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AgzntOrange2  2 stars
Posts: 304
Registered: 2008-11-20 13:55:40
Used to be:
1) There were employment agencies -still a few around but not many
2) look in the newspaper - used to be a whole section now if you get a few pages of min wage jobs without benefits your lucky
3) mail resumes to companies - probably right to the shredder
4) Post online-Monster/career builder - new way for scam artists to contact you or steal your personal data - don't trust anymore
5) network through friends/associates

The 4 major ways are gone and you can only network so much. What else is there.....Linkedin?

How do people get jobs these days? Old ways don't work anymore....

 

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Gilligan.USCG  3 stars
Title: Stuck on the Island
Posts: 528
Registered: 2001-9-19 19:53:25
lol wut? employment agencies are HUGE right now, especially for the tech industry.

 

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AgzntOrange2  2 stars
Posts: 304
Registered: 2008-11-20 13:55:40
not in NYC, in 1980s there were probably 50 agencies on 1 building in the wall street area.

hi tech is turning into contract work no benefits -------

 

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Silverwuf  4 stars
Title: Have trike will babble
Posts: 1,129
Registered: 2001-7-5 14:44:35
I don't post my resume publicly but do use LinkedIn most often. I normally have headhunters or HR people calling me.

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Unarmed-Yarr  2 stars
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Posts: 390
Registered: 2000-2-23 15:43:24
same as in 2011, poorly.

 

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Dwaveran  3 stars
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I hope it picks up this year.

 

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silvadel2  2 stars
Posts: 378
Registered: 2009-7-13 09:37:29
Drop by -- try to get a tour -- talk to other employees etc -- ask about job openings if things click.

 

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Aerlinthian  4 stars
Posts: 2,126
Registered: 2001-5-7 23:53:38
Craigslist?
Dark_EternalFF  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-11-8 22:44:06
I have a job, so I don't need to?

 

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-Abysmal-  4 stars
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Registered: 2000-12-20 06:45:24
not sure...i haven't applied for a job since 2003 and wont have to again until 2033 (when i am forced out) unless the government collapses!

 

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