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  • #526
    ...well, you made me

    Originally posted by Darius871
    Hell, I beat half a dozen people to my job, that doesn't make tossing inferior ingredients onto a mediocre pizza any more glorious.
    I beat 1,400 people, every last one of them a recent university graduate.
    'Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.'
    - Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

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    • #527
      Somehow I don't buy that, how could they even process 1400 applications?
      Unbelievable!

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      • #528
        I don't know myself to be honest. I had to apply online, so I suspect that a lot of the sorting was done by computers. Then there seems to have been a team of 4 or so people who assesed them. There were about two months between my application and them ringing me to offer me an interview.

        The jobs are both graduate positions in departments of the Australian Public Service.* They pay well, feature lots of professional development and 'graduates' are aparently put on a fast track for further promotion (or so they claim). If you think that 1400 applications is a lot, the Department of Foreign Affairs recieved well over 10,000 applications for their graduate program!
        Last edited by Case; September 30, 2003, 01:11.
        'Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.'
        - Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

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        • #529
          So you mean there were 1400 applications for graduate positions in the Public Service? You made me think 1400 people applied for a single position!
          Unbelievable!

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          • #530
            Well, I didn't expect the Spanish Iquisition

            The 1400 appliactions were for about 20 jobs at the Department of Family and Community Services. If you want exact numbers, there were 1463 applications. Ergo, I beat at least 1443 people to get a job offer.
            'Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.'
            - Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

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            • #531
              One could say from another perspective that you beat 73 people. I'm just giving you a hard time though, congrats of course.
              Unbelievable!

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              • #532
                Originally posted by Case
                Well, I didn't expect the Spanish Iquisition
                Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

                And do you mean that none of the people you beat have any practical experience
                Ankh-Morpork, we have an orangutan...
                Discworld Scenario: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...8&pagenumber=1
                POMARJ Scenario:http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showt...8&pagenumber=1
                LOST LEGIONS Scenario:http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showt...hreadid=169464

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                • #533
                  2194 GIGAMAP PBEM please!

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                  • #534
                    C'mon Case, the Brits in giga have shorter turns than the U.S. had here!
                    Unbelievable!

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                    • #535
                      I need to know what CIV's SAS and Darius plan on playing before I will commit.
                      *"Winning is still the goal, and we cannot win if we lose (gawd, that was brilliant - you can quote me on that if you want. And con - I don't want to see that in your sig."- Beta

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                      • #536
                        I want the Soviets, just making absolutely certain Case can't play.

                        Henrik, do you want the Japs?

                        New thread is here.
                        Unbelievable!

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