Trivial things you don't understand/mildly annoy you

The ridiculous recruitment process, which feels like it's a little bit broken and inefficient based on my experience over the past couple of months. I have no doubt that Remote Working is causing the issue (not that I am against remote working, I am looking for remote roles!). It seems like the Recruitment teams are simply unable to function efficiently when being inundated with hundreds of CV's, while also managing active recruitment processes for jobs moving through interview and selection.

I won't name names, but I interviewed with a company in March, 3 months after applying. Screening call, Hiring Manager call and then a day of interviews with other VP's. Five weeks later, nada. I'd just assume they didn't like me, but the application status remains set to Interview & Selection on the candidate portal (and I know they know how to use the software, because they sell it!).

Generally, it seems like remote working has opened the floodgates - the benefits are that people can work anywhere, so companies can expand the talent pool. The downside is it is expands the talent pool when you've done nothing to prepare to the Talent Acquisition team to support it. Even jobs onsite are being snowed under because people apply to chance their arm at Hybrid or remote.

Good job I got a decent package on leaving.

In better news, my "career break" has afforded me more time to focus on the Youth football coaching. Despite having a pretty ropey team (one player couldn't even kick a ball with his feet, using only shins 80% of the time, and he is 14/15), they managed to win a game recently, and in the past few weeks have managed some close losses against teams that stuffed them 9-0 less than 6 months ago.

It's odd, my work performance is pretty impressive, yet nobody wants me, and my coaching has yielded very little results wise, yet they all want me to stay on.