QuasiMondo

This is more of a rant and my need to vent more than solicitation of advice, but I'll take that too.

I hate my job. I hate it enough to want to do something about it, so I did. I started looking for another job. I dusted off the resume, polished it up, updated it to include my present job and went job hunting. Family and friends gave me great leads and excellent references. I've also been finding openings on my own as well and if it sounds like something I'd want to do, I submit a resume and a well-written cover letter. Resumes sent by email are done through a professional sounding account [LastnameFirstname@aol.com], but when no email is indicated, everything is sent out on a manila envelope through the postal system.

The problem? I've received absolutely nothing in return. Keep in mind, these weren't cold calls, these were to folks who have openings and are looking to hire folks. One position, for example was with the State Department, the other was with the City of New York. I haven't even received so much as a letter acknowledging that they even got my resume. Nobody calls me back, nobody say, "Thanks we'll keep in touch," I get nothing.

I check my mailbox every day, nothing. I check the spam filter just in-case it was picked up as spam by mistake, nothing. It's like I'm sending my stuff down a black hole. I could deal with somebody saying, "Well, you're not what we're looking for," or something like that, but the fact that I'm getting absolutely nothing back from these guys to even tell me that my application will be taken under consideration (even if they don't) frustrates me.

Is their inbox just a big metal trashcan or something?

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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.

-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator