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OT: Job Searching - a Hint

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jmcquown - 17 Mar 2005 20:38 GMT
Bellsouth was having some problems with the pop3 server this morning so I
contacted a rep there who indicated, yes, they are aware of the problem.
They indicated I could still access my email from their home page.  I rarely
have any need to go to my ISP's home page but I did so.  What did I find but
a link for "Looking for a Job?"  No, not with BellSouth.  Just jobs posted
by different employers.  This was NOT a link to Monster.com or any of those
other pay services.  I was totally surprised.

So I searched for IT postions in my area and emailed (okay, it was delayed)
my resume in response to a few of the postings I felt I fit with.

I just got a call back from one of the recruiters with questions about my
job interests and background; he said he would be going through all the
resumes in detail and call candidates back next week.  He also gave me the
name of some of his "competition" (other recruiters) for checking out IT
jobs.

NOTE:  One of them I've worked with before and actually got a job through -
it was the job from HELL.  Wasn't her fault the boss was a ****head!  They
found my brother Scott a job he loved and he was there 15 years until the
company relocated to Cinncinnati.

So, for those of you looking, check your ISP home page to see if they might
have a similar link!  Purrs and good luck :)

Jill
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Katz - 17 Mar 2005 20:44 GMT
Well, cool! And one called you already, huh? Good luck.

What part of Monster is pay? I have my resume posted there, & get
periodic emails from them about job possibilities. Would I have to pay
them if I wanted to apply for one of the jobs?

Katz
jmcquown - 17 Mar 2005 20:58 GMT
> Well, cool! And one called you already, huh? Good luck.

Thanks!  I hope something will pan out.

> What part of Monster is pay? I have my resume posted there, & get
> periodic emails from them about job possibilities. Would I have to pay
> them if I wanted to apply for one of the jobs?
>
> Katz

It's been almost a year but I think if you want them to match your resume to
existing listings you pay something like $36 a year.  Otherwise you just
wait to see if an employer contacts you or you sign on and contact them.  I
don't really remember and I won't be paying them for anything again.  They
didn't do any more than if I'd just gone there and searched the listings
myself (which I do).  But I was freaking out over not having a job after 11
years with the same company; at that time I had the money so I figured maybe
I needed to sign up for the pay service.  IMHO, DON'T BOTHER paying.

Jill
Seanette Blaylock - 19 Mar 2005 03:37 GMT
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things
to say about Re: OT: Job Searching - a Hint:

>It's been almost a year but I think if you want them to match your resume to
>existing listings you pay something like $36 a year.  Otherwise you just
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>years with the same company; at that time I had the money so I figured maybe
>I needed to sign up for the pay service.  IMHO, DON'T BOTHER paying.

DH finds they have some tendency to send him listings that are either
totally geographically impossible or totally unrelated to anything on
his resume (he didn't sign up for the pay version).

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jmcquown - 18 Mar 2005 03:44 GMT
> Bellsouth was having some problems with the pop3 server this morning
> so I contacted a rep there who indicated, yes, they are aware of the
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
>
> Jill

To heck with checking with your ISP - go to www.bellsouth.net Scroll down
and click on the Find a Job link on the right.  Enter your city, state and
select a job category.  (Don't know what I was thinking earlier!)

Jill
Marina - 18 Mar 2005 05:42 GMT
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> I just got a call back from one of the recruiters with questions about my
> job interests and background; he said he would be going through all the
> resumes in detail and call candidates back next week.  He also gave me the
> name of some of his "competition" (other recruiters) for checking out IT
> jobs.

This sounds very hopeful. Many purrs that you land a terrific job.

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