The worst websites for seeking employment this year (job openings, credit, 2013)
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1. Craigslist...........Must be a sign of the times because I have only seen 1 or 2 jobs the entire year to apply to in 2012
2. Indeed.com...........Sends you email alerts for job openings that are 2 days old which means your resume may not be seen since so many people had a chance to apply the first two days.
3. Company websites with online applications.............May require you to provide your SSN or professional references
4. Simply Hired.com..................Pointless website that just sends you job postings from other sites
5. JobCircle.com.............overhyped site that has no new jobs on a daily basis
Seems like these are the best options for seeking employment as we head into 2013
1. Careerbuilder............Has new job postings everyday and allows you to apply to jobs without going to company websites
2. Monster.............The site seems to have gotten a lot better and has tons a new job postings everyday and allows you to apply without going to the company website.
3. The Employment section in your local Sunday newspaper which has tons of ads that requires you to only email your resume and cover letter.
4. Facebook..............Not only does it link you to your employed friends but they now have a professional section called branch out
5. The Local Career Center funded by the state in your area..........allows you to register and create a profile so you can apply to jobs on the Career center website
I can't believe how craigslist has fallen off since 2009.
3. Company websites with online applications.............May require you to provide your SSN or professional references
Why is it a bad thing to provide SSN and/or professional references? SSN's are used for background checks, and professional references are pretty common. How can you expect to find a job without giving those pieces of info?
Why is it a bad thing to provide SSN and/or professional references? SSN's are used for background checks, and professional references are pretty common. How can you expect to find a job without giving those pieces of info?
Because it's too much information to ask someone who has yet to speak to a human. Especially when it's a good chance you will never hear anything back from the company.
Why is it a bad thing to provide SSN and/or professional references? SSN's are used for background checks, and professional references are pretty common. How can you expect to find a job without giving those pieces of info?
Yea really. Most online applications ask for that info. It's standard procedure. If you really want to find a job sometime in this century, then you should just provide it.
So if you never hear from the company, what have you lost? Nothing. It takes a quarter of a second to plug that info into the application. They're not asking you what your shoe size is, or where you were last night at 2 am and with whom. They just want your SSN and references.
They're not asking you what your shoe size is, or where you were last night at 2 am and with whom. They just want your SSN and references.
Your SS# is infinitely more sensitive a piece of information than the others you listed.
There's no problem at all providing your professional references as obviously you've cleared that with those people already and they're expecting to be called upon.
Yea really. Most online applications ask for that info. It's standard procedure. If you really want to find a job sometime in this century, then you should just provide it.
So if you never hear from the company, what have you lost? Nothing. It takes a quarter of a second to plug that info into the application. They're not asking you what your shoe size is, or where you were last night at 2 am and with whom. They just want your SSN and references.
Maybe it if the process was shorter but that want that information on top of a long process. Makes no sense.
I wasn't born yesterday. I realize SS# is sensitive. But look: you provide it to people all the time. There is no guarantee that some bank teller, recruiter or someone at a temp agency won't steal it and do some identity theft type of thing. There is no guarantee that someone who used to work at one of your previous places of employment couldn't have done something. Did you know that credit companies used to use prison workers as customer service reps before this was stopped? And all those reps in India they use now? There is no guarantee in life for anything. You can step outside of your door and get hit by a car. You can be a perfect driver and get hit out of nowhere by someone going in the wrong direction on the highway, because that driver was high on multiple drugs. This happened a few years ago here in NY area.
If you ever want to get a job you will have to provide your SS #. The difference is that now they ask for it online. It's your choice.
I wasn't born yesterday. I realize SS# is sensitive. But look: you provide it to people all the time. There is no guarantee that some bank teller, recruiter or someone at a temp agency won't steal it and do some identity theft type of thing. There is no guarantee that someone who used to work at one of your previous places of employment couldn't have done something. Did you know that credit companies used to use prison workers as customer service reps before this was stopped? And all those reps in India they use now? There is no guarantee in life for anything. You can step outside of your door and get hit by a car. You can be a perfect driver and get hit out of nowhere by someone going in the wrong direction on the highway, because that driver was high on multiple drugs. This happened a few years ago here in NY area.
If you ever want to get a job you will have to provide your SS #. The difference is that now they ask for it online. It's your choice.
I rather provide it when face to face with someone after I was offered the job.
I rather provide it when face to face with someone after I was offered the job.
So would I. Don't get me wrong, I hate the online process too. In fact, I hate it so much I sometimes input my social with one digit off. But I do enter the social.
I am just saying that sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and do whatever they ask, especially if it's a really good company and you know how much they're going to be paying you.
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