Job Hunting Without the Internet (employment, job application, tips, interviews)

[VM1138]

For years now I've scoured the web for jobs with very little success. I've had two job interviews the last year that I ended up not taking (one because my hatred of my current job somewhat subsided and I decided to stay, the other because my financial situation took a hit and relocation was not a possibility anymore).

Now there's a lot of drama at my current workplace swirling around and I'm absolutely tired of it. I've been as professional as possible but my nature is not to let people push me around too much, especially when it's not work-related. The place is poisonous and I can see my final day looming ever larger before me, so I need to find a job.

Unfortunately, for months (I obsessively check every couple of days in the hopes of stumbling across a great opportunity) I've found nothing but medical jobs (unqualified), and other jobs that require very specific experience or training. And then there's more retail. I'd like to avoid retail if at all possible because it's easy to get stuck in those jobs.

But back on topic here: How do you find a job the old fashioned way? I'm all for just walking in a place, introducing myself, and handing them a resume, but where do I go?

If there are no businesses that deal with your skills (mine is history and politics, unfortunately), how do you know where to walk in to? I have customer service experience thanks to retail, but that's about the only general purpose resume I can think to make. How do you find the less obvious places? Any tips? I look around and I see nothing but stores, factories and medical offices. Where do these people go to "pound the pavement?"

[B.B.C.420]

It's possible nowadays, but paper applications and actually speaking the person hiring nowadays is damn near impossible. Everybody tells you, "Go online and do it."

[Rambler123]

True, sadly.

If you know somebody with pull at a company, they might be able to get you past the automated resume filter, which is the "black hole" into which nearly all job applications vanish. That would at least be one hurdle out of the way. Also, very small companies might not have a real resume filter in place, so if you email your resume to a person, they might not disqualify you based upon stupid stuff, like: age, employment status, the exact version of software you have on your resume, etc.

[FBJ]

The only way to job hunt without the internet is to have powerful connections

[INTN]

I really don't know. But, from the differnet job sources I've used craigslist has been the most immediate source of interviews, followed by LinkedIn.

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by INTN

I really don't know. But, from the differnet job sources I've used craigslist has been the most immediate source of interviews, followed by LinkedIn.

Linkedin and Craiglist is on the "INTERNET"

[INTN]

I responded earlier, but it doesn't look like it's showing up, but, yeah, basically that IS what I am saying TV guy.