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How reliable and effective are job search websites?
I have been furiously looking for jobs the last couple of weeks. I now have profiles (with my resume, one of them even asks for a picture, all sorts of contact information, references, work history and all that stuff) on several sites. I have applied to dozens of jobs through those sites.
Yes I have also gone to company websites and applied there, and I have physically gone to a bunch of places and filled in actual paper applications and stuff too.
I was just wondering if I should put any hope at all into finding a job through one of these sites. Snagajob, indeed, etc. or if I should stop wasting my time with them.
I understand that places don't hire people just because they applied. I've been employed since I was 16 and that was... some years ago.
4 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
scams mostly...network with real people...volunteer work
Depending on your student debt tolerance ...
Complete thorough realistic research. Maybe accounting, engineering, law....
Pick a job where you don't start working bankrupt with debt. You must earn enough to support a family in a major City ...thats $200k plus/yr. Do not low ball your life and your future family.
Almost 50 million on food stamps, ~20% of males 25 to 54 yrs not working, lowest SATs in 40 years, debt to GDP over 100% and whats uncle sams answer to America's problems? Why more fancy jet toys to attack fictional enemies, of course and adding a trillion dollars of debt to prop up financial markets artificially. What a mess!
America You are On Your Own. YOYO's the word. Never forget it. Take control of your own lives and ignore what ever solutions the politicians and corproations thow around as solutions.
Abandon consumer spending obesity addiction. Cut your lifestyle in half or less...small house or apt..one car or no car .. always have a second job cause the one you have can/will disappear ...save and invest over 50% of your income if you can .... stay with your parents....parents move in with your kids...Rent with friends...Live like the wage you make today could be the last you'll earn, always.
- -Lv 78 years ago
They work, if the company is actually hiring and YOU meet the qualifications. They don't just give you a job because you apply. But posting your resume/profile is probably a waste of time.
