I got a few friends, whom I'm getting very tired of hearing them moan and complain about how hard it is to find a job or there's no jobs out there. Getting a job isn't an easy task but does take more effort than just posting on your resume on Monster.com. Should I have sympathy for you when you guys wake up everyday at noon or play games and watch naurto all day as if that is your only life's purpose?
Posting your resume on the net is not job finding
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Skunkwourk
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Agree wholeheartedly.
First time I was unemployed after the bubble burst, I was an idiot. I sat around and spent maybe an hour a day on job search sites, posting the same generic resume here and there. Consequently, I was unemployed for over a year. Probably the worst mistake of my life. Oh yeah, I did get a friggin cleric to 50 on DAoC. What did that get me, absolutlely nothing.
After I got a job, I quit MMORPGs forever because I finally could see how much of my time was wasted playing them. The next time I was unemployed (10 months later, I was on a contract position that time) I was unemployed for a little less than a month because I pounded that job search. I tailored resumes, I followed up, I worked HARD to find another job, and it happened.
Now I'm on my 3rd job since then and I'm more confident than ever. But I have a friend who is unemployed who clicks the "apply now" button on monster all the time and SURPRISE nothing happens.
First time I was unemployed after the bubble burst, I was an idiot. I sat around and spent maybe an hour a day on job search sites, posting the same generic resume here and there. Consequently, I was unemployed for over a year. Probably the worst mistake of my life. Oh yeah, I did get a friggin cleric to 50 on DAoC. What did that get me, absolutlely nothing.
After I got a job, I quit MMORPGs forever because I finally could see how much of my time was wasted playing them. The next time I was unemployed (10 months later, I was on a contract position that time) I was unemployed for a little less than a month because I pounded that job search. I tailored resumes, I followed up, I worked HARD to find another job, and it happened.
Now I'm on my 3rd job since then and I'm more confident than ever. But I have a friend who is unemployed who clicks the "apply now" button on monster all the time and SURPRISE nothing happens.
I have a friend who is the same way.
He poked around on the websites of some MAJOR companies in the area to see if there were open positions, then when he couldn't find anything, asumed that's all there was to that and got a job at a golf course for the time being.
For some reason, he doesn't believe me that even when you are a college graduate you have to start near the bottom and that experience is what counts most.
So I think he's finally searching for companies in his field that might be a bit more obscure.
He poked around on the websites of some MAJOR companies in the area to see if there were open positions, then when he couldn't find anything, asumed that's all there was to that and got a job at a golf course for the time being.
For some reason, he doesn't believe me that even when you are a college graduate you have to start near the bottom and that experience is what counts most.
So I think he's finally searching for companies in his field that might be a bit more obscure.
DannyLove
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Agreed. And sadly I know of one person who is like this. "There are no jobs out there" is pure bull. Much like women, a job is not going to fall on your lap. You gotta go out there and represent yourself. There are plenty of 'job fairs' in the corporate levels. Beef up your resume and go to one and you'll get some luck. These are the kind of people who are lazy and don't do anything in the job itself, so in reality, we need these kinds of people to flip our burgers and give us our account balance receipt.
danny~!
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I went 5 months, applying both in person and via online postings to over 50 jobs in my area. I was spending over 4 hours a day applying to jobs (50+ unique cover letters), hitting career fairs, and brushing up on and getting tech certifications to further bolster my resume.
Still didn't get me anywhere. And that's with a 4 year degree and 7 years of experience.
I said F I.T. and accepted a CSR job that paid more, and had better hours than what I was looking at getting with just about any other IT position.
The IT field really sucks in some regions.
Still didn't get me anywhere. And that's with a 4 year degree and 7 years of experience.
I said F I.T. and accepted a CSR job that paid more, and had better hours than what I was looking at getting with just about any other IT position.
The IT field really sucks in some regions.
jadinolf
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- Oct 12, 1999
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People need a little incentive to find a job.
Here's my example: I was laid off on June 10, 1971. I was in the aerospace industry (semiconductors).
On that very day, Lockheed laid off 17,000 employees.
Here's the incentive: top unemployment compensation was $65 a week. Even in '71 that was not a lot of money. I was married with one kid at the time.
Here's my example: I was laid off on June 10, 1971. I was in the aerospace industry (semiconductors).
On that very day, Lockheed laid off 17,000 employees.
Here's the incentive: top unemployment compensation was $65 a week. Even in '71 that was not a lot of money. I was married with one kid at the time.
Yep, I agree. The best way is to actually go out there and talk to people. Getting a job is about selling yourself. Yeah, I know that sounds like some cheesy line out of a self-help book, but it's true.
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