Got calls from my parents yesterday, they're slowly getting annoyed that it's taking me so long to find a job. My dad just managed to annoy the heck out of me. I don't like being pressured to do things, but I guess it worked for the moment.
I find it hard to call people (and lots of potential contacts don't list phone numbers online at least), so the online job search is something I much prefer. Unfortunately, lots of stories in print, on the radio, and on TV point out that some absurdly low number of people find jobs online, in the range of 1-5%. That seems ludicrous to me, but I guess it makes sense when you consider that there must be hundreds of different little job sites out on the web—ones like HotJobs and Monster are just on the top of the heap.
Of course, the web is full of stories like this, and there are tools to assist us—search engines.
So, I search for “minnesota technology jobs” and wouldn't you know it? I start finding stuff..
Anyway, I ended up applying for somewhere around ten jobs last night. Not that I have any way of making follow-up calls on more than two of them...
Ah yes, and then there's the Slashdot story on a related subject: “Offshore Outsourcing Threatens Offshore Outsourcing”
Posted by mike at June 6, 2003 10:11 AM | Work | TrackBack