Nabeel asks:
“Who is really hiring? I’m beginning to think that this is just a waist of time. I have applied so for through this site for more than 20 jobs and so far no single employer even replied to any of my applications.”
Hi, Nabeel. I know you’re frustrated, but there are a couple of issues that I think you’re dealing with in your job search. These four steps can help:
1. Check for application errors
Seriously, make absolutely certain your applications are error free. Proof read your applications carefully, and ask a friend to help. The spell-check function doesn’t catch everything (like the difference between “waist” and “waste”). Errors are usually considered a red flag by hiring managers that either your language skills aren’t strong or your attention to detail is lacking.
2. Follow up
Respectfully and politely follow up on applications. Following up shows motivation and increases your chances of getting interviewed.
3. Apply More
I know 20 applications is a lot, and it takes a long time to complete them (I’ve been there and done that personally), but it’s not that many compared with the number submitted by a typical job seeker in today’s market. Take a deep breath, take five minutes to relax and prepare to fill out many an application before you get hired. Pace yourself, do a few a day. But dig in for the long haul.
4. Have patience
It might be that the hiring manager plans to contact you and just hasn’t had the chance to do it. We’ve heard from members who were called by employers 24 hours later, 3 months later, everywhere in between and (unfortunately) never. Don’t wait to hear back from a specific job, even if you get an interview. Keep applying to other jobs until you get hired – the worst that can happen is more than one job offer!
Good luck with your job search!
-Amy
About Amy White
I HAVE NOTICED THAT ALOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY ARE HIRING ARE REALLY NOT AND RUNNING THEIR ADS YEAR ROUND AND MOST JUST STOCK PILE APPS.
Huh? Really? That is a very helpful tidbit.
I noticed the same thing, only I called their corporate offices to inquire about this. The interesting thing was…their HR Dept. was OVERSEAS!! On top of that, they didn’t understand what I was asking them about. (I am a very patient person communicating with others who don’t understand English) I still got more numbers to call. Still no one could give me an answer. Any company held by Sears Corp. is not hiring, they are just stock piling apps. Seems to be the same for the majority of others. However, I am getting a ton of emails to have interviews with Insurance Sales. Seems with all the baby boomers, that is the way to go right now, and they will help you get your license.
That maker sense now as to why Sears and K-mart are-not calling after applying to their job offer. With this in mind, the least they could do is take themselves off the job-search engines
That maker sense now as to why Sears and K-mart are-not calling after applying to their job offer. With this in mind, the least they could do is take themselves off the job-search engines.
That shor do maker sense to me to pardner
sorry y’all . meant me too, not me to. Godda reckon that good ol writen’ s very importn or else them guy ain’t doin no hirin.
Love that sense of humor! These days, we need it!
lol fa real
I am writing to agree with complaints against the Sears Holding corporation.They send you a note that your application is expired and to please send it to a company that they own so that in the event they have a new opening your info will be readily available but they could forward your info themselves if they were sincere.I will say one positive thing and that is after a few months at least they finally get back to you.
sears did give me two interviews decently for jewlery dept but i didnt get the job or a call back but i did very well so dont know exactly what it is with you.
I agree, had interviews with 2 people for sears, but never got a response
from them. I feel is this how they treat their employees looking for work.
Very disappointed and depressing!!!!!!!!!
I went into Sears and applied for a job. I gave them a call back about 2 days later and the gal I talked to said I failed their assessment test.. But according to the application this so called test was not to be used as a hiring guideline.
I interviewed with Sears and was told they were going to proceed with my application and I’d hear from them in a few days for another interview. By the time I started my car to leave, I received an email telling me that I was no longer being considered. WTH!? I didn’t bother going back inside.
What the hell did you do
Forget about K-mart! They are closing stores and moving current employees that are staying over to the stores that need them so they aren’t hiring anywhere either!
Good Luck to All of us doing job search!
Thats because you have to show interest in the job, you have to continue calling and schedule an interview.
Hi, I find that most of the company’s I apply to do not have a way to follow up on the application. No phone numbers, no email addresses, no contact names, and some not even a company name. They don’t want you to be able to contact them, all they want is to be able to find you, which they don’t ! I have been out of work for over a year now and mostly no call backs, just a lot of sorry we are going with a more qualified applicant. I get this in my email sometime a few seconds after the app is sent. How would they know that if they haven’t seen of even spoken to me yet ?????????
