Comments on: Technology Makes It Easier To Apply To Jobs But Harder To Land One http://smallhandsbigideas.com/career/technology-makes-it-easier-to-apply-to-jobs-but-harder-to-land-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-makes-it-easier-to-apply-to-jobs-but-harder-to-land-one Startups:Career:Relationships:Inspiration: Via Grace Boyle Wed, 16 May 2012 16:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Grace Boyle http://smallhandsbigideas.com/career/technology-makes-it-easier-to-apply-to-jobs-but-harder-to-land-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Grace Boyle Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:48:22 +0000 http://smallhandsbigideas.com/?p=1603#comment-2073 @Robert Oh thank you and I'm so glad to hear this post was helpful! Let me know how you like Brazen. It's a great community. Be sure to add other friends to your network and comment on the featured posts and groups. Best of luck, Robert! @Robert Oh thank you and I'm so glad to hear this post was helpful! Let me know how you like Brazen. It's a great community. Be sure to add other friends to your network and comment on the featured posts and groups. Best of luck, Robert!

]]> By: Grace Boyle http://smallhandsbigideas.com/career/technology-makes-it-easier-to-apply-to-jobs-but-harder-to-land-one/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Grace Boyle Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:48:22 +0000 http://smallhandsbigideas.com/?p=1603#comment-1514 @Robert Oh thank you and I'm so glad to hear this post was helpful! Let me know how you like Brazen. It's a great community. Be sure to add other friends to your network and comment on the featured posts and groups. Best of luck, Robert! @Robert Oh thank you and I'm so glad to hear this post was helpful! Let me know how you like Brazen. It's a great community. Be sure to add other friends to your network and comment on the featured posts and groups. Best of luck, Robert!

]]> By: Robert http://smallhandsbigideas.com/career/technology-makes-it-easier-to-apply-to-jobs-but-harder-to-land-one/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Robert Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:24:48 +0000 http://smallhandsbigideas.com/?p=1603#comment-1510 Grace, I love you for this post.<br><br>It helped me realize I was going at this thing all wrong. I've been hopeless in looking for a job because I don't have many skills and didn't graduate from college. In addition, I've been doing the online thing. Mainly searching on Craigslist, thinking something amazing was going to pop up. I knew I wasn't doing anything, especially when it's that easy, you know everyone is using the same approach. I'm going to hop on Brazen Careerist once I get off work and get networking. I'm glad I came across this post Grace, I love you for this post.

It helped me realize I was going at this thing all wrong. I've been hopeless in looking for a job because I don't have many skills and didn't graduate from college. In addition, I've been doing the online thing. Mainly searching on Craigslist, thinking something amazing was going to pop up. I knew I wasn't doing anything, especially when it's that easy, you know everyone is using the same approach. I'm going to hop on Brazen Careerist once I get off work and get networking. I'm glad I came across this post

]]> By: Grace Boyle http://smallhandsbigideas.com/career/technology-makes-it-easier-to-apply-to-jobs-but-harder-to-land-one/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Grace Boyle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:13:08 +0000 http://smallhandsbigideas.com/?p=1603#comment-1485 @Rachel You bring up a very good point. Recommending someone can come at a price. It's important to really trust that person, especially as your employer takes your word. On the flip side, for the interviewee it does show a lot when you're grateful and go above and beyond for what they've done for you. Thanks for sharing with your background and experience. @Rachel You bring up a very good point. Recommending someone can come at a price. It's important to really trust that person, especially as your employer takes your word. On the flip side, for the interviewee it does show a lot when you're grateful and go above and beyond for what they've done for you. Thanks for sharing with your background and experience.

]]> By: Rachel Vincent http://smallhandsbigideas.com/career/technology-makes-it-easier-to-apply-to-jobs-but-harder-to-land-one/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Rachel Vincent Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:36:21 +0000 http://smallhandsbigideas.com/?p=1603#comment-1477 I used to work for a small company that hired roughly 100 people/year. For several years, I helped make the final call for almost every applicant (which were many many more than what we hired). I was willing to overlook a lot more deficiences in applications when there was a personal recommendations that accompanied it. <br><br>On the other hand, I have recommended people who did a poor job after they got hired, and so I am much more cautious about recommending people. I would add that if you get a job, or even an interview, based on a personal recommendation from someone else that you have an extra obligation to really make the extra effort because someone went out on the line for you. I used to work for a small company that hired roughly 100 people/year. For several years, I helped make the final call for almost every applicant (which were many many more than what we hired). I was willing to overlook a lot more deficiences in applications when there was a personal recommendations that accompanied it.

On the other hand, I have recommended people who did a poor job after they got hired, and so I am much more cautious about recommending people. I would add that if you get a job, or even an interview, based on a personal recommendation from someone else that you have an extra obligation to really make the extra effort because someone went out on the line for you.

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