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As usual Brentwood is right, and my belief is that now days employment is hugely a matter of "who you know"; I have several friends who are currently "hiring managers" and everytime we discuss who they are hiring I always hear something like "...oh he is a friend of John's..." or "...that Investment banker we know brought up his name..." and so on. I am not interviewing, but to be brutally frank, if I was, I wouldn't even put my paper into a place where I didn't have an inside contact pushing me.
I don't agree with that because you still have to give it a shot even if you don't have a inside contact. If I didn't apply to the job I'm at now I would still be unemployed or working somewhere I didn't want to work.
Not everyone is as LUCKY as you TV Guy.
And STOP calling people bitter. If you didn't have money you'd be bitter, too. Today I was watching something on tv about frugal shopping for the holidays and I almost burst into tears.
I don't even SEE myself having money for my bills unless I get a job soon, let alone to buy 'frugal half price gifts' for people.
Some people are so 'detached from reality' because the rest of us are LIVING it.
No more posting about your awesome job finding skills, okay???
I am either invisible or in some alternative world where when I interview some 'other better candidate' comes along and I do not get offered the job. I was actually told this last week after one interview.
Recently I had 2 job interviews in schools for jobs below my education but I was perfectly willing to do them to get into a district and to gain experience so I can pursue certification in this state.
Well, I did not get either job. It is very disheartening. At the last one, I was well dressed and had 'a recommendation.' The woman who interviewed after me was in jeans and a T-shirt...I was like 'what the hell??'
Is dumbing down a resume the only way to be hired now? Or acting a bit stupid and dressing 'poorly?' I have brought my "A game" to every interview and can't get even a part time job.
I have experience and education, a nice personality, a sense of humor...and so on. I send thank yous, ask questions, answer thoughtfully and sincerely..
So....what to do?? I am out of answers and ready to move from here or just give up (can't afford to...but still, I feel like it.) I have NEVER had so much trouble finding a job. I am starting to think it's the area AND the economy...(we are considering moving again).
I appreciate all thoughtful answers, not stupid comments.
Believe me, many of us feel your pain. I have been looking for a job for a few months now in an environment where, two or three years ago, I would have a job in probably less than an afternoon of trying. Now, I send out resume after resume after resume, and I get *nada* in response.
It is exceedingly disheartening to say the least.
I hope that it is some consolation knowing that you are not alone. As for the other people who got the jobs that you did not get, they are probably willing to work for practically nothing, and since they don't have a very good presentation, the boss figures that when the economy picks up and the "good" people evaporate, then the losers will at least still be there - saving rehiring/retraining expenses. Crazy thinking, I know, but I am beginning to think that is what's going on.
Good luck to you. I can't help but think that eventually, things are going to turn around.
Not everyone is as LUCKY as you TV Guy.
And STOP calling people bitter. If you didn't have money you'd be bitter, too. Today I was watching something on tv about frugal shopping for the holidays and I almost burst into tears.
I don't even SEE myself having money for my bills unless I get a job soon, let alone to buy 'frugal half price gifts' for people.
Some people are so 'detached from reality' because the rest of us are LIVING it.
No more posting about your awesome job finding skills, okay???
Huh??? The previous poster said he would never apply to a company if he didn't know anyone who worked there and I said why not give it a shot because you never know what can happy. I didn't know anyone at my current company or any of the companies I applied to but I still sent the resume
Huh??? The previous poster said he would never apply to a company if he didn't know anyone who worked there and I said why not give it a shot because you never know what can happy. I didn't know anyone at my current company or any of the companies I applied to but I still sent the resume
You're lucky you got a job. Now you get to dispense advice to everyone else.
Gypsy, I had been looking for 7 months, and the jobs here are hard to come by in my field. In Vermont, I can give you a little advice.
1. Network with the people, small state, so get out of that house, get to know your neighbors and make sure that "everybody knows your name" why you moved out there, what you want to do for your son
2. Pick up a copy of Thoreau's "On Walden's Pond" keep it in your purse. Read it, relax with it, know it, but be able to talk about it, most of all, show it off, discretely
3. Don't dumb your resume', minimize it We've all gone so far in the past to pat ourselves on the back that we've grown accustomed to that horn blowing we hear and forget it's our own self blowing it. Go through your resume, and put just some good basics, K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid)
All this is for, people won't look at you as a charity case because of your son, they will see your devotion and sincere concern for moving there, with no other ulterior motives, that will remove the concerns they may have of that. The rest is just to make you fit in.
Just remember, KISS, not the band either, less make-up, hardly any at all.
Thanks for the advice, sinsativ. I am going to take a few days off to retool my resume and rethink my strategy again. (take another deep breath and go out there and get 'em on Monday).
Thanks for the advice, sinsativ. I am going to take a few days off to retool my resume and rethink my strategy again. (take another deep breath and go out there and get 'em on Monday).
That's the advice I give to other people but you constantly criticize me
I don't agree with that because you still have to give it a shot even if you don't have a inside contact. If I didn't apply to the job I'm at now I would still be unemployed or working somewhere I didn't want to work.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then
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