Do you have to know someone to get a job these days?

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by move4ward

He needs to hang out with the guy that got his friend the job. His own connections aren't working.

Yeah usually when it's a strong connection they already intend to hire you just want to meet you and put a face to the person that was referred.

[move4ward]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

Yeah usually when it's a strong connection they already intend to hire you just want to meet you and put a face to the person that was referred.

His mom and dad can get him a job, if they aren't retired, too. The connection that got his parents a job could be used to get him a job.

[STT Resident]

Originally Posted by move4ward

His mom and dad can get him a job, if they aren't retired, too. The connection that got his parents a job could be used to get him a job.

Especially if they got their jobs through their parents' connections and then it's a complete cinch.

[NikonChic]

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000002886 StartFragment:0000001438 EndFragment:0000002850 I found out about current job through this owner of a printing company. I originally contacted her to find out she was hiring or looking for designers. At the time no she wasn't. But a couple of weeks later she emailed me about this sign shop owner whom she deals from time to time that he was looking for a Graphic Design/Production Associate.

During my unemployment I learned that you have to leave out of the circle of people you know sometimes. I was letting former customers from my last job know that I was looking for work. Two years of networking and keeping in touch, was working out.

The print shop owner I discovered her through Linkedin; we chit chatted for a bit by phone; she remembered that was looking for work.

So it all depends! Who you know, what you know and if you work truly hard of getting yourself out there. Like the previous posts someone mentioned about hitting the pavement and passing out resumes.

[WantToHaveALife]

oh well, it sucks