The Job Interview

The HR person called me in… I was turning gray… Was he even twenty-one? I wondered if the interview would go well, as he did fung shui the chairs around. Offered a caramel expresso mocha late decaf, I told him I took my coffee black. Alas my friend, it got progressively worse, this: our proverbial generational gap. He asked me to explain, how I’d be the best personnel fit, for this illustrious job. Ah! Experience I had in abounds, as I pulled out a 100-page resume, neatly bound. That question, had me off and running, but I knew, I was in some trouble when… I saw his eyes glaze over, and he ask me, ‘Have we made it into space yet?’ He smirked, when he ask, about ‘Recent’ applicable education, in the last 5 years. I condensed my course certifications till he nearly fell off, his crazy chair, my dear! He ask the projects worked on, unfortunately, all were government secret classified. So I added some of the numerous skills, that had been applied, till he almost cried. I started with the job descriptions, but he didn’t like… that the names were so long. And the abbreviations normally used, in this line of work, almost blew his mind. Though I also got the feeling, he may have thought that I’d finally, lost mine, since… My accomplishments had scads of stuff he’d never, ever, be able to comprehend... You know, ‘things’ about the job, HR doesn’t care about or bother to be clued in. Luckily all was saved, before the interviewers’ jaw, hit the floor around his chair. Using a power point presentation, illustrations appeared, giving him a better clue. I even gave him a burned DVD, set to the music of ‘Live Free or Die Hard’, too. He ask about items, he’d never heard of, you know, from way before he was born. But got the feeling he’d be more attentive, talking about a computer game going on. I didn’t lie about a thing, it’s not my fault some Companies are now closed down! But I felt things were somewhat a success, as security finally came to lead me out… Unfortunately, in the end, they hired a young one, and I couldn’t understand why. He was a quiet, little, studious kid, who didn’t say a thing, but had stars in his eyes. He didn’t understand any of the work involved, but his pay would be next to none. But that's whom they got: until that company closed for work that couldn’t be done. All because the HR Department didn't help them get the workers they did need. I became self-employed, developing computer games, all the rage! Oh So Sweet! Yes, I became a millionaire, with my own company, without HR, anywhere seen! Now, we develop rockets to go into space, where I felt, that HR person should be. Dedicated to all those Middle aged people stressed out after looking for a job. Wife and Hubby Collaboration