I’m not pleased right now.
I’ve been out of college for a full 2 weeks now. I’ve just completed my first week of my 10 week internship (the one I was doing last year) and all is well. The chief of staff has my resume, I went to a job fair last week, and everything seems to be progressing smoothly.
But, things are not progressing as quickly as some would like.
My father just signed me up for monster.com and submitted my resume to a confidential company in Garden City. While I’m not opposed to the idea of getting my resume out there (and having it searchable), I am SERIOUSLY opposed to someone other than myself electronically submitting my resume to single companies. In my mind, the act of resume submission is the first step in showing a specific interest in a company. Now, there’s a huge difference me handing my resume to someone I know and asking them to hand it to interested people, and someone SUBMITTING A RESUME ON MY BEHALF TO A COMPANY I DON’T EVEN KNOW WITHOUT INFORMING ME FIRST.
I am beyond pissed right now. I have been very wary of having others influence my future, and this is 2 steps forward, 5 steps backward.
Granted, I looked at the job description and it looks like something I would’ve applied to anyway, but the fact that someone acted for me without my knowledge is a huge breech of trust. In short, it’s a matter of principle.