Well, so far I have only had ONE interview in almost 2 months of being unemployed...and let me tell you...it's not for a lack of trying. One thing I learned for sure...the job market these days is really competitive...and really hard. I had no clue how hard it would be. I am on the web for hours a day chasing down job postings... I apply...I get no response. I would follow up on the job postings...BUT they are almost ALL anonymous- meaning, you can't contact any human being regarding the application at all. In fact, most of the jobs posted don't even give you the name of the company you are applying to, and many don't specify what the pay scale is either. It makes me wonder if most jobs listed on the internet are only dummy jobs that aren't really there. For instance, the job may have been posted internally, and they INTEND to fill it internally, but some sort of protocol specifies that they MUST offer it outside. Basically, a lot of ghost jobs are out there. I am on Careerbuilder, Monster, HotJobs, and Craigslist constantly. Hell, I even got on some smaller sites like GoliathJobs, and Jobing. Alas, to no avail. I have worked my network to death, and so far it has not yielded one legitimate job lead. I am trying to stay positive, honestly I am, but the truth is that I am worried about finding something soon. I am starting to consider taking a job at the local Publix store just to be employed. Considering that I was making almost $50k a year in my previous job, it's a hard pill to swallow....
Stop the presses....I just got a call back on a position that applied for twice on Careerbuilder....yeehaw...an impromptu phone interview that sounded pretty promising.... I should hear back from them by later this week or early next week....
I think blogging about this was good luck, I need to do this more often...
Wish me luck.... that's it and that's all...... ;)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment