Alright, I'm just gonna vent about something

[last_texas_dem]

I *hate* those "psychological profile" test things so many minimum-wage type jobs make you take just to put in your application. If you've applied for any of these sorts of jobs recently, you know the ones I'm talking about: 100+ questions about your "attitudes" after you've already spent half an hour filling out the application they now require you to fill out online. I mean, hell, I'm just looking for a part-time job while I take some graduate courses this semester- how relevant is it really if I have "a lot of self-confidence", "things in my past that I regret", or if I'm "more of a follower than a leader"? How do any of these things have any bearing on how well I could operate a cash register or stock videos at a freakin' Blockbuster? And for that matter, how do any of these places guarantee any level of accuracy on these things? I mean, I'm for the most part an honest person and I certainly stretched the truth a bit. I figure the fact that I tried to be at least somewhat honest will hurt me compared to the vast majority of people who just lied throughout the whole thing, but oh well...

Yeah, I know these stupid tests are bothering me way more than they should, and in the big scheme of things it's really nothing, but I guess I just felt the need to vent. Thanks for reading, anyone who actually made it through this.

[skids]

1. Employers have their heads up their asses these days.

All these interview tips they follow and junk like you note above are worth squat in finding good employees. References should be what it's all about. Getting an employer to actually call them, though, is like pulling teeth.

Don't know what to do about it, though. The maniacs are clearly in control of the asylum.

[hfojvt]

2. I think they are a smoke screen too

Like at Kraft, they gave us this test, which I took three times. It is funny how they never tell you what your score is, but people who have the right connections, or suck up to the right people, always seem to pass the test. The test sorta lets them off the hook - " it's not our fault that we didn't hire you (and we are not discriminating, you just didn't pass the test, or have the right profile."