How did you get your current job?

[Silvermoth]

I'm getting sick of looking for work and being constantly let down. How did you get your first job? Was it online or in person? I'm struggling to see if online resume submissions actually work.

 

[dodgers2213]

i'm in the same position....i been looking for work like mad. As a college student, i really need some money for school and personal matters too. But NOTHING comes up...i apply and apply, call, visit stores...and nothing. jeeez

 

[knowsbleed]

I was chasing a girl and next thing you know, oh ****.

 

[Docker2.0]

It's not who you know, it's who you show............




























your work ethic to.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

Job fair. I've always had success that way. They have a lot of them in my area.

 

[Docker2.0]

Depends on your pimp to. Shaky Brown did wonders for me.

 

[ComicChick]

www.usajobs.gov

search by your zip code

someone else mentioned job fairs, they're great too. i work at a concert venue on the side and that's how people get in the door for stuff like that.

 

[Mace Dolex]

Currently where I'm at as a bank teller for HSBC I applied online, I went to the interview and didn't think at first I'd get hired first because it was 30 miles from where I live and by that time I had been applying for 6 months so my hopes weren't high.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

First job at got out of school was through a temp agency. One month temp job went just over a year and a half. Would've lasted longer, but the company went through some layoffs. I did get my foot in the door at the temp agency through applying online though. 2 out of my last 3 jobs I've gotten from knowing people already at the company.

 

[The IronMan]

My first job was a paper route. My current job i just answered an add in the paper no internet at that time.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I just went over cause i heard they were hiring and then talked to someone and got the job.


With my latest job I did this.

I was jobless. I heard someone say this place was hiring. So I went down and got a application, took it home and then the next day brought it down and then a few days later they called me in for a interview and I was hired.

Been there since October 2008.

Cool story huh, bro.

 

[knowsbleed]

Perhaps people could actually post what their current job is as well? I'm notsointerested if your current job is a stay-at-home-survey-filler-outer.

 

[Prison Mike]

I just went over cause i heard they were hiring and then talked to someone and got the job.


With my latest job I did this.

I was jobless. I heard someone say this place was hiring. So I went down and got a application, took it home and then the next day brought it down and then a few days later they called me in for a interview and I was hired.

Been there since October 2008.

Cool story huh, bro.

That's a very unique way of getting a job. You need to have special skills to pull that off.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

That's a very unique way of getting a job. You need to have special skills to pull that off.

The first job was at a food store and canned me after like 3 weeks, cause they didn't really have any money to pay me.


And in my defense about the other job they hired anyone else that came in also.

 

[knowsbleed]

JAL, that's not really in your defense. That's pretty self insulting actually.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

JAL, that's not really in your defense. That's pretty self insulting actually.

I know, that's why I said it.

Meaning i have no real skills.

 

[Prison Mike]

Yeah, that's not really a defense. You're kind of putting yourself down.

 

[Mr.LethalWeapon]

I went to a temp agency that had a contract with the state government.

I worked for the state through them for 13 months, and eventually got hired for a permanent position.

 

[The IronMan]

Currently an iron worker in CT.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Nepotism is awesome.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Nepotism is awesome.

 

[TNC9852002]

It's complicated.

I participated and qualified for a school program 3 years ago that recruited students for manufacturing internships with major automotive companies.

I interviewed with Chrysler, General Motors, American Axle, and Ford Motor Company. I bombed almost every interview except the one for Ford--they hired me as an intern in 2008 for the summer. I did a great job and they brought me in again in 2009--they liked me again and brought me back this summer.

I'll be graduating (finally) in 3 weeks and my internship will be over in about 7 weeks, so now I'm scrambling to shoot out as many resumes and applications as possible so that once I start some grad school classes and my internship ends, I can smoothly keeping working.

I've been getting offers from Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon--so, fingers crossed! I'm also trying to get back into my former job with the federal government--It was really cool. I was traveling all over the country. The pay was kinda meh, but the benefits are awesome and the work is very satisfying.

I got the government job simply by being the best candidate during the interview process. To qualify as part of the candidate pool, you simply had to be taking at least 2 classes at an accredited institution, be a U.S. citizen, and have a good GPA and whatever..

 

[Mr.LethalWeapon]

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[Hobgoblin]

My first job or current job?

My first was from a classmate when we happened to be in the nurses office in high school. My current job from an advertisement in my local grocery store, to work for said grocery store. I applied to both the old fashioned way: paper and pencil.

 

[TNC9852002]

Well, my first job was working at a movie theater. I pretty much just applied online, got a call back and I got in--as simple as that. From there I worked between two different theater locations and four different job titles over four years.