Saturday, March 29, 2014
10 Practical Tips for Your Long-Distance Job Hunt
www.lifehack.org: In the last year alone, I’ve applied for over 4000 jobs all over the world. I only got about 14 of them, but the other way to start this piece is by saying I have over a dozen jobs. Have you ever seen that episode of King of the Hill where Boomhauer shows Bobby the secret to picking up women? The more times you apply, the more hits you come up with.
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I found this list to be really helpful for the most part. The idea that not everyone uses the internet the same way doesn't occur to many people. I also didn't know you could use Google Voice to obtain a local number. I did however question the author's advice to not have a permanent job and to quit your day job if you have one. I just don't think those are valid options for many people unless they have a reliable alternative, which isn't usually the case.
I think it is interesting that one of the tips is to not put your address on your resume. I totally agree, but I have not found many others who think the same thing. Phone and email is enough to give for contact reasons and you don't want the person looking at your credentials to wonder how you are going to get to work, not at first anyway. If they need you address it is not until you are hired. It is nice to have reassurance on that tip. Thank you news feed.
Ahh good ol' lifehack.com I can't believe that this article is actually useful... Anyway, I think that this article is especially useful for us as designers because our jobs may be taking us all over the place far from home included. Hell, we might even be working in a job across the country and not be in that town. That being said I think that these tips are really good. I would've never thought about getting a phone number in the local area code to get a job in the area. That is an excellent tip.
Ahh good ol' lifehack.com I can't believe that this article is actually useful... Anyway, I think that this article is especially useful for us as designers because our jobs may be taking us all over the place far from home included. Hell, we might even be working in a job across the country and not be in that town. That being said I think that these tips are really good. I would've never thought about getting a phone number in the local area code to get a job in the area. That is an excellent tip.
I don't know if the local area code thing is as relevant any more. Now that people have probably had cell phones for at least 5-10 years, it's not at all uncommon for numbers to have different area codes than the place in which they live. The piece about building a social network is also important. We all have heard about the Carnegie Mellon "mafia" and have heard about the connections people have when they leave here, and so this was a good reminder to draw on them.
I find this article pretty interesting, job searching and hunting is something that is on a lot of people's minds lately with so many not working. I agree with Simone completely in that I do not believe that one needs to put their address on their resume, especially at this day and age where phone and e-mail are perfectly acceptable and reliable ways to get a hold of someone. Like Mike said, I think one of the most interesting and potentially useful tips on this list is about getting a local area code where you are applying for that job.
This article was a lot better than I thought it would be. Some of the things in it don't really apply to me because it's more about getting jobs in the real world, and I'm still looking for internships. But at the same time, I liked a lot of the information that it offered. I broke one of the rules because I only applied to one internship this summer, but I have a few backups in mind. My favorite things in the article were about actually finding the jobs to apply to, because just looking for summer internships was kinda difficult.
This article is another one of those useful career/job hunting articles. This is definitely useful when searching for jobs for a variety of reasons, even if you are applying for internships. I know some people say that the whole number and location thing is as big of a deal nowadays, and it may seem that way. However, even if employers say it doesn't matter it still does. In the back of their minds they still would prefer local hires since locals should know the area and would probably already have a place, so no need for the employer to worry about relocating someone and seeing they are able to get housing.
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