yeah… 40 to a 100 + people are applying for the jobs I get any feed back from that is very worrying.. I've applied for everything from cleaning up dog shit, dish washer ..to things that one needs a degree for.. one hand I hear they have trouble finding help but then I see a 100 people in line for one job opening and I think something is broken here….
Getting a random job is really tough - both for the job seeker and the employer. The vast majority of jobs are found through personal contacts (someone already working there knows a guy who knows a guy looking for a job who might be a good fit for the position). I ended up managing my friend's company because she knew me personally and knew I was looking for a job. Advertising a position is a last resort. Unfortunately, if you're applying for an advertised position, 1 in 40-100 odds sounds about right. That's roughly the number of resumes we received for an advertised position. We'd interview about a dozen of them, before picking whom to hire. You need to counter this by either sending out 100+ applications, or getting to know lots of people. The employer is much more likely to trust the recommendation of an employee than a resume received in response to an ad. The trust built up from knowing someone (an employee) goes a really long way.
I dunno her background and experience. If she has skills, certifications, and work experience an employer might be searching for, then it's probably a good idea. But if her qualifications are only for generic labor like shoveling dog crap, then unfortunately her resume would be the kind an employer searching monster would be trying to filter out. Didn't she used to be a math teacher? Maybe a job with a tutoring service?
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One more thought to add to the list: have you tried signing up at a temp agency? Usually they pay 1/2 or less of what everyone else is making at the job, but it gives you some work and a chance to make a good impression. If you do the job well enough, the company may even pay a finders fee to the temp agency and hire you full time. I did that for a whole as a teenager, got a couple decent jobs and a couple lousy ones, but at least it was work.
have put in a application with them back early December. she was disappointed by my gender. she said mr Riley looking at a man in the room.. he said no.. I said I think your looking for me.. she said she thought McCool was some kind of a joke name..then she said the job I was interested in was no longer open but maybe they would have something for me next year.. end of story.. sigh...
That 5% unemployment rate only counts people who have been employed, and are claiming unemployment. You can't file a claim if you have worked for less than 90 days, or have less than 100 payed hours for that period. The Claim can also be turned down if the previous employer says you left with unsatisfactory (for them) terms.
Whether the claim is turned down depends on the policies of the state's unemployment program (and probably the person deciding your particular case). I've heard of people who absolutely deserved unemployment being denied it. I've personally had the state override my company and award unemployment to a guy who stopped showing up for work and went incommunicado for a month (you can't claim unemployment if you voluntarily quit a job). We only replaced him when his manager begged us to hire a replacement because his team was being completely overworked being a man down for a month.
I went to apply for a job one time, was told I was not accepted. went a little while without working, then took a job with my friend at his work, we were in the same field as the job who turned me down and once i got out there in the work force I saw that the company I had just been turned down by had horrible working conditions and treated their employees badly with below industry pay on top of that, luckily, that company didn't hire me, probably because they knew I would've quickly seen the working conditions and below average pay and left for a job more like the one I'm at now! long story short, I'm glad they said no!
Mr Kaos at 8:40AM, Jan. 7, 2020
hope you find a good job soon
Makaira at 10:57PM, Jan. 6, 2020
Getting a random job is really tough - both for the job seeker and the employer. The vast majority of jobs are found through personal contacts (someone already working there knows a guy who knows a guy looking for a job who might be a good fit for the position). I ended up managing my friend's company because she knew me personally and knew I was looking for a job. Advertising a position is a last resort. Unfortunately, if you're applying for an advertised position, 1 in 40-100 odds sounds about right. That's roughly the number of resumes we received for an advertised position. We'd interview about a dozen of them, before picking whom to hire. You need to counter this by either sending out 100+ applications, or getting to know lots of people. The employer is much more likely to trust the recommendation of an employee than a resume received in response to an ad. The trust built up from knowing someone (an employee) goes a really long way.
Makaira at 12:48AM, Jan. 10, 2020
I dunno her background and experience. If she has skills, certifications, and work experience an employer might be searching for, then it's probably a good idea. But if her qualifications are only for generic labor like shoveling dog crap, then unfortunately her resume would be the kind an employer searching monster would be trying to filter out. Didn't she used to be a math teacher? Maybe a job with a tutoring service?
felonimayhem at 9:10AM, Jan. 7, 2020
Do you think it would be a good idea if she put her resume up on monster.com?
Nowhereman10 at 11:54AM, Jan. 6, 2020
Frustrating. You can get a very good factory job in Idaho, but no home and here you can get a place to stay but no job.
Nowhereman10 at 11:52AM, Jan. 6, 2020
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man in black at 7:04PM, Jan. 4, 2020
Damn
felonimayhem at 6:59PM, Jan. 4, 2020
One more thought to add to the list: have you tried signing up at a temp agency? Usually they pay 1/2 or less of what everyone else is making at the job, but it gives you some work and a chance to make a good impression. If you do the job well enough, the company may even pay a finders fee to the temp agency and hire you full time. I did that for a whole as a teenager, got a couple decent jobs and a couple lousy ones, but at least it was work.
felonimayhem at 6:36AM, Jan. 6, 2020
Ack, I mean some employers are just plain horrible people, an unfortunate typo. :/
rmccool at 9:38AM, Jan. 5, 2020
have put in a application with them back early December. she was disappointed by my gender. she said mr Riley looking at a man in the room.. he said no.. I said I think your looking for me.. she said she thought McCool was some kind of a joke name..then she said the job I was interested in was no longer open but maybe they would have something for me next year.. end of story.. sigh...
itsune9tl at 3:50PM, Jan. 4, 2020
That 5% unemployment rate only counts people who have been employed, and are claiming unemployment. You can't file a claim if you have worked for less than 90 days, or have less than 100 payed hours for that period. The Claim can also be turned down if the previous employer says you left with unsatisfactory (for them) terms.
Makaira at 10:29PM, Jan. 6, 2020
Whether the claim is turned down depends on the policies of the state's unemployment program (and probably the person deciding your particular case). I've heard of people who absolutely deserved unemployment being denied it. I've personally had the state override my company and award unemployment to a guy who stopped showing up for work and went incommunicado for a month (you can't claim unemployment if you voluntarily quit a job). We only replaced him when his manager begged us to hire a replacement because his team was being completely overworked being a man down for a month.
rmccool at 9:49AM, Jan. 5, 2020
I have 3 years payed in but cant draw it..
Gator Dragon at 3:21PM, Jan. 4, 2020
I went to apply for a job one time, was told I was not accepted. went a little while without working, then took a job with my friend at his work, we were in the same field as the job who turned me down and once i got out there in the work force I saw that the company I had just been turned down by had horrible working conditions and treated their employees badly with below industry pay on top of that, luckily, that company didn't hire me, probably because they knew I would've quickly seen the working conditions and below average pay and left for a job more like the one I'm at now! long story short, I'm glad they said no!