Looking for Advice

[Wil McGilvery]

Getting a job these days is more about who you know. You are more likely to get a job through a friend of a friend than responding to a job posting. 

I may be a little off but I think only 15% of jobs are actually advertised and sending resumes to companies that aren't looking are a low percentage long shot.

Go tell everyone you know that you are looking for a job or better yet go tell every one you meet that you are looking for a job.

This is especially true since you have "no papers". A reference will get you in the door and then go sell yourself from there.

Regards,

Wil McGilvery
Manager
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-----Original Message-----
From: Madison Kelly [mailto:linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org] 
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 3:52 PM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: [TLUG]: Looking for Advice

Hi everyone,

  I have a question that I am hoping someone here has worked through.

  I decided that, given some stuff going on right now, that I should
really try getting a job to get some steady income for a bit. The
problem I am facing though, as I am guessing others here have faced is,
how do you get a job when you are self taught? The only place I have
worked in the past outside of my own company was, strangly enough,
teaching evening courses at George Brown :).

  So my question is, how have some of you gone about getting a job when
you have no paper work but are good at what you do? How do you get a
given company to even respond to your resume? I have sent out quite a
large number of resumes but so far I only got one interview. For what it
is worth; I have been actively building, troubleshooting and supporting
PC systems since '97 (under windows and linux).

  Anyway, if nothing else take this as an exasperted rant :).

Madison
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