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How did people find jobs before the internet?
Posted: July 30th, 2007, 2:48 pm
by LUconn
Sure you could look in the newspaper for local stuff. But If I want to move to Provincetown, RI
would I just randomly send resumes to any company I could think of based in that town and hope that they had something available? Nowadays I just go to the company I think I might like to work for and look at their careers page. Or monster/careerbuilder sometimes.
Posted: July 30th, 2007, 3:19 pm
by RubberMallet
i just ask my dad....for some reason he know someone that lives there..regardless of where is...
Re: How did people find jobs before the internet?
Posted: July 30th, 2007, 3:53 pm
by TIMSCAR20
LUconn wrote:Sure you could look in the newspaper for local stuff. But If I want to move to Provincetown, RI would I just randomly send resumes to any company I could think of based in that town and hope that they had something available? Nowadays I just go to the company I think I might like to work for and look at their careers page. Or monster/careerbuilder sometimes.
That is exactly how I find my jobs. I am on the market right now looking for my next gig here in Richmond. Haven't ruled out DC either. I get calls from recruiters as far away as California about jobs here in Richmond and DC. It does make it a lot nicer to look for work that is for sure. I would hate to put on a suit and walk up and down the street and drive around leaving my expensive copies of my resume to some administrative assistant. I say expensive because back in the day getting a resume done professionally was expensive and people didn't have home computers to make multiple copies inexpensively. Times have changed.
Posted: July 30th, 2007, 5:05 pm
by LUconn
speaking of finding a job, this guy could use another one
http://www.millioncount.com
Posted: July 30th, 2007, 5:20 pm
by scuzdriver
What's a resume???
I'm praising God right now that I don't have to be lookin for work!