I didn't get the college job, despite being the physical embodiment of the job description I was given.
According to the head of Personnel at the Isle of Wight College, the successful applicant got the job as a result of their 'Welfare' experience.
There is a Welfare Department at the college, but the job is not a part of it, and welfare experience, duties and/or requirements were not mentioned in the job description, the advert in the paper, or at any point in the application process.
Needless to say this has pissed me off.
She did however ask me if I had considered taking a lecturer's position, which, seeing as there are none available, and even if there were, would be unlikely to go to a graduate with no industrial experience, would appear to be a bit of post-rejection buttering up.
Ah well.
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