TechCrunch on the Online Job Hunt

TechCrunch on the Online Job Hunt The folks over at TechCrunch actually did a post on the job hunt and online tools. I left the following comment (awaiting moderation): December 1st, 2006 at 1:48 pm YAHOO! We get to see Sam the Hired Man eat Pinochio’s nose on YouTube†¦! Read this post and tell me she doesn’t love the process (make sure to read the last sentence): http://www.carojob-no-problem/ I was laid off in January and began my job search, mostly with posted jobs (read: on job boards). Every aspect was discouraging (and confusing that is why I created http://www.JibberJobber.com to help organize it). I never thought I’d be unemployed, but it was through this process that I realized that too many people (and I am first in line) spend way more time on their job than their career. Nothing will be the silver bullet some will get jobs on boards, many through networking. Its not fun at all but face it we are changing jobs every 3 5 years. So what are you doing about it?? BTW, there is an EXCELLENT use of the tools mentioned above. If you think that applying for a job through a board or ad is a waste of time (it might be), think about the information you can get who is hiring, what departments are growing, names of hiring managers, etc. This is terrific â€Å"competitive intelligence† that you can/should use in a job search so don’t discount boards totally. There is a lot of confusion out there I was certainly confused and mad that I had to (a) go login to various job boards every day to see what was new, and (b) fill in the boxes for my resume AGAIN, and in a different way for all those crazy sites!!! How frustrating!! Lots to talk about/think about with this stuff (like, using the RSS Feeds in JibberJobber to get around all of this (video on Add a Job Feed, and video on Quick-Saving a Job), and my last paragraph on an out-of-the-box way to use job boards) will comment on these things later. Have a great weekend and Happy December!! TechCrunch on the Online Job Hunt The folks over at TechCrunch actually did a post on the job hunt and online tools. I left the following comment (awaiting moderation): December 1st, 2006 at 1:48 pm YAHOO! We get to see Sam the Hired Man eat Pinochio’s nose on YouTube†¦! Read this post and tell me she doesn’t love the process (make sure to read the last sentence): http://www.carojob-no-problem/ I was laid off in January and began my job search, mostly with posted jobs (read: on job boards). Every aspect was discouraging (and confusing that is why I created http://www.JibberJobber.com to help organize it). I never thought I’d be unemployed, but it was through this process that I realized that too many people (and I am first in line) spend way more time on their job than their career. Nothing will be the silver bullet some will get jobs on boards, many through networking. Its not fun at all but face it we are changing jobs every 3 5 years. So what are you doing about it?? BTW, there is an EXCELLENT use of the tools mentioned above. If you think that applying for a job through a board or ad is a waste of time (it might be), think about the information you can get who is hiring, what departments are growing, names of hiring managers, etc. This is terrific â€Å"competitive intelligence† that you can/should use in a job search so don’t discount boards totally. There is a lot of confusion out there I was certainly confused and mad that I had to (a) go login to various job boards every day to see what was new, and (b) fill in the boxes for my resume AGAIN, and in a different way for all those crazy sites!!! How frustrating!! Lots to talk about/think about with this stuff (like, using the RSS Feeds in JibberJobber to get around all of this (video on Add a Job Feed, and video on Quick-Saving a Job), and my last paragraph on an out-of-the-box way to use job boards) will comment on these things later. Have a great weekend and Happy December!!