Modern job hunt

[tloonya]

I am receiving tons of jobs from tons of sites daily.

However applying takes a heck of a guts. When link is open there are

so many non related, expired, literally non-existent jobs - I am swimming

in it and drowning.

I am thinking it is another way to fish for personal info because when they

are creating these attractive, apparently too good to be true jobs - is it

possible that it is done just to get a resume? There is a name, address, phone,

email...and some companies paying dearly for info like that.

And NO it is not hard to create fake website looks exactly like Comcast or

Medical Center.

So how do you go and find legit jobs without losing time and personal info

to the scammers? WHERE do you go search?

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Try your local newspaper's website and search their job page.   Your state may also have a job search engine. 

Indeed.com is a good site to use, they collect jobs from multiple job web sites and post them.

[kittensaver]

Also try Monster.com

[Deleted]

Go to the website of the businesses you would like to work for, set up searches to deliver new job listings to you daily. You can do the same on Indeed or Dice depending on what industry you are applying for. 

Don't apply for blind ads. 

What kind of job are you looking for that you are finding so many listings that you can't figure out what to apply for? 

[NancysSummerSip]

Feb 19, 2016 17:40:42 GMT -5 @rockit said:

Go to the website of the businesses you would like to work for, set up searches to deliver new job listings to you daily. You can do the same on Indeed or Dice depending on what industry you are applying for. 

Don't apply for blind ads. 

What kind of job are you looking for that you are finding so many listings that you can't figure out what to apply for? 

Totally agree with this. I stick with the sites that are known to be legit, like Careerbuilder, Monster and Indeed.com. No blind ads, unless there is a phone number I can trace back to a business (I'm not a fan of blind ads, but I can understand why they are used), and none of these "hunter-gatherer" sites, like Jobvado and Jobpug. They just collect job ads and post them, and far too many of them are way out of date. I tend to dislike recruiter sites as well, though some posters here like them. If you do use recruiters, stick with the well-known ones who have their own websites.

I go directly to the employer site and apply most of the time.

[tloonya]

Feb 19, 2016 17:40:42 GMT -5 @rockit said:

Go to the website of the businesses you would like to work for, set up searches to deliver new job listings to you daily. You can do the same on Indeed or Dice depending on what industry you are applying for. 

Don't apply for blind ads. 

What kind of job are you looking for that you are finding so many listings that you can't figure out what to apply for? 

I have applied for a few admin, office, retail jobs and after that I had open myself for all these 'others'.

So now it is 'new jobs for TLoony in neighborgood' etc. Few per day and all for nothing.

I've got myself exposed!

[Tennesseer]

You can also search for jobs on your state's Job Services/Department Of Workforce Services/State Department of Labor websites.   

[kittensaver]

Feb 21, 2016 11:37:57 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

You can also search for jobs on your state's Job Services/Department Of Workforce Services/State Department of Labor websites.   

This is an excellent suggestion. Here in La La Land, EDD (the Employment Development Department) has a wide range of employment services for all kinds of people. LONG gone are the days of walking in and looking a pieces of handwritten paper tacked to a job board.

Their computers will let you do not only local and regional but also state and national searches. They offer job-related support groups (that include resume writing and interviewing coaching) for persons who are struggling to find work. They have training programs connected trade schools and community colleges. They even have *some* training programs that allow you to collect your UI while you are in training [normally you have to be "available for work and actively looking" to collect UI, and being in a training program would normally knock you out of eligibility].

If you are getting those "new jobs today in tloonya's area" emails, you've unfortunately been caught in/roped into spamming. Those are by and large a come-on, either to dupe you into paying a fee for employment services or to collect your personal info to sell to other spammers.

A legitimate employer or employment service will NEVER ask or require you to pay a fee to get a job. Legitimate employment services get paid by employers to place you with them. Anyone who asks you otherwise is a scammer.

[tloonya]

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