31st January, 2019.
Yes: I’ve got an eye test, today.
Relatively early, as well: which is why I’m up comparatively early.
Happily?
From what I gather, I qualify for a voucher that covers most of the cost.
Although, if I don’t … ?
I’ve just enough in savings to help pay for new pairs.
I hope I do get the help.
It means I can make my money go further.
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Talking of money? Or of earning it, at any rate … ?
I’m job hunting at the moment: as you may or may not know.
I got a call, last night: from British Telecom.
I’d put in for a job with them, a couple of months ago: and had endless trouble trying to log on to their recruitment pages.
So much trouble?
That I ended up emailing my CV, and the application for the specific job, over to BT’s Human Resources department.
They finally actually called at 19:34, last night.
Gave me the basics of the job, agreed I and my CV sounded suitably impressive …
Then told me I’d need to do an online test: just so they could, you know, dot the i’s and cross the t’s.
And that they’d email over the link: so I could get working on the test as quickly as possible.
I told the chap about the problems I’d had, logging onto their system, originally: and was concerned I’d not be able to do the test, as I was on a Mac, and had issues logging on to their recruitment system.
(That system’s run by an Oracle-owned* company called Taleo: it’s a Software-as-a-Service business that hires out web recruitment services to various companies.)
His reply … ?
Was that I’d need to access the system on a Windows based PC, running Windows 7 or higher.
You can possibly imagine my anger.
I politely told the chap I would withdraw my application: none of my neighbours — or, at least, the ones I know — have PCs: they’re all using Macs or various shades of tablets.
Nor could I get to any of my PC-owning friends, easily.
NOR — as the chap seemed to be concerned to get me doing the test, quickly — would using the library’s computer be an option.
It would hold up the process.
That’s ignoring the fact that — in my original application — I could get as far as the BT’s recruitment’s login page: and have to try and reset my password. I’d tried that, many times, and re-registering my account. And NEVER got any emails from BT’s recruitment system to reset my password.
He was saddened …
But made no mention of how this could be countered, or remedied.
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As you can possibly imagine?
I’m angry about that.
I’ve lost out on a potential job.
They’ve lost a potential recruit.
Yes: it could well have been remedied, if I’d owned a PC in the first place.
Why should I?
You see, BT — and whoever BT uses to run their recruitment services — could have made resetting a password is easy.
And made sure their recruitment webpages work with whatever browser, on whatever operating system — macOS, Windows, Android, Linux — and whatever device — tablet, desktop, laptop, phone — a potential recruit uses.
Just like their customer facing ones do.
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