OMG !!! Yes I thought it was just me . I sent sent my app for HEB and not even 30 seconds they sent me an e-mail saying they was going with a more qualified person . So I understand you 100%..I’ve been out of work for 2 years .. It gets harder every day …
I understand what u r talking about. I have not been out of work but a few months, but I have had a few places tell me the same thing!!!!!!
I know two people who have not been hired for positions because the government will pay 50% of a salary for someone who is on welfare. Now someone needs to explain to me how college grads and other workers are supposed to compete with that.
The same thing happend to me.I filled out an application
on a website and five minutes later I received an email
that said I dont qualify for the position.This was a training
position now.Having people to search for jobs on the web
is the worst thing employers could have ever done to job
seekers.These employers must just stock pile resumes.
I dont think they really ever intend to call the applicant,because
they probably are hiring from inside the company.
Amen to that answer! I aggree with you there. I think it is hard for anyone who has been out of work for longer then a year to get back into the swing of trying to find a job. I think the HR should have the decency to respond back.
It’s “sent me an e-mail saying they WERE going with a more”. Maybe if you learned correct grammar (like the tips snagajob.com gives you) you might get hired. Even a Junior in high school knows correct grammar.
Yes i agree with you on companies posting jobs but never hiring.I live in Marion Indiana and on the snag a job , job search there it is posred every day that Fazolis and The Apple Bees restaurant are hiring line prep cooks,servers and utility associates, I have been applying for these jobs for over three months and even followed up with phone calls and the answers are always the same-THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED,Well then why do i still get job alerts for these places,I live alone and i need a job really bad to pay my bills I do not understand these places that i am qualified to work for will not even consider me for a position,What Am I Supposed to do.Well my internet service will be disconnected at the end of this month because i cannot find a job to pay my bills water already disconnected,yet i try everyday in high hopes of having luck in finding a job
Ruey, you may have a job by now but if by chance you read this, don’t forget about Crossmark. They’re temp but their jobs last a long time. My last one with them was for 5 months at $10.50 an hour, which is the going rate for Crossmark. You’re on your own – you report via the internet. The job is usually at Walmart or Meijer but who cares, you work for Crossmark and would make $3.25 an hour more than the employees. I loved my job and I’m waiting for another one from them right now. Don’t miss a Crossmark opportunity. The freedom is great – no bosses, just a supervisor to come in and check on you to make sure you’re following the rules and doing your job.
Anyway, I knew Marion was one of their cities so I thought I would give you a heads up if you hadn’t considered them yet. They do merchandising, handing out samples, cosmetic samples or food samples – whatever it is – $10.50 an hour beats just about anything else unless you’re dependent on tips. Even this day and age, tips have shrunk considerably.
I agree with all of you!!!!! I have been in retail since i was sixteen yrs old, now 41 and my experience ranges from starting in sales, sales specialist, visual merchandising, opening many major department stores and management…….I have a great resume and portfolio from my visual merchandising and design days, I have been a designer for two Havertys Furniture stores…..as well as all the customer service that comes with retail………..I have been told all of anywhere from, “You do not have the qualifications we are looking for ” to “I’m sorry, you are over qualified for this position. I have applied to basic retail positions, not giving my resume lately and do not ask or expect too much money…….Seriously, not qualified????? It is extremely fustrating!!!!!!!!! The best of luck to you all!!!!!
That’s right…the same job appears week, after week, after week, after week, after week….jobs I am qualified for. And I never hear a peep out of them. I think the whole thing is a scam.
I’m sorry to hear that, Tom. Check out these tips and see if you are missing anything http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-am-i-not-getting-interviews/
Tom, I think you are right. I am starting to strongly believe that this is a way for companies to gather information about people rather than genuine employment opportunities. Think about all of the personal information being sent to companies that give you no contact information.
i agree. i think this sight is a waste of my time and i believe this is the last time i visit.
I’m sorry to hear that, Jeremy. Is there anything in particular we can help you with?
DIDO
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve got tons of apps out there, and between the no-response, the immediate “you don’t meet our minimum requirements” (which is complete bologna) auto-response emails, and the total absence of a means to follow up on applications, I am about fed up. I haven’t had a job in over a year, and it’s not for lack of trying. Now days even MANY “ma & pa” businesses require applications be filled out online instead of on paper. How on earth do you actually get to speak with a living, breathing, person these days?!!!
