Posted by alexandra_k on April 3, 2013, at 2:25:22
In reply to Re: I have to get a better job, can anyone help?, posted by Deneb on April 2, 2013, at 21:36:18
good. that is all good.
i don't know what job websites you have....
we have one called `indeed' that is a database that gives hits from a few different job websites. so i can basically search ALL jobs from a certain geographical location (that i can bike to, for instance) and it will tell me all of them. of course there are LOTS of hits - which is why it takes hours to trawl them and think (briefly!) about applying. all kinds of things!!! often they want certain SKILLS rather than people who have done precisely that kind of work before / you can be fairly creative about interpreting the skills you have so they fit the job description.
they seem to come in batches, too. or maybe it is just that a certain kind of job appeals to me in certain kinds of moods...
you don't know about the feel until you get the interview... and even then you don't really know until you start...
i think of them like sowing seeds... it isn't about investing in one or two bulbs it is about sowing seeds widely - though not quite as indiscriminately as the ocean.
i've heard...
that applying for jobs is something that one should ALWAYS be doing. moving up... staying in synch with how to present oneself for the current job market etc etc etc. what is the alternative? hrm.
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