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Job Hunting black hole... |
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Dear Discouraged |
| Date Posted: |
06/04/2003 |
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Hi..
Am I the only one out there feeling like there's a BIG elephant in the living room and the entire country is ignoring it? Aren't there lots of wonderful qualified willing to work people like myself "out there" who can't seem to get arrested, much less find a proper job?
or...am I really the only one?
The diligence with which I submit resume after resume is met with a stream of idiot e-mails to join MLMs or pay other idiots to send my resume to another million blackholes..to be ignored. Something isn't right here. Anyone else having the same discouraging experience? |
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Stop submitting resumes on line in response to Internet postings and newspaper classified ads. In this market with the employers cherrypicking what they consider to be the cream-of-the-crop, landing a position from postings is an uphill battle--very steep.
Get away from that computer and out of the house to networking at professional association and other affinity group meetings. Make up business cards with at least name, address, phone and email address and a summary about your skills and expertise. Your next position is more likely to come from such activity than "zapping" your resume to 100's or even 1000's of organizations.
HR.com had this recent article worth your reading which suggests that very few people are finding positions on the Internet or through Internet enabled means.
IS INTERNET RECRUITING WORKING?
HR.com, The Staffing Files, Allan Schweyer, May 20, 2003
According to a 2003 study published by Drake, Beam, Morin, only about 6% of Americans found their jobs online last year (about 12% in Canada). The fact is that personal networks and referrals still account for more than half of all job placements in the U.S., a trend that has accelerated in a weak economy in which everyone seems to know someone who is unemployed. Nevertheless, job board activity has risen dramatically since firms like TMP started it all in about 1994.
Read the entire article at http://www.hr.com/hrcom/index.cfm/114/60123204-D11B-4045-8B9725E85ABDCE64
One last suggestion: read Bolles'What Color Is Your Parachute? chapters 1-5 for an exhaustive and insightful learning experience about how effective job hunters have to work these days.
If you need more help, find a GOOD career counselor/work search coach in your area to help you. Bolles' Parachute has suggestions in most locales around the USA. Godspeed.
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