• sweet_cookie01 said on Jul 26, 2007....

  have patience... i know it can be frustrating and disappointing... but why not try see a job agency... have you tried online application for some jobs?

• wordman said on Jul 26, 2007....

  You are your Resume. And there is no second chance to make a first impression. Re-work your Resume so it fits only on one page and address it to the person who is hiring, not to Whom it may concern. And for pity-sake, follow-up that mailing with a phone call.  If you need help, send me a copy in private. I hired and fired for my firm. I know what Resumes got my attention and what Resumes got the trash. 

• ALIENated said on Jul 26, 2007....

  Post your resume online (Monster.com, etc.). Get a Hotmail email address to use
  for contacts so it does not clog up your personal email. Read books like What
  Color Is Your Parachute. Tell everyone you know that you are looking for a
  job (you never know, even aunt Lucy might know someone who knows someone
  who owns a company or knows of a job). Anyone can help. Network with anyone
  you ever worked with or ever met at church or anywhere. Sending companies 
  resumes will never get you a job. A resume is just a piece of paper that anyone
  can produce. They usually get filed or thrown in the round file (the trashcan). 
  If you see a job that looks good, put on your best interview clothes and grab
  your resume, and show up at the company and ask to see someone about the
  job. They will see you are serious and not insane or a weirdo. Usually they will
  do anything they can to make you a fit if they like you, which is what it is 
  really all about. Companies say they want highly qualified people, but they 
  actually want people who are somewhat qualified (trainable), who are willing 
  to work, who look reasonable (well dressed), and who are not insane or goofy.
  Remember that highly qualified guy they hired at your last job, and he was a
  total goof? No one wants people like that. The best advice I can give is, figure
  out what you really want to do, find out which companies close to your home 
  do that, and go see them. You might not get the first job you try for, but the
  experience will make each attempt easier. If finding a job was easy there 
  would be no unemployment. Many of the people who are unemployed are 
  not trying very hard or they are not employable for some reason or another.
  Finding a job is hard work. Get up every morning as if you are going to work
  (shower, etc.) and hit the bricks. Until you find a job, your work is finding 
  a job. Now get out there and find a job. It will not come to you. I would
  also suggest that once you figure out all the parameters of the job you 
  want (what the work is, what salary you want, where the company should
  be located, etc.) start praying for it. I was just thinking tonight how close
  the job I have is to the prayers I was saying last summer. It is truely 
  uncanny.
  
  

• redrocks said on Jul 27, 2007....

  thanks for the advice!

• polarheart said on Jul 27, 2007....

  Redrocks, where are you based if I may ask?  I have recently joined a recruiting company in London, perhaps I can offer some advise?

• redrocks said on Jul 27, 2007....

  I am in Italy, 50 Km from Milan 

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