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I don't know about you guys, but it seems really slow right now.  I haven't even heard a peep from any of the places I applied--lame.

I'm certainly right there with you all. I've been applying everywhere and the only responses I've gotten were 2 nos and 1 b.s. yes, lol. I've modified my resume so much it's pretty much a chameleon. I thought I had an interview TODAY - until I researched the company a bit further and found that it was a scam. The only advice they keep givin' us is "network network network".

I'm looking for a job as an electrical engineer and I had 3 yrs experience.  I've been looking for 6 months and I've been applying for jobs online everyday but so far nobody call for an interview.  Besides looking online, I also have 7 job agencies help me to find a job but still no luck so far.

When I started looking for a job in the 1st 3 months, nobody call for an interview and I thoght something wrong with my resume so I had to pay  a professional writter rewrite my resume including a cover letter.  But still no luck with my updated resume.

It sounds like lots of people are in a really bad situation, I've been applying for job since October. I've applied for over 250 jobs and nothing to speak of in terms of interest. I have over eleven years in my industry and still I see no results. It is frustrating to say the least, but for me it is a constant reminder that I am not alone AND that finding employment is not about "feeling" it is about the bottom line. Unfortunately, that leaves those of us without employment in a bad situation. :(

Having been laid off 2x and enroute to #3, and having made a lot of mistakes, let me share a few things.  If one has been sending out their resume 100+x and not gotten much luck, one needs to try something different.  Answer the questions: What is it you want to do, where do they do that, which person hires for  that at that place, what qualifications get one hired by the person who hires at that place.... and if that person cannot hire you, does he.she know another form where you can go to apply....and does he/she know who at that firm you might speak to.  2nd statement is "You will get Fired!"  I grew up not knowing this.  No matter how utopic your job may be, you will get fired.  I was commended 3 days before my 1st layoff and wa s#1 sales in my area, if not the country.  My last layoff, I had been promoted to National Sales Manager 3 months before they made the decision to fire me.  Once you understand that you will get fired, you can make sure that you have a plan of Action for when the next firing comes.  One needs to answer the question every day. "If I get fired today, what will I do?"

I have been looking for 4 months.  I have a college degree in English from 1989, and for the last 3 years I've been a part-time accounting student.  I am only 9 hours short of taking all the required business and accounting classes to qualify for the CPA exam.  I can't get a retail job, I've been turned down 3 times as "overqualified".  I've been a stay home mom for 15 years, and while I did lots of volunteer work with my kids' schools and the Boy Scouts, every one wants current work experience.  Like I haven't been working!  It has been very frustrating finding that entry-level first accounting job.

Sweet! I just got an interview- its my first one but atleast I got it!  Do you guys have any advice or is it your first one too?  I'm in Seattle.

I'm just going to say this, I haven't been getting what I wanted in terms of responses from jobs that I have applied for, and that's no fun.

Do you know what's worse than this?

I've been getting a ton of emails from insurance companies that want nothing more than to have me come in for an interview, spend thirty minutes letting them pitch the company to me, and then they agree to have me on immediately if I pay to get an insurance license and sell plans to everyone I know.  Here's the kicker, they tell you that this is how you start, and then you build from a referral network and live off the residuals, but when you turn around and try to build your client base to include people beyond your normal reach you end up getting screwed.  You do the pitch for company A to pick up New York Life/ American Income Life Insurance/ Aflac/etc. and then the contract goes to someone's kid who just got hired by your employer the same way you did.  Then you go to company B, make the pitch, and the contract goes to someone's cousin.  This gets repeated at company C, D, E and all the way to companies W, T and F.  No wonder they push the company during the interview so hard: here's a job where you have to pay up front, sell out your family and friends, and you get the pleasure of having your hard-earned references never pay off because there are few things effective at killing a salesman than nepotism and market saturation.  To be fair, I only had to deal with my sales being stolen by someone's kid, cousin, retired uncle, retired parent, sister, brother, next door neighbor, old family friend, moonlighting secretary or hot member of the opposite sex.  It only happened 15 times consecutively before I realized that maybe there must be a threshold between persistence and stupidity.

I'm also loving the company that sent me an invitation to interview for work as a seasonal greeter at a retail store.  If I were broke, maybe, but I have spent way too many years and way too much money to spend 20 hours a week smiling and meeting people who are going to pay my employer, rather than spending that 20 hours a week searching, analysing, applying and interviewing for GAINFUL employment. 

