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Employment and a Mac laptop

Posted by liquilife on 04/23 at 02:39 AM

Well, as spring has arrived with warmer weather, some good things have finally happened in my life. I was recently hired on full time as a web developer for Skaggs Design. This comes after a winter of truly fearing for my ability to pay rent on a monthly basis. Looking back, all I can do is shake my head and wonder how I made it through this winter. I can now live life normally once again and wake up every morning knowing I have somewhere to contribute my talents to. I wish I could say I am 100% happy though. The truth is, with our current recession, I have so many friends who are currently out of work. The most notable is my sister. After receiving employee of the year and working for her company for many years, she was recently unexpectedly laid off. How do you console someone who has gone through this? I really do not know.

To those who are unemployed, here is a few humble tips and tricks. No, I’m not going to tell you to “network”. Rather, think about it from this angle: Employers are literally fearful at the moment of putting their jobs in the papers and online job listings. Why? Because they have to deal with so many replies. Even worse, most of the applicants who respond are very much not qualified for the work they are applying for. General laborers to company executives are all applying for the same work out of desperation.  As an employer, this makes it incredibly difficult to sort through a stack of resumes to find that one applicant who is a match for the job. So, how can you exploit this in your favor? It’s quite easy. Get your resume in front of large groups of Employers. The most easiest and effective way is to post your resume at Craigslist. An unusually high number of employers are looking for qualified job candidates using this method to avoid dealing with the masses.

When posting your resume, here are a few things to remember. Keep the title clear and concise. If you are a chef, indicate that in your title. “Professional Chef looking for full time employment”. I’m sure you get the idea. Another is to format your resume using some basic HTML. This can be easily achieved nowadays. Go to http://www.fckeditor.net/demo and use their online editor to format the resume/text you will be posting on Craigslist. Once you are happy with the formatting find and click the button “Source”. You’ll see a bunch of HTML mumbo jumbo along with your text. Just copy and paste this into your Craigslist posting. Viola! You have an HTML formatted posting.

Post your resume two or three times a week on Craigslist. I found the best time to be right about 11:30. Employers tend to take a break from what they are doing shortly before lunch and start working on a less interactive project, such as randomly browsing Craigslist.

Well, this rant went an entirely different direction then I expected. So much for talking about the new Mac Book I am getting next week…

Posted by liquilife on 04/23 at 02:39 AM | 0 comments | Permalink
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