Post: #51

In the legal field, I strongly recommend Guerilla Tactics . . . by Walton.

Post: #52

I suspected that was the reason I couldn't stand how to win friends and influence people. I could see the cunt coming off the pages.

Post: #53

This thread is amazing. Inspired me to just show up at a bar I had applied to on Craigslist earlier this week, saying I applied for a job there and that I wanted to put a face to the application.

Eventually spoke with a manager who told me that if I applied, HR should get back to me by Monday. I subsciously LOLed, knowing that that was his way of indirectly just passing me to a system that will overlook me.

But man, do I feel better about just taking charge.

Post: #54

(10-21-2017 07:51 PM)MaceTyrell Wrote:  This thread is amazing. Inspired me to just show up at a bar I had applied to on Craigslist earlier this week, saying I applied for a job there and that I wanted to put a face to the application.

Eventually spoke with a manager who told me that if I applied, HR should get back to me by Monday. I subsciously LOLed, knowing that that was his way of indirectly just passing me to a system that will overlook me.

But man, do I feel better about just taking charge.

Great work! If you do get through to the interview, the guy already knows your face and that you have initiative. If not, you at least scratched off a lousy workplace from your list (i.e. the manager doesn't care enough about the place to get an obvious go-getter like you onto his team).

Post: #55

(10-20-2017 06:39 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:  

(10-19-2017 11:31 AM)tonysoprano Wrote:  then going to their company's job board and checking if there's an open position in the role I'm interested in.

Bear in mind that some of the best job opportunities are not advertised, and sometimes it's easier to get a job that's about to become available as opposed to one that is now openly advertised.

Don't scratch out companies just because they don't have jobs advertised. If it's a good company to work for, go ahead and contact them if only to find out if they will have opportunities available for you in the near future, even if not right now. You still might end up with a job offer on the spot, because if you are the right person at the right time at the right place, why would anyone bother going through a recruitment process when you are already on offer?

Yeah good point, definitely not going to limit myself to just companies with openings. My network is much larger than I thought so I've just scratched the surface really.

I have 3 interviews set up for next week so we'll see how that goes. Might not be unemployed for long.