For the most part, I have been using Craigslist for my job search. It isn’t the best, but it seems to have the least number of scammers and spammers of all the online job sites. That’s not to say it doesn’t have it’s share. I can’t count how many headings have heald the same text with a different link to a work at home scam.
Then there are the ads that lead to other ads on other help wanted sites… that in turn lead to other ads on still other sites. I saw an ad on SpaceCoastHelpWanted.com that looked promising. Toys R Us had 2 stores in the area looking for bike assemblers. I clicked the link and it took me to SnagAJob.com. To see the ad, I had to register with SnagAJob. So I register. I click the link. And it tells me to go to the company web site to apply online. That’s why I now refer to my job search as a “quest.” It seems like every destination has a path that takes me the long way around. But rather than being discouraged, I find humor in the situation. It really is comical.
And speaking of comical, I filled out 1 application online that not only required the standard information, but psychological profile questions as well: 50 of them. Some of them made me laugh. For example, one question asked if I was more interested in having fun and hanging out with my friends than working. I guess the people that answer that question wrong are the same ones that accept packages from strangers at the airport.
At any rate, I spend 20 minutes filling out the application. There was no response. Not even an autoresponder saying my application had been submitted. I didn’t hear anything for 3 days, so I thought I would “pop in” to the store location, just to see if the position was still open. I was informed they were not hiring at the present time. Too bad the ad didn’t mention that it was for future employment.
I had been writing this and just got around to posting it today. Coming up next, details on yesterdays job quest.
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