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have you ever heard of compromise? if you're holding out for a very narrow definition of a perfect job, of course you're going to have a hard time finding ones to apply to.
also i got both my current job and my new one in the summer. i didn't notice a significant drop in jobs i wanted to apply for this summer, except at universities. actually the job before this one hired me in august too, although that was just getting hired permanently after my temp agency's contract was up.
have you ever heard of compromise? if you're holding out for a very narrow definition of a perfect job, of course you're going to have a hard time finding ones to apply to.
also i got both my current job and my new one in the summer. i didn't notice a significant drop in jobs i wanted to apply for this summer, except at universities. actually the job before this one hired me in august too, although that was just getting hired permanently after my temp agency's contract was up.
I have never be able to be flexible when it comes to salary, location, and duties. Those are the three main factors that determine if you will accept a job or not so it would be hard to comprise for anyone of those three categories.
The shotgun approach works well if you're looking for non-career jobs outside your field. I know that from first hand experience. On the other hand, I always use to research and write cover letters when looking for jobs in my field. I figure that was the minimum you had to do when seriously applying to something you'd like to start your career in. There's more I'd do in certain instances as well. In any case, I got no results in landing something in my field so it's mute. I'm quite embittered about all that time amounting to nothing. I feel like I could have be doing something worthwhile during those hundreds- to thousands of hours over the years spent searching/networking/researching/etc.
1. Go to a job engine (Indeed, JobAware, etc.)
2. Search for jobs in a 50 mile radius of location, sort by date.
3. Open every one in a new tab.
4. Close tabs where qualifications and responsibilities don't match me.
5. Read application instructions (email resume, apply online, company site.)
6. Research the company and position via as many resources as I have.
7. Create a Email written/PDF/.docx cover letter depending on instructions.
8. Fill out application tailored to highlight qualifications and responsibilities.
9. Submit cover letter/resume/application per company instructions.
10. Repeat for every open tab remaining.
Each day I'll check openings for towns in a 50 mile radius (~1 hour commute) for 4 locations in the event I manage to secure employment in a new town that I can easily relocate to (friends/family in area, etc.) If you spend 1 hour on each application and apply to jobs from 8AM to 10PM for a week, that's 98 in a week. If you include a few "easy" applications (i.e. retail, food service) that brings the number up higher since those applications generally don't take an hour each to fill out. Additionally, I'll take a look at places like CD, resume sites, manager/HR advice columns and try out various things to see how the responses go.
I try to be a bit more focused on my search and do 3-5 average a day, but that's because I spend probably too much time researching the position and company so I'm more prepared for an interview than the interviewer. I'm getting up to 300 applications being 3 months in, but eventually something will bite.
Um, you haven't been through the application process for Family Dollar/Dollar General yet, that assessment is something to be desired just to stock pop rocks.
Um, you haven't been through the application process for Family Dollar/Dollar General yet, that assessment is something to be desired just to stock pop rocks.
And that's exactly why the Family Dollar gets robbed because they make it hard for people to get jobs
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