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Re: Online Job Boards part 2
Dear Group:
I said I would try to submit a follow-up to my post about online job boards.
Honestly, I speculate that job seekers these days may need to branch away from relying on online job boards alone. Such reliance may be time wasting.
So, what to do instead?
I think I remember, back when I was a teenager, reading a book called 'What Color Is Your Parachute?' that asserted that most jobs are not advertised. The book called this the 'hidden job market'. Maybe one needs to go back to the old-fashioned way of trying to work through people they know to tap into this hidden job market rather than relying on what is publicly posted on the internet.
I keep going back to the example of someone I know getting a job as a sailing instructor at the same school where they used to take sailing lessons. I posted a blurb about deliberately taking classes or activities as a way to get a job, but maybe that was the wrong lesson to take away from this example.
Maybe the lesson is that, to get a job, maybe it is helpful to apply to places that one already knows and that already know one. So, maybe if one takes classes at a school, apply to teach at the school; if one has some other form of connection, leverage that connection.
But, as always, I am no expert; I am just trying to come up with ideas.
Thank you.
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