A journey out of aviation.
So far, so bad.
Okay, "bad" is over dramatic. Let's call it - "so far, so nothing." 
People say in a job search to be prepared for rejection, and I certainly am. What I wasn't prepared for was getting no calls, no emails, no interest whatsoever.
Correction - I did get one interview offer for a GREAT job with GREAT money and benes. I turned them down because the work was done at night. Not again.
So far I've applied to more more jobs than I can keep track of with zero results. It's a frustrating process because of all the time an application takes. There is absolutely no standardization out there. All companies only accept website applications these days, but how you do it is different from place to place and is very time consuming.
Some websites force you to build your resume from scratch in a web form. This type of system annoys me to no end. I already have a resume!!! (He whined.)
Some websites allow you to copy your entire resume, but in text only. (Goodbye cool formating!)
Some websites allow you to upload your Word based resume only to royally screw it up in the process.
Some allow for cover letters, some don't.
If the company has multiple positions I'm interested in, some don't allow one-click applications. Some actually make you go through the ENTIRE PROCESS for each job you want to apply for. Argh!
I know the process takes time - I realize that. I know most jobs are gained through networking - and I've been networking like crazy (for me, anyways.) Next week is the job fair for ex-military officers, so I'm putting a lot of hope into that. I mean, the employers are there looking for guys like me so I should have a good shot, right?
Oh, and my resume got torn apart again. I joined ladders.com and their resume writers ripped me a new one. Sigh, back to the drawing board.
Maybe I should design a flawless hiring application for company websites based on my frustrations so far?
People say in a job search to be prepared for rejection, and I certainly am. What I wasn't prepared for was getting no calls, no emails, no interest whatsoever.
Correction - I did get one interview offer for a GREAT job with GREAT money and benes. I turned them down because the work was done at night. Not again.
So far I've applied to more more jobs than I can keep track of with zero results. It's a frustrating process because of all the time an application takes. There is absolutely no standardization out there. All companies only accept website applications these days, but how you do it is different from place to place and is very time consuming.
Some websites force you to build your resume from scratch in a web form. This type of system annoys me to no end. I already have a resume!!! (He whined.)
Some websites allow you to copy your entire resume, but in text only. (Goodbye cool formating!)
Some websites allow you to upload your Word based resume only to royally screw it up in the process.
Some allow for cover letters, some don't.
If the company has multiple positions I'm interested in, some don't allow one-click applications. Some actually make you go through the ENTIRE PROCESS for each job you want to apply for. Argh!
I know the process takes time - I realize that. I know most jobs are gained through networking - and I've been networking like crazy (for me, anyways.) Next week is the job fair for ex-military officers, so I'm putting a lot of hope into that. I mean, the employers are there looking for guys like me so I should have a good shot, right?
Oh, and my resume got torn apart again. I joined ladders.com and their resume writers ripped me a new one. Sigh, back to the drawing board.
Maybe I should design a flawless hiring application for company websites based on my frustrations so far?
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well if each different website didn't rip apart your resume, then they would have no 'resume writing' services to sell you.Posted June 2nd, 2008 at 15:17 by JEP 
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Very true!Posted June 2nd, 2008 at 22:49 by Ian J -
Maybe I should design a flawless hiring application for company websites based on my frustrations so far?
You should! You'd make millions. Millions! But you should do the flag first.Posted June 5th, 2008 at 14:45 by SeatClutcher -
Part of the reason for the text-only-do-it-our-way-format is that certain companies contract with the large website job aggregators like Monster, etc.
They keyword and field parse the resume' data for quick searches so they can separate the wheat from the chaff. If a certain number of years aren't met in a certain box, or a keyword is missing, the resume' often reaches the bottom of the pile.
The good news is it's relatively easy to game those systems to get your res looked at. And I did have a lot of good leads come up from using those sites.
But every decent job I've ever had came from networking. Including the one I'm in now.Posted June 28th, 2008 at 14:08 by killbilly
