Final time, we talked in regards to the frustrations of on the lookout for a job on-line (authentic publish is beneath*). Commenters just about agreed that the web job search is irritating…
They aren’t consumer pleasant and your functions are left hanging on the market so that you by no means hear again from anybody
-Linda S.
….and deceptive…..
1) Job descriptions that don’t clarify in any respect what the job entails.
2) Over exaggerated titles given to on a regular basis positions.
3) Preferring a Grasp’s diploma and paying within the low $30’s.
-Chris
..and generally outright scary!
Not realizing if it’s a legit job or only a scammer wanting your private info for functions of id theft.
-Geoff
Pissed off job seekers can take a look at the Senior Planet article on methods to ‘beat the bots’ in on-line job looking out.
In the meantime, we’ll preserve the feedback open for some time so you may add your voice.
Be aware: To maintain issues honest for all commenters, the Senior Planet web site now has character restrict and a 500 phrase restrict on feedback. Readers are likely to bail on the articles and their feedback when confronted with very prolonged feedback, so many peoples’ voices don’t get heard. The brand new limits make it fairer for everybody – for readers and for different commenters.
*Unique Open Thread
It’s getting – simultaneously- simpler and more durable to discover a job.
Outdated Faculty job hunt
It’s simpler in comparison with the routine of scanning the newspapers’ assist needed advertisements on Sunday (bear in mind these?), selecting out just a few, composing a resume and canopy letter individually, sending it by e-mail (and even by snail mail!) to a recruiter and even (GASP!) on to an organization, calling to comply with up and attempt to get an interview, do the interview, await the response Lather, rinse, repeat.
It’s a complete lot simpler to go surfing, hit just a few buttons and ship an e-mail.
As straightforward as throwing a bundle over a fence and hoping it will get to your sister in regulation in Cincinnati.
On-line Job Search interview-or not
I knew I used to be in a model new world once I truly snagged an interview. I used to be on the places of work on the appointed day and quarter-hour early for the assembly. No person heard of me. After 45 minutes of pacing and begging they discovered my interviewer.
She assumed I used to be going to do it on-line and I assumed it will be IRL. We did the interview. It didn’t go properly.
My different forays into on-line job looking out – till (thank God!) Senior Planet and I discovered one another – have been equally fun-filled.
Apparently password conventions are firm secrets and techniques
No, not that one. Not that one both.
My pet peeve: all of the job websites that every demand a separate consumer identify and password with out outlining the conventions upfront. Apparently password conventions are firm secrets and techniques, as a result of many function by strategy of elimination. I’d fill in web page after web page, enter a username and password (that wasn’t duplicative) and then study that they want at the very least 12 letters.
Strive once more.
No, it wants three numbers (however not consecutive).
No, it wants two symbols.
However for heaven’s sake don’t use “&” or “#.”
Lather, rinse, repeat.
And every time, my login timed out and I’d must do it another time.
However how about you? What’s your pet peeve in regards to the on-line job search course of? Tell us within the feedback!
Virge Randall is Senior Planet’s Managing Editor. She can also be a contract tradition reporter who seeks out hidden gems and unsung (or undersung) treasures for Straus Newspapers; her weblog “Don’t Get Me Began” places a unusual new spin on Outdated Faculty New York Metropolis. Ship your recommendations for Open Threads to her at [email protected].
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