I think applying for jobs through snag-a-job is not only a huge joke – but a world-wide stage showing all of your personal information just waiting to be stolen! Can anyone say ID theft but me? First of all, after doing my own research by actually going out to these companies in person and conversing with actual management, I find out that they are indeed NOT HIRING and the ads are simply a way to “stockpile” information as a previous writer has suggested! And what’s with this having to put your social security number into the system? Home Depot has it as a required field, and if you don’t enter the info, you can’t continue their application. And what about the age discimination issue? Somebody apparently thinks they’re very clever by asking what your birthdate is or now they’re asking what year did you graduate. By law – not allowed! I have personally logged all the jobs posted on this website, then not only applied on-line, but then actually went to every location in my area, and none of these companies have jobs. And I wish that someone would have the honesty to say that they’re hiring part-time when they maybe have 5 hrs a week available on some obscure shift. I’m just a little bit tired of putting all of my personal information out into the world – when the people asking for all my info are not being truthful with me about anything. And these snot-nosed comments coming back from this young woman pictured working for snag-a-job doesn’t have the age/experience to be telling any job applicant what they’re doing wrong. I mean really – does she look like someone you’d put your career in the hands of? I’m just saying…….I’d like this person to go out and get – oh I don’t know – A REAL JOB!!!!!
thanks for listening everyone!
Hi – I am sorry you feel that way and are frustrated. If you are asked for your social security number, it is to make sure you meet the age requirements of the position. For example: Must be 18 or older to apply. Many companies like to create a talent pool in case of an unpredictable hiring need. Don’t give up on these applications, we hear from members who get hired months after applying. Try looking at small businesses in your area, they usually have an immediate need for the jobs they have posted.
I agree with Joan’s comment. I have applied, and applied, and applied to jobs and its so hard to follow up if there is no contact phone number and no person to contact! I started looking for jobs on a different website and after applying to a few, I have gotten spam email. Turns out there is no company and there is no job – they just want your credit report information. Its a scam! I have many, many years experience in my field and I don’t understand how they could go with a more “qualified” person. I’m very qualified! And I’m so frustrated!
when you apply at sears; after you put on your app you automatically get an interview schedule immediately at the end of the app process. i know; i have had that chance.
Hi Denise, did you attend the interview? How did it go?
I been dealing with this site for years now an still to this day i neva got a call or any feed back from anyone.I need a job asap im goin to get kick out my moms place an i dont have anyone else.Let alone somewhere to go someone please help me please.
Hi Anthony – I am sorry things have been frustrating for you. If you aren’t hearing back from employers, this video can help: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/video-why-am-i-not-hearing-back/. Let me know what you think!
I have no doubt that you are telling the truth but obviously it depends on the position and the store that has the opening .
yes,that has happened three times for sears and k mart three interviews and nothing.i applied for ups during the holidays and i got hired but i am hoping to get re hired.still nothing.i have applied for over 350 places.i try not to get frustrated and i check up on apps also.i get oh we are not hiring or we have a hiring freeze.i have pretty much heard everything.i am stilling to find work.
I applied for jobs with both Sears and K-Mart last year, and got interviews at both places. The problem I found with both stores is that they only want you for part-time employment and were only willing to pay minimum wage. I have alot of retail experience and minimum wage is just not acceptable.
Hi Monica – Congrats on your interviews
Often stores will give full-time status to part-time employees who are excellent. Don’t pass up opportunities to work somewhere you might enjoy if it helps you get a foot in the door!
Personally, at this point, I’d be thrilled with a part time job, but it’s the same bologna for part time positions as well.
It only fills up my inbox and nothing goes through to the employer that I apply to: Full of trash.
