Job Hunting Tips?

[Lindagerr]

I don't know how the economy is in California but in NJ jobs are also very hard to come by. The boys renting my house in NJ all in there early 20's are having a hard time paying rent because jobs are hard to find. Here in Western NY where I live now jobs are easier to find if you are willing to take a low paying fast food job.

Sometimes the problem if you are looking for a low paying job is that you look to smart or to qualified and they think you won't stay long. So now onto the questions are you clean cut no purple hair black make up, no multitude of piercings or tattoos? These can put employers off. You said you had an interview did you go in clean, neatly dressed and hair combed?

Have you tried any temp agencies? sometimes getting a temp job either gives you some experience or it can lead to a full time offer. Do you fill out job applications online for the bigger companies like Home Depot? They will not even look at a paper application. When you fill out an application do you make sure to answer all of the questions in a complete answer and is your spelling and grammar correct?

You have to understand that in these economic times finding a job can be hard do more volunteer work in other areas like the library or local foodbank or soup kitchen sometimes being at the right place at the right time does the trick. Never forget to let everyone you know that you are looking for a job, sometimes when someone hears about a job they say oh I know someone. I have known people that have gotten jobs in all of these ways.

Don't despair you will eventually get a job if you network and keep applying. Don't forget to keep working on that degree while you look. If your parents are not complaining don't worry , get your degree work hard and someday you can pay them back when they need it.