Oh, my resume needs to catch your eye? God forbid you should evaluate resumes neutrally and dispassionately. We wouldn't want to hire people based on their qualifications – no, their ability to make the page POP is far more important. Now I have to write a cover letter explaining why I want the job and sucking off the company? Great! I want the job so I can eat and your company is pure evil like every other company. In what universe is any of this genuine? Cool, I got the interview, now I gotta dress nice even though I'll be working from home in my sweatpants. Gotta be polite, make eye contact, be confident – but not too confident! You don't want to spook the recruiters! So that's it, right? Now they'll deliberate based on the applicants' qualifications and make a decision? Right? WRONG, DICKNOSE! Now it's time to THANK THEM for THEIR TIME, so generously leaning down from their ivory towers to judge you – nevermind that this is literally their job – and if you aren't sufficiently grateful, fuck off loser, no job for you!
Wow, after all that I got the job! Amazing! I still can't cover rent and expenses.
(Originally posted on /r/rant, someone suggested I post here – sorry if it's pointless, I'm just sick of beating my head against the wall.)