It's a jungle out there

You've got to keep your eyes open.

This morning on LinkedIn I saw a job for an International Management Trainee. Don't the words just ring like a bell? It's on LinkedIn, so it's got to be exclusive. I read the copy and it's pretty obvious that they're looking for fresh-faced folks out of school.

I admit that I'm jealous, I've been aching for that kind of position. You know, the one where they say, "Hey little one, you've done a great job getting yourself through school, now we'll take your brain and make you a manager here at our company." From the description of the company I believed that they were in interactive internet marketing firm, like Google. Hey, that could be sweet, so even though I KNOW that I'm too old, I applied.

After I completed their goofy questionnaire (tell us about your summer jobs,) it was then that I googled them. You know it's going to be a problem when you type the name of the company and the recommended search words include "scam." So then I read the information about the scam.

Apparently all the company does is recruit young people to do telemarketing. Additionally, they recommend that you watch Boiler Room to get an idea of the craft. EWWWWWW! (I love the movie, don't get me wrong, it's the idea that it's a good model that's icky.)

I immeadiately followed my email with another one asking them not to contact me. That'll teach me.

What exactly will that teach me? That all that glitters is not golden. That my initial instinct to bypass the job, even if it was for the wrong reason, was the right instinct. That I should research things before I just get all excited about them.

I have got to stop feeling vulnerable. I'm in a VERY good position and I can wait for the right job at the right place. I do not have to post for every halfway decent job, I can afford to be picky. After all, I am gifted, talented, smart, positive, funny and awesome to be around. A company is lucky if I decide to go work for them. They aren't doing ME the favor of offering me a job, I am doing THEM a favor by deciding to give them my energy and intellectual property.