I am job hunting and not finding anything!?
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If you want to go back to school and get a secretarial certificate that will probably increase your chances of getting work.  However, you may need to expand your job-search horizons:\n\n- Always wear business-casual clothes and carry resumes, so that if you notice a 'Help Wanted' sign you can apply immediately\n\n- Network.  Talk to your friends, family and former colleagues.  Let them know you're looking for work and tell them to spread the word.\n\n- Read ALL the newspapers in your city EVERY DAY!  Look online and keep your eyes peeled for advertisements when you're driving.  Go to career fairs whenever possible... every company needs secretaries so even if the fair is for engineers or doctors, get out there and give them your resume anyways!\n\n- Find out if your local government has job-search resources like job databases and interview-skill classes.  \n\nWhen you apply for a job, always dress in professional clothing.  Ask to speak to the manager, and give your resume to him/her directly.  Shake his/her hand confidently and look them in the eye.  Be prepared to say why you are the best candidate and how your background/education/skills would prepare you for work as a receptionist in their office.  Do you have knowledge or experience that would be relevant in that particular situation?\n\nIf that doesn't work, look at your skills and see how they could apply in different situations.  If you have a good phone voice and experience answering phones, you could work at a call center.  If you're got experience greeting customers you could try working retail.
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Go to the college that you graduated from, check to see if they have an alumni job placement service.\nThe college I work at does, and often employers are looking for graduates and understand that the experience isn't there yet.  Good Luck
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If you don't know, your not the right person to be doing it.\nFind a new job!\n\nMcDonald's is always hiring
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I had the same issues for the past 6 years...fortunately I dont have to work but the job market is not very good right now...I would try rewriting my resume and use connections to help with the search.  I dont think its you I think its the market...If those things work then great and if not no worries keep looking...trust me the job market ispoor right now.
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Hi,\n\nThe most important thing to remember about job searches is that you should use a combination of methods regardless of your location.\n\n    Networking - Register at your local Unemployment Office (you don't need to be on unemployment to register for their assistance). They often will have networking groups on a regular basis. They also are a good source for the jobs that never show up in the paper or online.\n\n    Check your local paper -- In many cases the paper's classified are now online.\n\n    Search Smart Online -- If you don't have a lot of time, spend most of your time at sites that aggregate the job feeds from several job search engines. Prominently these include indeed.com and thingamajob.com.\n\n    Organization -- I am the lead developer of a free online application that allows you to track your ads, jobs you apply for, send or print mail merged correspondence, and track your job search history. This site is jobsearchlog.com \n\nGood Luck,\n\nMichael
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Dear jillian,\nNow that the job market is finally looking up, it's the perfect time to seek out new opportunities. This spring you need to shake off that "lucky I even have a job" mentality, polish up your resume, and explore your career options! There are fun, flexible, fantastic jobs out there just waiting for someone like you!\nNow, get out there and pound the pavement. Beat on some doors until you latch onto that incredible dream job you always wanted! \n(I heard the Georgia area is a great place to promote tourism?)\n-austin
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If you are getting interviews but no offers, you need to brush up on your interviewing skills.\n\nIf you are not getting interviews, you need to create a better resume and cover letter.\n\nCheck out the links below.
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Go to \n\nwww.monsters.com\n\nIt's a great website\n\nPost your resume on there too, because sometimes jobs aren't posted, but the employers are looking for resumes.\n\nGood luck!
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Try the job section in local press or yahoo\nhttp://hotjobs.yahoo.com/\nI doubt recruiters are actively scanning Yahoo! Anwers.
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Maybe if you have been sending out your resume, and go to a few job interviews.  Good Luck!
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I live in your area and yes it is very difficult to find employment.  Have you tried Manpower?  They can put you on assignments until you find something more permanent.  Good luck to you!!
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well ask your friends.............or maybe put a ad in the paper for "looking for employment".
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Hi,  \n\n   The most important thing to remember about job searches is that you should use a combination of methods regardless of your location.\n\n    Networking - Register at your local Unemployment Office (you don't need to be on unemployment to register for their assistance). They often will have networking groups on a regular basis. They also are a good source for the jobs that never show up in the paper or online.\n\n    Check your local paper -- In many cases the paper's classified are now online.\n\n    Search Smart Online -- If you don't have a lot of time, spend most of your time at sites that aggregate the job feeds from several job search engines. Prominently these include indeed.com and thingamajob.com.\n\n    Organization -- I am the lead developer of a free online application that allows you to track your ads, jobs you apply for, send or print mail merged correspondence, and track your job search history. This site is jobsearchlog.com \n\nGood Luck,\n\nMichael\n\n    http://indeed.com\n    http://job-hunt.org\n    http://jobsearchlog.com
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Get out the yellow pages and call companies in your field and ask if you can fax over your resume and to who's attention. You can follow up in a week with a call to that person. Take a look at your resume. Is it full of gobbledegook about you are looking for a meaningful job or discusses your character instead of what work you can do? Employers want to see a specific job objective like to find a sales trainee position where I can use my strong interpersonal skills. Stuff about finding a meaningful job goes in the garbage esp if you can't say what kind of job you are looking for. You should also be telling everyone you knows including relatives that you are looking for a job. Also apply for civil service jobs
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Check online job search engines like:\n\nwww.careerbuilder.com\nwww.monster.com
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A million possible reasons, way beyond what anyone could answer no line. Maybe your resume is weak. Maybe you're applying to the wrong companies. Maybe you haven't really figured out what you want or how to communicate it in a resume. Maybe you don't present yourself well face to face. Maybe you say the wrong things without even knowing it. Maybe you have a booger hanging from your nose when you interview. \n\nI would check into career counseling places in your area. You could use some help from someone who can work with you. \n\nBUT -- go for the nonprofit ones that have little or no cost. The career counseling and job placement people who want to charge you hundreds of dollars are almost always a nasty rip-off.
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Contact the school you graduated from.  Almost every school has a Career Center/Career Resource Center, and they offer services to graduates, too.  You should be able to work with them to update your resume, look through job postings and get some pointers on the current job market.  \n\nGood luck, hope it helps!