I would not apply at either Sears or Kmart, they are headed for bankruptcy. Also, they do not recognize hard work when they see it. I worked for Sears for nearly 19 years, moved all over the country for them (always at my expense, they won’t pay a dime unless you are in upper management), and I was fired by an idiot who wouldn’t have known good customer service if it stared her in the eye (she was too busy playing on her ipad in her locked office to bother answering management calls or help out on the floor). They got rid of not just me but other managers too, so I am not just here to complain about myself. And you are right, their human resources screening department is overseas, when you get past that it comes back to the U.S. in Illinois. I have a lot of patience too, I have had a case filed against them via their national human resources department for a year and a half, and although I know they will never reverse this decision, I also know that I will never close the case from my end! And no, I can’t afford a lawyer, I need all my money just to stay in my house and make payments. I did contact one and basically they said what I’m sure everyone who has ever been fired unjustly has been told, that the company can fire you for whatever they want, they don’t need a reason, it’s called “at will” and it sucks, it gives all the power to the company and none to the career employees who helped them get where they are. I know that I am in the same boat as thousands of others, but my advice to you would be to not even bother with Sears or Kmart.
I worked at Sears for just about 4 years. I was a manager there. I agree with Joanne. They do not treat their employees with any respect. The more you give them, the more they want and nothing was ever enough for them. It stopped being about making sure your employees and customers were happy, it became about making sure the higher ups got their raises and bonuses and looked good. The people who busted their backs and dealt with the b.s. were the ones who got nothing.
I m having the same problem.I applied for over 150 jobs so far and no responses. I may have gotten 2 interviews,but that it.Sometimes I wonder if these websites that you apply for a job if the employer actually gets the application. I even clicked on a jobs that were advertised and it said sorry job no longer available. Well if it no longer available then why keep it posted.what are these employers looking for. I have experience in a couple different fields,but no call. I get emails from insurance sales,but I don’t know anything about that.
Also I applied at sears and kmart several time and they said they are considering other applicants. Well I had 11-1/2 years in retail dept store and 2 years in grocery how much experience do I need. I applied for manufacturing production, office I have 15 + years in that. Still nothing.I am getting real frustrated.Also some of the jobs you applied don’t give you a phone or name of business or address they just give you a city and state, So how are you suppose to do a follow up?
Hi Robin! If the company does not list the name of the business there really is no way to follow up with them. If they have a name but not a number, you can do a quick internet for the number and can find it that way. Be sure to not contact any employer that specifically asks not to be contacted. Other than that, it’s fair game!
I agree with you, I notice a business, that has been out of business for 2 years, still shows as help needed ?
Hi Patti, can you share the posting link? That definitely shouldn’t be up and we’ll be glad to pull it if the business is closed!
I whole-heartedly agree with that statement. I have applied for many a job as a specialist in my field and I never get a response, such as a phone call or a reply to the email. I have come to the conclusion that when a company does not have the courtesy to respond one way or the other to an applicant it is an indication that they are probably not worth the time or the trouble. It is an insight into how they do business and what is most important to them. This would say that maybe their employees are not that important to them or they do not put as much value in their employees as much as they say they do. This would be gross misrepresentation, especially if their national advertising or marketing campaign that their employees are the backbone of what the company does.
I have been applying through this site for the last couple of years. I have yet to hear anything back. I have called a couple of corporations and have been told that they have never heard of Snag a Job or that they do not hire through them! I think that this site is a fraud!
Hey Paula, I’m sorry to hear about your frustrating job search. Look over some tips from one of our members who found success and see if you are missing anything http://www.snagajob.com/resources/the-job-search-tips-that-landed-ashley-3-interviews-and-a-job/
Here is a key to some of the sites. There are employer sites-with real jobs, there are employment agency sites-with real jobs, and then there “Meta” sites or “Crawlers”. Best places for real jobs are newspapers with ad from employers or employers’ web sites. Next best is employment agencies if their site is well managed. The least desirable sites are the “Meta or Crawler” sites. Why? These sites have agressive search engines that look at the Corporations, small businesses, employer sites, and sometimes OTHER “Meta” sites. It’s when they look @ the sites that are like them and count those jobs AGAIN that you start perpetuating jobs that closed or were filled. I suggest rather than blindly sending resume’s and applications, do some reserach ahead of time and apply smart. Try to pick corporate job boards or smaller newspapers or even your local Employment Office and not the massive impressive looking job boards. : )
I saw that with Sheetz, they have a sticker on their door about how much they will start an employee out at, but when I walked in to ask if they were hiring, they said they WEREN’T. I mentioned the sticker on the door window and they told me that the sticker is ALWAYS there.