I don't mean to seem ingracious, because I do appreciate the offer to interview for employment by any company, but there's only so much profiteering I can stand from a potential employer. 

Ah yes its the good ole pyramid sales insurance scams...Stay away..

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I'm just going to say this, I haven't been getting what I wanted in terms of responses from jobs that I have applied for, and that's no fun.

Do you know what's worse than this?

I've been getting a ton of emails from insurance companies that want nothing more than to have me come in for an interview, spend thirty minutes letting them pitch the company to me, and then they agree to have me on immediately if I pay to get an insurance license and sell plans to everyone I know.  Here's the kicker, they tell you that this is how you start, and then you build from a referral network and live off the residuals, but when you turn around and try to build your client base to include people beyond your normal reach you end up getting screwed.  You do the pitch for company A to pick up New York Life/ American Income Life Insurance/ Aflac/etc. and then the contract goes to someone's kid who just got hired by your employer the same way you did.  Then you go to company B, make the pitch, and the contract goes to someone's cousin.  This gets repeated at company C, D, E and all the way to companies W, T and F.  No wonder they push the company during the interview so hard: here's a job where you have to pay up front, sell out your family and friends, and you get the pleasure of having your hard-earned references never pay off because there are few things effective at killing a salesman than nepotism and market saturation.  To be fair, I only had to deal with my sales being stolen by someone's kid, cousin, retired uncle, retired parent, sister, brother, next door neighbor, old family friend, moonlighting secretary or hot member of the opposite sex.  It only happened 15 times consecutively before I realized that maybe there must be a threshold between persistence and stupidity.

I'm also loving the company that sent me an invitation to interview for work as a seasonal greeter at a retail store.  If I were broke, maybe, but I have spent way too many years and way too much money to spend 20 hours a week smiling and meeting people who are going to pay my employer, rather than spending that 20 hours a week searching, analysing, applying and interviewing for GAINFUL employment. 

I don't mean to seem ingracious, because I do appreciate the offer to interview for employment by any company, but there's only so much profiteering I can stand from a potential employer. 

 

 

No need to apologize for being discouraged and upset. What really chaps my ass is that these people have no problem taking advantage of a person that is down and suffering. Reminds me of some of the employment firms and colleges out there that promise you everything just to get your money. I for one bought into the hype that all I had to do was get the degree and I would swiftly (with their help of course, which never happened) move into the IT industry. Little did I know that certification was in some cases more highly valued than an actual degree.

Hope you find something soon, its definately frustrating. I am on month 6 as of now and about 70 to 100 resumes strong.

What is a bed bug letter?

I graduated in May with a very specific career path in mind. Even with a specific goal in mind, I have been unable to find a job. The market is not right for finding a job. Network my ass. I might as well be networking on the moon.

Hello everyone. I am not having luck either. I have a pretty good resume and am attending college for my bachelors in paralegal studies, but no one is calling me back.

 It is almost been seven months since i started looking for a job.  Normally I would provably sit for an hour or more and just apply to every job I could, both inside and outside my field of interest.  Now, I don't look as much because I don't see the point.  I decided to go back to school to get my masters, but I still need a job! I feel like the job market is never going to get better.  I even had my resume professionally done, and I rarely get a phone call.  

Oh yes indeed. I too have submitted my resume so many times, my ENTER button has developed Carpal Tunnel. Even with the years of experience I have in the IT industry (to include Civil Service), I'm not getting a call either. It sucks. What makes it worse for me though is that I kicked my pride in my accomplishments in the rear and went as far as to apply for jobs involving stocking shelves, retail, waitressing; and THOSE positions had the audacity to inform me (when they even bothered to give me the time of day) that I either lacked the experience (no offense but it doesn't take a freaking brain surgeon to bus tables) OR that I am over-qualified (no kidding but I don't care because I NEED A JOB and AM WILLING TO BUST MY HEINEY!!!). OoOoOo I could scream...What's even more annoying is the thought that we have been conditioned for years to get an education, get a degree, blah, blah and now it seems that it really doesn't do a lick of good to have that. Meh.

Sorry, I'm venting. I have to. Else I'll spontaneously combust...