Interesting food for thought for the job-seekers out there:
In order to get a job, you have to be creative, attract jobs to your website, and network constantly. Applying to job postings, in newspapers and online, won’t get you anywhere and is becoming completely ineffective.
I wouldn’t agree that applying to job postings is “completely ineffective,” but I do think that things are changing rapidly - I didn’t get either of my last two professional jobs by applying to job postings, because the job descriptions weren’t posted anywhere. I wasn’t psychic, but I was fairly aggressive about contacting companies that I thought I wanted to work for.
I can’t say for sure whether my “online presence” did anything for me, though. And the thought of an employer seeing my facebook profile or twitter feed makes me very uncomfortable: I try to keep those as locked down as possible. Perhaps it’s time to clean them up and share them with the world?
Any thoughts on this article or experiences with this?
