A wake up call.

[nwhiker]

Wow, that didn't go well. Had a phone screen for a Research Tech II position this morning. Was told in not so many words that I'd never get a RT II position because I didn't have any experience, and no, education does not substitute (I guess that MS was useless), and good luck finding an RT I position because while they usually only require a BS, PIs want young people straight out of college who want to pursue a PhD. And yes, he said young people straight out of college, which I am clearly not. FML

It's pretty clear that I'm not going to find a low-level research job. The only others jobs I've been seeing around are shift work, which I was hoping not to have to do. Most of those have the typical must be able to carry 50lbs around, which, WTF? I can't quite do that, so I'll have to look for those that only need you to be able to haul around 25, which I can do. Either than or get a phlebotomy license, for some reason there seems to be plenty of openings there, though again, mostly swing or night shift.

I've only had a few phone screens and interviews recently, but I did talk to a few people at Western when I was "interviewing" there before being accepted, and I did interview a lot back when. I have never had anyone pretty much tell me my education and experience aren't worth shit, even when I interviewed for jobs that I was clearly underqualified for.

Comments

[camelsamba]

Maybe you just got a cranky guy. I find it hard to believe that the research work you did while getting the MS wouldn't count as "experience". That said, I'm sure it was somewhat demoralizing to listen to that.

[nwhiker]

Yeah, I dunno. I didn't get to the second interview, so eh. And of course, after promising to get back to me "within a day or two" to let me know, it took him until yesterday at end of day to send the fo email so 10 days. Blah.