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For me, it is from college career center, from a friend, from the company website.

I never have any luck with the big sites such as Monster, Careerbuilder, ect. ....not even a reply.
 
Originally posted by: Svnla
For me, it is from college career center, from a friend, from the company website.

I never have any luck with the big sites such as Monster, Careerbuilder, ect. ....not even a reply.
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I had 3 headhunters working for me with NOTHING. Surprisingly, I got hired by my own submission in Monster. LOL.

 
1. Social networking - professors and others have been the best source for employment.
2. Walk-in - better for no/less skills jobs (high school, in college, etc) - just show up and apply.
 
shotgun resume.

Keep copies of your resume in your car. When you drive past a place that looks like it might even consider hiring you, drop it off, fill out an application. It takes what... 10 minutes? Do this online too. Eventually someone will pick you up. At the very least you wasted some time, no big deal.
 
I got my first job (at 14 years old) because I knew a lady who worked there. Otherwise, I obtained my internships and jobs via the normal application process (submit resume + application, interview) without any connections. I would have had a job this summer because of an alum, but the company couldn't afford to hire any interns this summer. Had the economy been in better shape, the job would have been mine.
 
Originally posted by: JS80
Being great at what you do, and often times the opportunities just come to you.
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This. Best job offer I ever had was because I showed them I am good at what I do, and the interview was unsolicited(emailed me out of the blue).
 
College recruiting: 1
Dice: 2
Friend: 1

Set-up a friend: 1

Never worked out with a recruiter - they were constantly feeding me garbage.
 
Looking up the employer on wikipedia & memorizing every word.
Looking up 100 possible interview questions & memorizing an answer to each of them.
 
Social networking. Knowing people who know people who know about a job. 80% of all job openings are unadvertised. And that statistic came from back when the economy was still good.
As others have pointed out, get in with some people who are part of the industry you wanna join.

Outside of that, if its just a regular application and interview process, I recommend persistance. Follow up on your application. Follow up on your interview. It makes you seem motivated and interested.
 
Taking a job that anyone willing to sit through 2 boring classes could get - 1 (substitute teacher)
Going to a job agency ridiculously over dressed - 1 (data entry)
Visiting recruiter scoring in top 2% - 1 (computer programmer) (questionable whether scoring that high even mattered)

I'm pretty even across strategies. I didn't bother counting the couple of really menial jobs I spent an average of 3 weeks at each (walmart/sears/etc).
 
Except for my current job, I've always been recommended by a friend. Funnily enough, the job I found on my own, is my favorite job so far. 🙂

 
Originally posted by: Kalmah
Online? (monster, career builder...)

Walk-in?(drive around and randomly walk in with your resume)

Social networking?(getting hook-ups from family/friends)

Be a pestimist and continuously send resume/call a business weekly?

Mail Threats?

Build a doomsday device and threaten to destroy the world if somebody doesn't hire you?


I need help. 🙁
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Social networking is the best. Job boards have a success rate hovering around 10%.
 
with one exception, I've gotten every job through knowing people.

the exception was the two summers I spent doing temp work in high school/college. I just filled out an application with the agency and they placed me as needed.
 
By far the majority of the jobs I've landed in the IT world have been through a recruiting company.

TekSystems to be specific.

(I have no affiliation with them in any way)

Most IT related jobs I've had from day one back on 1998 up to my current job I've landed through contracts with them that went perm.

I should add though that not all recruiters are equal and you shouldn't hesitate to "fire" them and get a new one if you're not happy with their results.

I've had some terrible recruiters that never found anything and never called me back and I kicked their asses to the curb and kept trying different ones until I found one that worked for me.

You're basically their employer in a sense, they get paid by you getting paid so they need to work for you.

I've had friends that have tried using them also and bitched and moaned about how they never got them any jobs.

My method was to first find someone that's actually working for me and second keep on their ass. Call them EVERY day. If you ride them then you keep at their forefront and they tend to focus on you more than the countless others trying for jobs also.

You have to treat keeping on them like a job and keep up with it, don't relent.

If they don't like it, fuck 'em, if they can't take it, move on to the next person that can.

It's NEVER failed me using this method. Not once.

I'm not a dick about it, I'm just persistent.
 
Having a strong work ethic. This usually shows during the interview process, and having excellent references (clients, bosses) solidifies this.

Staying current on job skills (I'm a software developer).

Much of my work is public-facing, which makes it easy to showcase myself when I'm in an interview.
 
1st job out of college was simply converting an intern position to full time one. No real work involved there. But I did have to interview for the intern position.

2nd job was through a local job recruiting website for the community. Company pulled my resume and interviewed me a couple times then offered me the position.

3rd job was actually done through a job fair resume bombing. Took an entry level job to get my foot in the door and then migrated up to a much better position within 6 months.

Had a 4th job offer than came from a local recruiting site for the town. Never took that one because we moved for the 5th job which came through a direct job positing on the company website.

No networking required.
 
I found my current job on Craigslist.
Applied online and had the job less than a week later. No less than one week after I graduated!
 
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