<p>joev, I got my first job by attending a job fair for Society for Women Engineers. After that I’ve just got it through newspaper ad(mostly) + headhunter. For my current one, my brother uses his connection and get people to look at my resume, and they called me for an interview. I’ve worked 25+years plus in engineering and only got job through connection once(this current one). Most of the time I don’t know anybody, going the interview cold, you just need to be very articulate, think on your feet kind of person. There is usually some advertisement through some website for certain profession(it used to be <a href=“http://www.dice.com%5B/url%5D”>www.dice.com</a> for engineering jobs). Headhunter usually posted there.My girlfriend posted her resume on Monster.com and got hired.
So in summary, I used 3 sources:
Newspaper add
Headhunter
Jobs fair
Also, watch out when you interview, don’t offend anybody even the secretary(they usually have the boss’s ears). You’ll never know who’s actually in charge so don’t assume anything based on race, sex, looks, & personality, etc… I mean don’t take anything for granted and be on your best behavior.</p>
<p>I answered an ad in a professional publication. I recommend subscribing or at least trekking to the library on occasion to check out same. That relates to my job. But as they say, my children are my life’s work.</p>
<p>Oh, and also check out your state’s unemployment office’s job search. NJ has a pretty good one.</p>
<p>I got THIS specific job via my former VP, who left our comapny and became our client at his new employer. I called him to ask for his advice on possible job changes and he advised that he was in the middle of negotiating an agreement with someone at my firm who would be great to work for. He then requested that they hire and me suggested that doing so would help him sign the agreement a little faster. They hired me and he became my client. </p>
<p>However, when I first started with my company, it was in response to a job ad in a newspaper. I responded, but the positions were filled. I was later (about 3 months later) called about a different job because my resume was on file. </p>
<p>Funny story…during the interview I didn’t “ask for the job”. It was a great interview, but I wasn’t skilled enough to “close”. I was interviewed by two people at once. They thanked me and said they would call me. I was in the car, preparing to leave, and one of the interviewers came running out waving and yelling…and I turned off the car. She said she wanted to hire me on the spot, but the other interviewer said not to because I failed to “close”. Anyway, I guess they decided to offer the job after I left for my car…and the more enthusiastic of the two came out and hired me in my car. That was 11 years ago. I still thank her for it whenever we catch up via email.</p>
<p>I accepted my last three jobs after hearing about them from people who worked in those companies. Word-of-mouth is my favorite method of selecting a job. If someone I know tells me it’s a good place to work then the jobs just seem to work out.</p>
<p>A long time ago, when I graduated from college with my accounting degree, I took a temp job as an Account Clerk III performing data entry for a special project. 3 months later I was hired as a permanent Accountant. I didn’t know anyone before applying for the temp job I found in the classified ads.</p>