Hello Work's Policy on Discrimination: Zero-F*ckin'-Tolerance!

[Catoneinutica]

...or so my wife tells me. I'm looking for a staffer and have a pretty good idea of that subspecies of Tansoku Tribe who will fill the bill: an o-ne-san or o-baa-chan. But apparently I'm not allowed to so specify my Hello Work listing, so I'm getting resumes from young women and guys (I'll forward the ones from the young ladies to you, greji; Take, would you like to take a look at the fellas?). I really feel sorry for these people wasting their time. Sigh. That's all.

[Mike Oxlong]

There must be some website doing job listings for the over 55 set...lots are losing their jobs through downsizings and restructurings and "voluntary" early retirements...

[Christoff]

post them shitz

[Catoneinutica]

post them shitz

Post what shitz? Resumes from guys in their forties who graduated from well-regarded universities, whose careers "peaked" in the 90s, and who are now working as janitors? Believe me, it's pretty depressing.

[Greji]

There must be some website doing job listings for the over 55 set...

Why should them young guys get all the breaks for job listings?

[Mike Oxlong]

Why should them young guys get all the breaks for job listings?

Right!

This place still around?

[SIZE="5"]Pink Slip in Japan: A Trip Into Psychological Abyss[/SIZE]
Work: In a land of lifetime job security, being laid off is particularly devastating. Middle-aged men suffer most.
January 02, 1994|DAVID HOLLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
(Page 2 of 4)

"The chances are so small for an old man like me," lamented Hashimoto, who is 56. "It's almost 100% certain that I cannot find a job at my old salary. . . . Some nights I cannot sleep at all. I think at night: 'If I don't get a job for another month, or another two months, there's no hope. What shall I do?' "

Pain, anger and a sense of betrayal are common among job seekers at the Tokyo Human Resources Center, a clearinghouse for unemployed middle managers seeking new positions. Middle-aged people who were hired into companies under the lifetime employment system have never changed jobs, said Seiji Takahashi, director of the center. "They think switching jobs is a crime."

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-02/news/mn-7753_1_job-security?pg=2

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Post what shitz? Resumes from guys in their forties who graduated from well-regarded universities, whose careers "peaked" in the 90s, and who are now working as janitors? Believe me, it's pretty depressing.

Hey, you must have gotten my resume...except I graduated in the 40s and I'm now in my 90s.
You weren't the guy advertising for parts in the felching movie by any chance, were you?

[Catoneinutica]

Hey, you must have gotten my resume...except I graduated in the 40s and I'm now in my 90s.

I thought that was greji's resume...

You weren't the guy advertising for parts in the felching movie by any chance, were you?

That would indeed be me. I'm calling it "Loca de los Hámsters."

-catone
-Take will bring the lotion

[Greji]

[quote="Catoneinutica"]
That would indeed be me. I'm calling it "Loca de los Há]

I got a girlfriend who would like to audition, but only if she can felch the rat...

[Behan]

[quote="Catoneinutica"]...or so my wife tells me. I'm looking for a staffer and have a pretty good idea of that subspecies of Tansoku Tribe who will fill the bill: an o-ne-san or o-baa-chan. But apparently I'm not allowed to so specify my Hello Work listing, so I'm getting resumes from young women and guys (I'll forward the ones from the young ladies to you, greji]

If you pay well, I would gladly wear a skirt. Might need to start shaving my legs, though.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I got a girlfriend who would like to audition, but only if she can felch the rat...

I haven't got any rats. What about gerbils? Will they do?

[Greji]

I haven't got any rats. What about gerbils? Will they do?

Probably. A gerbil's just a fat rat with a bobbed tail and buck teeth, right?

[hairygateau]

Post what shitz? Resumes from guys in their forties who graduated from well-regarded universities, whose careers "peaked" in the 90s, and who are now working as janitors? Believe me, it's pretty depressing.

Given that the rest of the developed western world is now on a course to follow japan's route down the plughole, i see this as an ideal time to start practicing with the mop and bucket.

[james]

I haven't got any rats. What about gerbils? Will they do?

sure, they just have to get into gere first

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Given that the rest of the developed western world is now on a course to follow japan's route down the plughole, i see this as an ideal time to start practicing with the mop and bucket.

Would you like fries with that?

[Iraira]

My grandma told me it was spelled "pfeltch", but she was quite all there at the time.

[Greji]

My grandma told me it was spelled "pfeltch", but she was quite all there at the time.

It case grandma forgot the real "original" gerbil pfeltch, that propelled the game to worldwide fame.....
[YT]/v/tw0WFPeSPF8&hl=en_US&fs=1&[/YT]

[dimwit]

Post what shitz? Resumes from guys in their forties who graduated from well-regarded universities, whose careers "peaked" in the 90s, and who are now working as janitors? Believe me, it's pretty depressing.

I remember back in the mid 90's when I was still working at an English school and we went through one of these agencies looking for a new secretary and we got sent a bunch of Brylcreamed guys in their 50's who spoke no English. They all had the eyes of dogs in the animal shelter that knew they were about to be euthanasiaed. I assume that this agencies figure that they might have more luck fobbing off skillless salarymen on foreigners. I really wanted to have sympathy for these tools but they had zero job skills.

I suppose getting rejected by a foreigner is about the last step one takes before buying a charcoal burner and heading up the slopes of Mt. Fuji. Call it the Japanese version of 'A Rake's Progress'.