How fed up am I with the entire job-hunting process? Very. I’m tired of spending hours a day poring over job postings, preparing cover letters, emailing said letters and resumes, sending follow-up emails, making phone calls, and generally getting jack squat in the way of responses. (So far: Two phone interviews, and those were in the first two weeks.)

Then there’s Monster Dot Com. Oh, yes, what a fine resource that’s turned out to be. Granted, I like the “one-click-apply” feature, but it’s done me very little good so far. What’s worse, apparently certain parties think that trolling Monster for email addresses is a grand idea, as I’ve received two unsolicited and highly annoying missives on account of being listed there. Just because I’m in a foul and snarky mood, I’m going to eviscerate today’s message in full public view.
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