I can't figure out the puzzle, and the puzzle keeps changing. I'm either too experienced, I don't have the experience employers are seeking, or...I'm over-educated, under-linguistic, overweight, over aged, out too long.
An agent told me I had to be willing to accept less in a salary, and when she sent my resume on to a client, the client said that the person they were looking for was not as experienced. Yet, this client had lost their previous employee because he was trying to better himself. He was a recent college graduate. He found a better job. Don't they want someone who will stick around?
I am convinced that feelers are put out to agents, but the client already has someone in mind.
The definition of insanity is trying to do something the same way and getting a different result. I am there, plain and simple. I am frustrated. I don't know what to do.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Monday, April 13, 2009
Blunder Soup
It surprised me. I thought I knew every angle of applying for jobs. It never occurred to me that I would miss something so basic.
I was reading an article about what hiring managers are looking for. I knew the majority of the article by heart already. One item stood out like a sore thumb. I had been missing something extremely important. It is a technical issue. I didn’t realize that when sending a resume, I need to copy it into the e-mail, rather than sending it as an attachment. Many employers will not open up an attachment: the chance of a virus within the attachment is too great a risk. I can’t blame them. Furthermore, as I’ve begun to realize, they won’t ask you to resend your resume as a “copy and paste” into an e-mail. Once again, the onus of an employer is very weak in this market.
I’m attaching the entire article for your perusal.
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-1875-Job-Search-Hiring-Manager-Secrets/?sc_extcmp=JS_1875_advice&SiteId=cbmsn41875
I cannot tell you how many opportunities were missed as a result. I have no clue.
I feel like I’ve been running blind for several weeks. It may, or may not, have been a futile job hunting search, and I’ll never know for certain. Someone sent me a funny e-mail the other day: an Amish Virus. It said to delete all my files, plus I was on the honor system concerning this deletion. I may as well have had the Amish Virus, as no one has responded to my e-mails.
All along, I thought I had been bumping up against “Courtesy Want Ads.” These are want ads posted in order to justify EEO standards in New Jersey. Now, I believe the combination of my ignorance (mea culpa), employers who need to post ads for bureaucratic reasons, and employers who have never asked me for a “copy and paste” of my resume make this blunder soup.
I was offered a second interview for a sales position. I’ve never worked in sales before. However, I am willing to give it a try. The products are excellent. I just hope I can earn enough to survive.
I know of a salesman who is doing quite well on leads at the moment. He works in the construction field, selling waterproofing for basements. He’s doing quite well; sometimes, necessity is the mother of income producers.
I heard of a business that is doing very well. I went to dinner with friends last week, and one friend works for a facility that holds parties / events in NYC. They seem to be prospering. Their main source of income: rap artists. The money spent on liquor and food is preposterous, yet these people are willingly spending the money. The question: do they really have the money, or are they tapping credit cards to the max? The lifestyle of these rap artists tends towards the uber opulent. Could it be they need to live up to expectations? Will this be yet another industry that falls in on its own weight? Record sales are down by 7%, and illegal music uploads are up by 80%. I think this industry is in for a mean time. In the meantime, this facility sponsoring parties is not feeling the pinch.
Wish I could say the same.
I was reading an article about what hiring managers are looking for. I knew the majority of the article by heart already. One item stood out like a sore thumb. I had been missing something extremely important. It is a technical issue. I didn’t realize that when sending a resume, I need to copy it into the e-mail, rather than sending it as an attachment. Many employers will not open up an attachment: the chance of a virus within the attachment is too great a risk. I can’t blame them. Furthermore, as I’ve begun to realize, they won’t ask you to resend your resume as a “copy and paste” into an e-mail. Once again, the onus of an employer is very weak in this market.
I’m attaching the entire article for your perusal.
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-1875-Job-Search-Hiring-Manager-Secrets/?sc_extcmp=JS_1875_advice&SiteId=cbmsn41875
I cannot tell you how many opportunities were missed as a result. I have no clue.
I feel like I’ve been running blind for several weeks. It may, or may not, have been a futile job hunting search, and I’ll never know for certain. Someone sent me a funny e-mail the other day: an Amish Virus. It said to delete all my files, plus I was on the honor system concerning this deletion. I may as well have had the Amish Virus, as no one has responded to my e-mails.
All along, I thought I had been bumping up against “Courtesy Want Ads.” These are want ads posted in order to justify EEO standards in New Jersey. Now, I believe the combination of my ignorance (mea culpa), employers who need to post ads for bureaucratic reasons, and employers who have never asked me for a “copy and paste” of my resume make this blunder soup.
