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Originally Posted by LunaticVillage
Most of these responses are obviously written by people who have tons of professional work history. That was not what I was looking for and I wrote that in the original post  . People with tons of professional experience already have a leg up in internet job searching. Sadly, that is not always the case as I personally know plenty of older folks with decades of job experience who have been out of work more than a year. |
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LV,
It works the same way for entry level jobs. My company hires hundreds of fresh college graduates every year for entry level jobs. They all have to apply online.
All my old college buddies and family members got their first job out of college through online job ads, and not through pounding the pavement.
If the person hasn't applied online, their resume is not in the system. In a corporate atmosphere every day is filled with deadlines, meetings, conference calls with vendors, their own boss, or subordinates. It's especially unlikely for somebody with no career direction other than "Start me at the bottom anywhere, and I will work my way to the top". It all has to be scheduled. The clock doesn't stop in the corporate world for anybody.
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