While networking is where I want to be, I’m at the stage where I would be happy anywhere.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:16.7px"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt"></span><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">But this merry-go-round of seek applications and rejection emails has dragged on so long that I pretty much have it down to a science. Applying for jobs has become nothing more than a numbers game to me, and the way things feel, don’t think my number is coming up any time soon. I want off this ride.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">There has to be something that I’m not doing, or something that I am doing wrong, that no one seems to tell me. In all my years looking for a job going through the numbers game, my number’s never come up. At this point it’d be akin to winning the lottery with my luck.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">But there has to be something else, and I need help understanding. My resume will be attached for people to peruse and offer feedback if desired (it would be greatly appreciated!), I want to improve. I want to learn. *I want to work.*</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">Even though it backfired entirely on me, I put my job before my health for a level 1 sysadmin job. I was so tired that by the end of it I couldn’t walk. I risked my life on the days I had to drive all the way to work, so I started taking public transport, purely in the interest of not dying. I risked my life for that job and I’m not kidding. That is how dedicated I am to my work. I had never felt more tired in my entire life, but at the same time, I had never felt so awesome that I was working, doing something with my life, even having a few bucks in the bank. I loved that. I bemoaned the 38 hour work week because I wanted to work more hours. I would move to Sydney tomorrow if it meant a job. I would and will go to the ends of the earth to be of use to an employer, a good employee. I could start tomorrow. I’ll work weekends, public holidays, Christmas, whatever, I have absolutely no commitments whatsoever, as evidenced by the fact that I’ve been a hermit for the past several months.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">I am dedicated to my work but I don’t know how to put the above into my resume. But again, I have to be doing something wrong and I’m not seeing it. My not seeing it is starting to really drive me crazy. I just want to work. The dole is killing me. It’s soul crushing. It’s a drag. It just sucks. All I want to do is work. I am a workaholic who can’t get work. Not that anyone will care though.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I’m going around in circles, and it’s driving me nuts.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">I sincerely thank you for your reading, tolerance, and in advance, for any advice.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">Many thanks,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:14pt">Rory</span></p>
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