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Old 05-28-2012, 07:10 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts for the time being
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At long, long LONG last, I landed a job last week. Craigslist got me nowhere for months, nor did any of the big career sites. What I finally discovered through working temp jobs was that many companies primarily advertise positions on their own company website, not the huge sites. If you drive past or hear of a company, check out their company website, and look for a "Careers" link. The job I finally landed, they said not many people had applied for. It was on no major sites, and I doubt many found the listing! (Still making about 1/3 of what I was prior to layoff, but hey, it's a solid job with benefits.)
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Old 05-28-2012, 07:20 PM
 
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Im a smaller town person too the only thing that was on Craiglist for me were retail positions at Goodwill LOL
Haha, I'm not surprised. Most of what I can find too are retail and restaurant jobs. They are even being picky about those also.
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Old 05-28-2012, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Northeastern IL
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I have sent my resume on craiglist multiple times, and have yet to find anything.
That's how it was for my friend Dina. She never had the same kind of success I seem to have with it.

I guess Craigslist won't work for everyone.
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Old 05-28-2012, 11:35 PM
 
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BTW, the CL ad I responded to for my current job gave no contact info. It just appeared to be legit enough to me. Of course, I've been responding to these ads long enough to where I can usually spot the fake ones.

A lot depends on the location, there are almost no large companies where I live so almost everyone uses Craigslist.

I've never posted my resume to Craigslist, I don't think I ever would put my info out there like that.
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Old 05-29-2012, 09:48 AM
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Location: Tall Building down by the river
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BTW, the CL ad I responded to for my current job gave no contact info. It just appeared to be legit enough to me. Of course, I've been responding to these ads long enough to where I can usually spot the fake ones.

A lot depends on the location, there are almost no large companies where I live so almost everyone uses Craigslist.

I've never posted my resume to Craigslist, I don't think I ever would put my info out there like that.
Nothing wrong with posting your resume to craiglist if you are just using a secondary email address and only a email on the resume.

You would post a resume on craiglist with your telephone number and address
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