Looking for a job sucks… period
Looking for a job can be difficult. During these trying times it’s an extremely frustrating process. It can sometimes take six months or longer just to can get an interview let alone landing a job. What people usually do is they go on Careerbuilder or Hotjobs.com and submit there resume in hopes of someone contacting them. I’m sorry to say but you have a better chance of finding Bigfoot taking a shit in the wilderness then finding a job on one of these sites. By going that route, you are basically getting in line behind hundreds if not thousands of applicants. Besides, the jobs that companies post on these sites are usually jobs that they were not able to fill by with someone internally. Most of the good jobs or positions you never hear about are filled by an employee within the company.So the chances of even getting in through the front door are pretty slim. To increase your chances of getting in, you have to go through the backdoor of some of these major corporations and businesses. If for example you want to get a position in the accounting department of a particular company or firm, you want contact a senior accountant or someone in the accounting department you can speak to directly. You never want to go through human resources because they are the gate keepers. They determine who can or cannot speak with management or other employees. If you tell them that you want to speak to someone about a particular job, then they will simply tell you to apply on the company website. You know that is just a waste of time. Also, human resource people are horrible at returning phone calls or following up on any of your requests. So these people you want to avoid at all costs. To get in touch with individuals in certain departments, go on LinkedIn and look up the company your applying for. Most of the time it will list the managers of all the departments in the company. Once you get there names look them up on Facebook. Odds are they’ll have a Facebook account. From there you can message them and get information on any available jobs. Now this method won’t guarantee you a job, but it certainly better then getting on some jobs site and shooting your resume around endlessly in hopes of finding a job. These days you have to try things that are different. Good luck to you.
