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Internet was around when I had my first jobs in high school, but I didn't use it to get them. I got em through employment ads magazines, newspapers ads, took a bus downtown and asked if the retail stores were hiring, got referals from this job readiness program in high school, etc.
There would be few classified ads in the papers during the week. Most were listed on Sunday. Sunday you'd go through and circle all the jobs you wanted to apply to. Then you'd sit down with your handy dandy typewriter and type up a cover letter and send it off in the mail with the resume you had a professional printer make copies of.
You didn't have to match words or get through any software, but if you used correct tape (no such thing as white out yet) too often in your cover letter it would look sloppy so you'd have to toss it and start all over again.
Have I ever told you about the time I was given a ticket for trying to write on my slate while riding my horse? Yeah, I broke the 'no writing while riding' law.
I worked as a summer job part time at a local newspaper long ago.
People would order newspapers and pay the fee to have them shipped out of state to where they were located.
They usually did the Sunday or weekend only subscriptions.
That way they can get the employment classified ads for the place(s) they were considering moving to.
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To actually apply.. you'd fax your resume over.
If you didn't have access to one, you'd head to the local library/copy shop/etc
Also some larger employers had job telephone numbers. You could call and get a recording of job openings with the job title/job number given plus a brief description. They would update this recording once a week or so.
Also some employers had bulletin boards (such as hospitals, local governments). You could walk in and go over to the bulletin board to see the job postings. Job searchers would stop in periodically to check the boards.
If you were expecting to get a call about a job, you often stayed home so you wouldn't miss the call. This was before cell phones and email. Many people didn't have answering machines at that time. So you wanted to make sure someone was there to answer the phone otherwise it would ring and ring until the caller hung up after determining nobody was going to answer.
This will probably get moved to the Work and Employment board which I want nothing to do with anymore.
Newspapers or just walking into a business and filling out an application.
There used to be many newsstands and some bookstores that carried newspapers from big cities.
Great emphasis on "just walking into a business." The demand for employment was higher and qualifications were lower pre-1995, when the Internet as we know it took off.
What was the hiring process like before the internet? Or did humans for the most part work at the local machine making place?
How did humans who graduate from universities across the country apply to highly sought after salaried positions in big cities, particularly when they have never been there? How did humans find jobs that were just as well compensated and just as good for personal development and lifestyle but were in a different location?
This post is HILARIOUS! The pre-internet era wasn't THAT long ago. The last professional job I got from the classifieds was in 2001.
Before the internet, the Sunday newspaper had extensive job listings. The classified ad would have an address and/or fax number. You'd either mail or fax your resume.
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