I was offered a second interview for a sales position. I’ve never worked in sales before. However, I am willing to give it a try. The products are excellent. I just hope I can earn enough to survive.
I know of a salesman who is doing quite well on leads at the moment. He works in the construction field, selling waterproofing for basements. He’s doing quite well; sometimes, necessity is the mother of income producers.
I heard of a business that is doing very well. I went to dinner with friends last week, and one friend works for a facility that holds parties / events in NYC. They seem to be prospering. Their main source of income: rap artists. The money spent on liquor and food is preposterous, yet these people are willingly spending the money. The question: do they really have the money, or are they tapping credit cards to the max? The lifestyle of these rap artists tends towards the uber opulent. Could it be they need to live up to expectations? Will this be yet another industry that falls in on its own weight? Record sales are down by 7%, and illegal music uploads are up by 80%. I think this industry is in for a mean time. In the meantime, this facility sponsoring parties is not feeling the pinch.
Wish I could say the same.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
March 23, 2009
I have tried connecting onto several job search websites. There is a great deal to be said for the old fashioned method of using the want ads from the newspapers. I am properly signed in to these websites, I have my pop up blocker down, and I am still unable to access “application completion” for any potential employer. I have contacted Craigslist.com, Monster.com, and neither search site has responded.
As a recipient of unemployment insurance I have an obligation to find work. This internet dependency is impeding upon my ability to find work. I want to be a full time, full speed employee with a full time salary. I won’t be able to achieve this goal in a normal time frame if access is denied. I am then an onus upon the NJ Department of Labor’s budget, already strapped.
Now, you’d think the NJ Department of Labor would be at the forefront of accessibility for job seekers. Not so. I have the same problem, only not only can I not apply for jobs, I cannot place my information into the jobsite. It wouldn’t allow me to do so. I tried four times.
I thought it might be some sort of virus, or some glitch in my system. I realized it wasn’t, as access through other websites have gone through with ease.
I am denied access to my future, to financial stability, and to relief from this horrible, frightening financial state. Every job site, every employer and every state department of labor must verify all these positions, some which don’t exist due to courtesy listings (another day for this one) and whether or not the darn IT department ought to be called. It is a suspicion of mine that these websites are overwhelmed. They are unable to handle the traffic load. Often, employers stipulate they do not wish to be contacted directly in their ads, but rather, through the job search site. As a jobseeker, I don’t dare contact the employer, because they will think I created a ruse in order to be considered for employment.
Employers who are recruiting, job search sites gleaning income from prospective employers, and state labor departments must do all they can to verify these websites are running correctly. As a jobseeker, I am contacting my state labor department, in person, to verify the problems I am experiencing. I have contacted Monster and Craigslist, to no avail. There are other websites with the same problems. I cannot contact every one. We all have a responsibility to communicate, collaborate, and reverse our descending economic situation.
I have tried connecting onto several job search websites. There is a great deal to be said for the old fashioned method of using the want ads from the newspapers. I am properly signed in to these websites, I have my pop up blocker down, and I am still unable to access “application completion” for any potential employer. I have contacted Craigslist.com, Monster.com, and neither search site has responded.
As a recipient of unemployment insurance I have an obligation to find work. This internet dependency is impeding upon my ability to find work. I want to be a full time, full speed employee with a full time salary. I won’t be able to achieve this goal in a normal time frame if access is denied. I am then an onus upon the NJ Department of Labor’s budget, already strapped.
Now, you’d think the NJ Department of Labor would be at the forefront of accessibility for job seekers. Not so. I have the same problem, only not only can I not apply for jobs, I cannot place my information into the jobsite. It wouldn’t allow me to do so. I tried four times.
I thought it might be some sort of virus, or some glitch in my system. I realized it wasn’t, as access through other websites have gone through with ease.
I am denied access to my future, to financial stability, and to relief from this horrible, frightening financial state. Every job site, every employer and every state department of labor must verify all these positions, some which don’t exist due to courtesy listings (another day for this one) and whether or not the darn IT department ought to be called. It is a suspicion of mine that these websites are overwhelmed. They are unable to handle the traffic load. Often, employers stipulate they do not wish to be contacted directly in their ads, but rather, through the job search site. As a jobseeker, I don’t dare contact the employer, because they will think I created a ruse in order to be considered for employment.
Employers who are recruiting, job search sites gleaning income from prospective employers, and state labor departments must do all they can to verify these websites are running correctly. As a jobseeker, I am contacting my state labor department, in person, to verify the problems I am experiencing. I have contacted Monster and Craigslist, to no avail. There are other websites with the same problems. I cannot contact every one. We all have a responsibility to communicate, collaborate, and reverse our descending economic situation.
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