Applying for a job

ardinn

Thats out of your league!

Im considering it, for a number of reasons, the interview experience, the extreme challenge if they actually gave me a chance etc.

I would have no problem at the operations end of the job, the financial end would be a worry tho!

Do companies nowadays take a risk like that? Would they provide support systems?

Should I stick to what im doing or take a jump and risk getting fired in a month if I somehow actually landed it???

Might just do it for the craic? Anyone done the same thing and succeeded, or completely messed it up?

cruais

Qualified people can't even get a job that they are qualified to do.

I hope you are a good waffler!

ardinn

I am - I am 50% confident I could bull**** my way into it!

TeddyTedson

Air traffic controller is it?

ardinn

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Air traffic controller is it?

Thats it yea!

TeddyTedson

ardinn wrote: »

Thats it yea!

Why would you be fired in a month then after actually landing it?

GenieOz

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Why would you be fired in a month then after actually landing it?

First time I've laughed out loud at a joke I read on here in a long time..although it may be the tiredness but still

The Narrator

I'd like to be President, possibly Taoiseach. Anyone know when the interviews are?

TeddyTedson

GenieOz wrote: »

First time I've laughed out loud at a joke I read on here in a long time..although it may be the tiredness but still

It's tiredness mainly I'd say but I couldn't resist. :P

Stavros Murphy

"CEO of Google wanted".

Previous experience - "erm, I did a lot of treasure hunts at school.."

TeddyTedson

OK so what's the job really?

Dartz

Part time pilot required for single flight. No landing experience necessary. Contact: Atta, Muhammad.

Sir Arthur Daley

I slept my way to the top.

Frosty McSnowballs

WikiHow wrote: »

I slept my way to the top.

Mattress inspector?

cruais

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Mattress inspector?

No, a narcolepsy specialist

Davarus Walrus

Having a qualification related to the job you're applying for is always a positive. That said, many people have found themselves in careers that they didn't study in college. Having a demonstrable passion and innate skill for a job can often be picked up by a perspective employer.
If it's a job where you can demonstrate competency, then be sure to make it known. For journalism, a body of written pieces; for software development, a sample of the code you have contributed to open source projects; for engineering, output from a software package showing core competencies in design, methodology and process.

Considering the calibre of many of the graduates coming out of colleges these days, a show of initiative, keenness and enthusiasm is a great start. It might not get you the job, but you won't be sitting on your hole with an expectation that a job is owed to you.