About 5 weeks ago I was contacted by an ex-employer who told me that there was a new position coming up within the organisation that I would be perfect for. They asked if I would apply and supplied details of the role. Now, come on. This sound good, no? Indeed, the job looked interesting and the money more than decent.
So I jumped through the administrative hoops...brushed up the cv, wrote out an application form (that naturally included all the info already held in the cv plus a few bits of anti-discrimination twaddle).
I wen for the interview -which lasted nearly 3 hours and included a written test in which I had to create an example report for the board. At the end I was told that they'd get back to me the following week.
When they didn't I realised that this sure thing I had been promised was anything but.
Looking back it all seems too good to be true. And it was.
The call came, nearly 2 weeks after the interview. A call that begins 'This isn't good news' sure makes the heart sink. Apparently there had been a change of heart and this job now no longer existed.
So - it now transpires that about 5 weeks ago I was approached to apply for a job (a job that I would be perfect for and that they wanted me to perform) that didn't actually exist.
I managed not to go ballistic on the phone at the drone who was given the job of breaking the news to me, which is something I suppose. Just can't really describe how this have left me feeling, really. But it feels like all of the light is leaking out of me...
