Does anyone have any job search tips?

[FearlessMGHOWParticipant 1928]

As of right now I have a part time job and it doesn’t pay that much at all. I’m still dependent on my parents for the majority of my financial needs.

I’ve been trying to get a job in anything computer/IT related for the last year after I got my Bachelor’s, but every single time I get an interview or a call from a potential employer/recruiter, they just give me the typical:

“We’re looking for someone with more experience and you’re lacking the experience we’re looking for.”

“We’ll keep your resume in our system for future reference if anything comes up.”

If I didn’t have any debt to pay off, I wouldn’t care as much and just end up traveling across the country or something similar. But, I’m trying to pay off my debts as quick as possible.

What I’m wondering is if you guys know any other ways to help with the job search that’s more effective than what I’m doing right now? I’d even go into an apprenticeship at this point but I doubt they’ll even give me a chance because of my smaller body type.

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[RoyDalParticipant]

I wish you every success. Keep on until you get there. Then, start looking for your next job — no kidding; never rest.

Find regions where your skill set is in short supply. Apply there. Lots of applications are done by email these days which will help reduce your travel costs.

Read up on how to write a resume and cover letter for same that are focused on the employers’ exact needs (as opposed to a generic resume). Pay attention to what is not supposed to go in a resume & cover letter.

Read up on how to conduct yourself at an interview. Keep in mind your first contact is highly likely to be a woman from human resources, and not the hiring manager who has the job opening.

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[WarratahParticipant 895]

You’ve got a part-time job, that’s great, it means some money is coming in – hold on to it!
Can you use your IT skills in your PT job? Keep your eyes open for that opportunity – in-house promotions are easy!
You’re at the start of your career – hang out with others in start-up scenarios. Like you, they are unestablished. You have the skills but no experience and limited access to gaining experience, a start-up business has the idea but not much finance and limited access to gaining finance. Do you see where you slot in? Offer your skills! The start-up can’t afford to pay an experienced IT man’s rates. Get paid, either a small amount or share options or whatever (free pizza for a year!)
Be wary of working for ‘experience’and ‘exposure’. It normally means working for free. And the only exposure you’ll get is to other people/organisations wanting free labour.
Don’t be mean. There ARE organisations out there that really need your (free) help. Give a set amount of time to helping others (for free!) Giving of yourself is good, choose something you feel passionate about and lend a hand. But look after yourself first!

...And in our own despair, against our will, Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Agamemnon; by Aeschylus

[Soldier-MedicParticipant 2566]

So far my experience has been it that it’s not what you know but who you know.

May last year I finished my bachelor’s in psychology. I didn’t get a “first look” at graduate school. So I was sitting around the house, mister momming it.

In December, I bumped in to a lieutenant that I served under. A fine officer. He now owns his own accounting business and works part time as a financial/investment advisor.

Short story even shorter, he talked me in to coming to work under him at the firm. So far I have brought in more money to the firm than guys that have been there a year. I have several thousand dollars in commissions waiting because I haven’t received my license yet. I passed the exam but am waiting on the state to issue my license.

So there are actually two lessons.
1. It’s not what, but who you know. Don’t be afraid to call on friends, family, and acquaintances.
2. Take any job that has a paycheck attached to it. You may find that there are more possibilities to “lateral” in to your chosen career field. Or you also may discover that you have talents and abilities that you didn’t know you had and that your degree enhances them.

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[FearlessMGHOWParticipant 1928]

Thanks for the advice guys.

RoyDal wrote:

Find regions where your skill set is in short supply. Apply there. Lots of applications are done by email these days which will help reduce your travel costs.

I don’t have enough money saved up right now to move anywhere else, but I’m definitely saving up for it. Once I have enough money, I’ll be looking at pretty much any place I can apply to.

Warratah wrote:

Can you use your IT skills in your PT job? Keep your eyes open for that opportunity – in-house promotions are easy!

I wish I could. I’m essentially one of those nurses/caregivers that helps out old people who can’t move around that much. So there’s not much interaction with computers for my type of work.

Soldier-Medic wrote:

So there are actually two lessons.
1. It’s not what, but who you know. Don’t be afraid to call on friends, family, and acquaintances.
2. Take any job that has a paycheck attached to it. You may find that there are more possibilities to “lateral” in to your chosen career field. Or you also may discover that you have talents and abilities that you didn’t know you had and that your degree enhances them.

Thanks for that. I’ll definitely try to build up a professional network. Right now, I’m also looking for career fairs and anything similar.

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[Jan SobieskiParticipant 28791]

Do something no one else wants to do.

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[Gen.OivanParticipant 88]

Follow the steps of brother “Code Bunker”, dedicate every hour you are not on the clock earning your paycheck to mastering the skills you already have acquired in college.

If you are looking for a Coding job, check out craigslist under the Gigs section, if your area doesn’t have much check out other large cities, with coding gigs you can work from home and e-mail, if its worth it even drop it off personally. Plus you get the real world job experience of coding and working directly with customers. I know it can be s~~~ty pay, however right now the point is to get the experience, no matter how you cut it writing code for money is experience.

Create your own, setup a website and blog, (I started one for less than 15$) showcasing your abilities, it becomes an online portfolio of sorts.

Try negotiating a contract position instead of a permanent one take all the code you have been slaying on the keyboard as a bargaining chip, hell say its for a client. Yeah you have to pay a bit more in taxes but you are free to work your own hours, quite possibly a higher salary since all the responsibility of taxes ans other “fringe benefits” are on you, and if it doesn’t work out you can cut out and at your next job say you left because you were a contractor and the contract was up.

Have the audacity to show up and demand they test your abilities. Any one can draft a great resume but to actually be able to perform at the level their resume says it another story.

I work in a different trade, but when I’m looking for a job I don’t have a resume, I just show up ask if they are looking for a tool maker, they start going into the standard himhaw of not being able to find any one. I always bring a small tool box with me full of the essential tools, and I respond with “show me a machine, I’ll make you a part.” I have never not been offered a job.

Good luck on your search

[The Laughing ManParticipant 1020]

Pull up a map of your area and search key words to find possible places of employment / apply.

Always when possible apply directly to company’s. Recruiters and job websites are the worst IMO.

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[skiomanParticipant 62]

My best advice is to apply to 2 jobs per day minimum. If you don’t know anyone that can help you, then its a numbers game. I was recently out of work for 2 months and this worked. Sometimes I took weekends off from applying but eventually found a job at a warehouse unloading tires (slave labor) but I lasted a week and another job called (craigslist) me that I had applied for a month before and I got it and it worked out great so far. Put your resume on indeed.com and keep sending it, and send your resume on craigslist. If you throw enough s~~~ on a wall, then something’s got to stick. Good luck to you

[ZettaGogParticipant 23]

I’ll tell you how to apply for 600+ jobs in about 3 hours.
Go to indeed.com and fill out a resume there, fill out your profile, do your… do your thing.
Search for the jobs within your city. Apply for each and every job that says “easily apply to this job”, sometimes a popup will happen and they want you to click on whether or not you have a series of qualifications, usually a degree or years experience. Click yes every single time, they will filter you out themselves if they don’t want you.
I did this a little while ago and received about 70 percent rejection and an amazing amount of positive feedback with job offers for jobs I would never have thought to apply at.

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