I am currently in my last semester of university, graduating in May (aww yeee) and like most soon to be graduates, I have been doing the resume thing, sending applications out everywhere imaginable and trying to land a job. I listen to The Fan all the time and the "Calgary Job Shop.ca long name amazing results" popped into my head...So i poked around a little bit...wasnt really anything amazing, but i decided to post my resume (after takin my references off, dont worry i wasnt posting anyones numbers except my own haha) and figured, hey, cant hurt...right?
Wrong.
I have gotten WAY too many calls from insurance companies, cold calling me asking to set up an interview out of the blue! The first time it happened the lady rambled off some name...something like ALTLIFE insurance... I had just applied for a job with Alta Link, so naturally i got pretty jacked when she spewed these letters in my face in a jumble of mess getting me a bit excited...i wrote down all the info not really processing it right away, but asked at the end of our call "so, what was the name of this firm again? ive applied to a lot of jobs..." to which she replied.. "oh...American Insurance Broker" (something like that...)
Great. a job peddling life insurance after 5 years of University...no thank you. I looked into the company and all i found was postings saying it was a scam, tier scam that, etc etc etc
*note: if you happen to work in insurance, i am NOT saying that working in the insurance industry is scammy...just these folk...*
Just got another call today from "American Income Life" (
www.ailife.com ) and this girl honestly was not letting me leave the phone without an interview...from jump, i said no, im not really interested in the insurance industry...im trying to be polite to these people, i realize they probably know they are scamming, im not going to be an ass for no reason... she keeps going...and going... and going...
I was just walking to the washroom at school when this happened, so i go back to my laptop while shes yammering off some info about something proceed to google this company...Third result on google:
http://www.calgarytalk.com/bbs/view_...303&forum_id=2
At this point i say again that i am not interested in this sort of position... she asks why.. and i literally had to say "Im reading some information online that doesnt make this position sound very appealing with your firm..."
Finally i got rid of her.. anyone else have this sort of situation occurring? My resume clearly states i have a degree, im not a two-bit moron that wants to work in scuzzy industrial calgary peddling insurance...
ps. calgaryjobshop.ca no longer has my resume... haha
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