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Is your city or town the kind of place where people get jobs based on who they know?
I come from a small town of 11,000 people and it was like that there,anyways im in Albuquerque,New Mexico(pop.500,000) now and its pretty much the same way.I noticed that many people here get jobs with help from their friends,relatives,or neighbors.This is one of the reasons I find it hard to get a job here,I dont know hardly anyone,also most employeers want a certain amount of experience in a job,but how are you suppose to get this experience if on one gives you a chance,is there a school that shows you how to install a windshield or manufacture a garage door or are suppose to already know this, anyways it seems like there are so many people all applying for 1 job so that makes it even harder.There must be alot of people job searching lately.Have any of you been in situations like this?
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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If you move to a small town, the BEST thing for you to do is to network, network, network. Get involved in the local scene- church, PTA, community groups and you will soon find that you know most people in town and most of them will help you.
Unfortunately, hiring managers do have their choice right now. And they can demand the EXACT skills from their prospects.
It seems that long gone are the days where they would say "hey, this person would be a good fit, look at the variety of experience, they will catch on". Now their answer is "you don't know blah,blah,blah? go get trained in it"
It's not only having the skills to get in, but I see problems of trying to learn skills once you get hired. So many good people can do lots more - but again, that takes knowing internal people. So yes, pretty much HIRING and ADVANCEMENT are based a lot on who you know.
Finding a job, not impossible, but always better when you know the key players. I landed my new job several months ago because of someone in upper management, who made an out of state call, which placed me at my new job. Keep the network going by keeping in touch with key players via email and occasional calls.
If you move to a small town, the BEST thing for you to do is to network, network, network. Get involved in the local scene- church, PTA, community groups and you will soon find that you know most people in town and most of them will help you.
Unfortunately, hiring managers do have their choice right now. And they can demand the EXACT skills from their prospects.
It seems that long gone are the days where they would say "hey, this person would be a good fit, look at the variety of experience, they will catch on". Now their answer is "you don't know blah,blah,blah? go get trained in it"
It's not only having the skills to get in, but I see problems of trying to learn skills once you get hired. So many good people can do lots more - but again, that takes knowing internal people. So yes, pretty much HIRING and ADVANCEMENT are based a lot on who you know.
u know whats o funny about this is that man jobs want you to have experience but they turn around and train you there way because not all jobs with the same type of position/s operate the same go figure
In NYC metro the only way to get a good paying job is the know someone who can get it for you
even construction is like that here
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