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Internet Job Boards a Bunch of Hype?

Posted by Cliff on from the making-the-want-ads-look-good-by-comparison dept.

netglen brings us an article that discusses the reality behind online job sites like Monster, Hotjobs, and CareerBuilder. It appears that, while these sites may try to make you believe otherwise, they may not be the best bet in helping you find employment. netglen asks: "So, is this article accurate in its account on how poor these boards perform in finding [jobs]? This sounds pretty dismal to me. Two years ago, I tried Monster for the first time, and I managed to get a job on the first try. Since then I haven't gotten anything. Does anyone in IT even use these boards to look for a job?"

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  1. Teens4Christ is all the hype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone else is just tripe

  2. Well, help yourself, right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tom Jones
    Help Yourself
    Love is like candy on a shelf
    You want to taste and help yourself
    The sweetest things are there for you
    Help yourself, take a few, that's what I want you to do
    We're always told repeatedly, the very best in life is free
    And if you want to prove it's true
    Baby I'm telling you, this is what you should do
    Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms
    Just say the word, and they are yours
    Just help yourself to the love in my heart
    Your smile has opened up the door
    The greatest wealth that exists in the world,
    Could never buy what I can give
    Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms
    And then lets really start to live, all right, yeah...
    My heart has love enough for two
    More than enough for me and you
    I'm rich with love, a millionaire
    I've so much, it's unfair
    Why don't you take a share
    Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms
    Just say the word, and they are yours
    Just help yourself to the love in my heart
    Your smile has opened up the door
    The greatest wealth that exists in the world
    Could never buy what I can give
    So help yourself to my lips, to my arms
    And then lets really start to live
    Just help yourself to my lips to my arms
    Just say the word, and they are yours
    Just help yourself to the love in my heart
    Your smile............(fade)

  3. DICE.com.... by TypoNAM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I looked and found a job that I could do so I sent my resume to the people responsible for hiring people and well I got an email saying that I'm everything they're looking for being an employee, but I could never get in contact with them again. I've called them from six to eight times with in three weeks at normal business hours, and left quite a few messages, and even emailed them twice, but they never called back nor emailed me back. So basically I said fuck them and tried looking for other jobs, and nada. Everything these days it's about the whole .NET garbage which I won't even waste my time with.

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