How to look for jobs

There is not much jobs posted online, and agencies call you in when they have nothing, not many employers post openings or keep old ones that are not open on their site. So I would like to know how people say they find jobs on Linkedin. Most of the postings are out of state, and I have no plans to leave family for a job that I may not like or they will lay me off after just a short time on it. Networking meetings are people who have different career paths than mine, mostly upper level jobs, which I do not want, or the responsibility that goes with having people under you, that you have to manage, and be careful that you do not fire them just because you do not get along or like them. I am at a total loss as to where to even start. Life is not fair.

Eliminating any 3rd party/Recruiters is usually the best approach. Directly, communicating with the Company.

TBVH: I had, a difficult time in getting Interviews with American companies, for the past year; it may be more of my own limitations. But, after applying for an ethnically-owned company - just got hired today.
YMMV.

Ruby in Skokie, Illinois said: There is not much jobs posted online, and agencies call you in when they have nothing, not many employers post openings or keep old ones that are not open on their site. So I would like to know how people say they find jobs on Linkedin. Most of the postings are out of state, and I have no plans to leave family for a job that I may not like or they will lay me off after just a short time on it. Networking meetings are people who have different career paths than mine, mostly upper level jobs, which I do not want, or the responsibility that goes with having people under you, that you have to manage, and be careful that you do not fire them just because you do not get along or like them. I am at a total loss as to where to even start. Life is not fair.

Everyone has a different method. You just have to find what works for you. Just remember that the more you don't want to do, the more you limit your chances to find a job.

One thing that I can tell you from experience is this: If you wait until you are unemployed before you start looking, none of it will work.

No job is forever anymore and you need to be looking (quietly) all the time now. How you do that is up to you.

Er, by the way, I am in my 3rd state now. I have no problem relocating, if that is what it takes. Some people can't but again, you limit yourself.

Many people many not be able to move to another state for a job because of the housing mess we are in. To sell a house is not easy, and you just cannot pickup and move, as homes stay on the market for more than a year. Moving to a new job in a new city is taking a risk, as you do not have any family local to fall back on and today you never know if it will be your last day on the job. No job lasts forever and no job lasts long either.

Sal in Salt Lake City, Utah said: Many people many not be able to move to another state for a job because of the housing mess we are in. To sell a house is not easy, and you just cannot pickup and move, as homes stay on the market for more than a year. Moving to a new job in a new city is taking a risk, as you do not have any family local to fall back on and today you never know if it will be your last day on the job. No job lasts forever and no job lasts long either.

No, it is not easy. On the other hand, living with your parents when you are in your 40's isn't really a good idea either.

Bluetea in Texas said: No, it is not easy. On the other hand, living with your parents when you are in your 40's isn't really a good idea either.

Bluetea: I stayed with my parents back in the summer of '99. I had to move out of my apartment in downtown Philadelphia because I couldn't afford to pay the rent. I had a lousy $6-an-hour market research interviewing job. I missed living on my own for that entire summer. I was 41 and stayed with them for the entire summer until I found the place where I live at now. I wasn't going to stay there any longer than I had to. It was either that or else be homeless.

Regardless of their age, some people have no other choice but to stay with family members until they're able to get back on their feet financially. At the same time, some people have no family to go to. And in the long run, they end up being homeless.

Otherwise, I've been living on my own for the last thirty years, and I want to keep it that way.

Nanlisa in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania said: Bluetea: I stayed with my parents back in the summer of '99. I had to move out of my apartment in downtown Philadelphia because I couldn't afford to pay the rent. I had a lousy $6-an-hour market research interviewing job. I missed living on my own for that entire summer. I was 41 and stayed with them for the entire summer until I found the place where I live at now. I wasn't going to stay there any longer than I had to. It was either that or else be homeless.

Regardless of their age, some people have no other choice but to stay with family members until they're able to get back on their feet financially. At the same time, some people have no family to go to. And in the long run, they end up being homeless.

Otherwise, I've been living on my own for the last thirty years, and I want to keep it that way.

Yeah, I recently saw a thing on TV about it. The parents didn't look too happy about this

I think multi-generational lifestyles are making a comeback. I worked for a company once that did demographic marketing. One of their lists included 3 or more adults, with the same last name, living at the same physical address. It numbered in the millions!! That list was affectinately called "The Losers".

Bluetea in Texas said: Yeah, I recently saw a thing on TV about it. The parents didn't look too happy about this

I think multi-generational lifestyles are making a comeback. I worked for a company once that did demographic marketing. One of their lists included 3 or more adults, with the same last name, living at the same physical address. It numbered in the millions!! That list was affectinately called "The Losers".

The recent influx in Carribbean/Hispanic/Asian/Middle Eastern immigrants is a reason that multiple adults live in the same household. I have many Hispanic and Asian friends who live with their parents, even though they're college educated, have jobs, can afford to live on their own, etc., simply because it is expected that they move out once they have their own family (never before, and sometimes not even then).

For that reason, I wouldn't consider all of the people on that list "losers". Remember some could be taking care of the elderly parents, or simply part of a culture that would disown them if they "abandoned" their family by moving out.

Optimistic and Impatient in San Diego, California said: The recent influx in Carribbean/Hispanic/Asian/Middle Eastern immigrants is a reason that multiple adults live in the same household. I have many Hispanic and Asian friends who live with their parents, even though they're college educated, have jobs, can afford to live on their own, etc., simply because it is expected that they move out once they have their own family (never before, and sometimes not even then).

For that reason, I wouldn't consider all of the people on that list "losers". Remember some could be taking care of the elderly parents, or simply part of a culture that would disown them if they "abandoned" their family by moving out.

There are always exceptions to the rule. Either way, there sure are a lot of 30 year old toddlers living at home now. Heh!

I'm no expert, as it seems nobody will hire me, but I would say the best ways are:

1) Know someone who works at the place where you want to work

2) Know someone who knows someone at the place where you want to work.

Somewhere down the list and with a far less likelihood of success would be: sending blind resumes, going to apply in person (this is very difficult in office buildings due to security) and applying online, which is really a drag.

I'd start asking the people you know in your field as well as your friends about any open jobs. It's embarrassing as heck, but it might work. Applying online is futile 90% of the time or more, in my experience.

Good luck.

There are people in their 60's living with a parent, that is when a parent depends on a child for care, or going into a nursing or senior center. We are sometimes the sandwich generation, paying parents back for what they did for us, but sometimes harder, as they can be harder to manage due to size. I think in the future more people will be living together for various reasons.

Sal in Salt Lake City, Utah said: There are people in their 60's living with a parent, that is when a parent depends on a child for care, or going into a nursing or senior center. We are sometimes the sandwich generation, paying parents back for what they did for us, but sometimes harder, as they can be harder to manage due to size. I think in the future more people will be living together for various reasons.

One side of my family is from Europe and there was always one aunt or one uncle or one cousin who stayed home their entire lives to take care of the parents. It was their "duty".

One of my cousins died in the same house she was born in. She never left home.

By the way, we now have the largest single population ever! That was another "hot" marketing list.