Wow! Kevin, if it was me I would ask to speak to the manager and complain. It’s not right and it doesn’t make any sense, to have something posted (in their place of business) about wages, when they’re clearly not hiring. Not only that, it’s very misleading. Unbelievable!
I am experiencing the same thing. It didn’t take me too long to figure out that these places are not really hiring they are just collecting applications in case they ever have an opening and by then the application will be lost in all that paper!
ALOT is actually spelled a lot….
tip to everyone. don’t just apply to those companies that advertise help wanted. apply to those who don’t even advertise help wanted. a lot of them don’t advertise yet still end up with a well qualified applicant because they did’nt advertise and have to comb thru a lot of dead beat’s. i’m currently unemployed but apply to companies that don’t advertise help wanted. everyone should try car sales at least once. dealers are always hiring and provide training.
I agree. I have been supporting myself since I was 16 and I am now 21 and have never had any problem landing the job I want. I’ve turned in 27 applications and have called within the next day or two to check on the status and every time they have said, ” we are not hiring right now.”
Why would you post ads that say you’re hiring when you aren’t?
Hi Ryan, check out the answer here: Why does the employer say they aren't hiring? http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/
That’s an easy question to answer Companies post job openings just to meet with compliance and to be able to say that the position was open to the public but most positions are filled by employees calling their friends as soon as the position is opened which is why you get the “position is filled explanation”
I agree with that about Companies running ads saying they are
hiring and they never call.I think they are stock piling applications.
Looking for a job over the web is the worst thing that Companies
could have ever done to job seekers.Half the time I dont think
Hr even reads the Resumes.
Well now looks like I missed the bus.Looks like posters
are complaining about snagajobs.Well let me add my
two cents in.I just applied for a job with Kohls on Snagajob.
The minute I submitted my appliction I received a notice telling
my my app had be denied.Once you apply to a job on Snagajob
you have to wait 35 days to submit another application.Now what
kind of stuff is that?I think Snagajob should be off the web if they
arent going to send your application to the company.
Hi Tammy – If you received a notice that your application has been denied, it is because you didn’t meet one of the requirements for the position. Also, is this the email address you are using to apply to jobs? It is a little hard to get through all the numbers. Try to make a simple email address that is easy for recruiters to remember. Good luck!
TO KIM KOVAC & JUSTIN: OF COURSE YOUR GONNA MAKE THESE COMPLAINTS WERE HAVING SOUND
LIKE THE PROBLEM IS THE APPLICANT. BUT THAT CANT BE. EVERYONE STATING THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINT.
YOULL GET PAID TO MAKE SNAG A JOB LOOK AND SOUND WONDERFUL. CHECK SNAG A JOB RATINGS. SEE HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING & HOW MANY ARE SATISFIED WITH YOUR LIES!
YOU SUCK!
Hi Emily – I understand you are frustrated and I’m sorry you feel that way. Check out advice from some of our hired members http://pinterest.com/snagajob/hired-members/ and let me know if you have any questions!
What, 35 days to wait to submit another app. for the same job or you talking about any job cause that doesnt make any sense at all. You have to be talking about the same job. I hope. LOL>!
I agree with you, I apply to jobs and follow up but they aren’t hring and when I try to apply at the business they tell me that I have to apply online. I keep hearing about all these jobs that are out there, but no one is hiring, so where are the jobs? That’s what I would like to know.
I agree with everyone about these companies that advertise on this website I have tried using this website for at least 3 months but not one place I applied for was a hit, I have gone to the companies website instead have had 3 interviews but ended not getting hired I am getting very frustrated, My Husband passed away in Dec 2010 I don’t Qualify for his Social Security for another 11 yrs I don’t Qualify for unemployment so what is a person supposed to do when you can’t get hired or get help all I want is someone to give me a chance I have 12 yrs of retail experience some of these on-line application require assessment test if you don’t give them the right answers you don’t have a chance it does not matter what kind of experience you have
I agree.
Yes I have been put in applications at a perticular place then have called them and stopped by only to have the managers be pretty hostal to me saying that they are not hireing and that they just once in a whike say they are on these sites just to have applicants. It is frustrating.
But I think it is the companies problem not snagajob not sure how they screen to check if they really are hireing or not? I am debating staying on it or not.
You are correct!! No one really looks at the apps or resumes that are sent by email to these websites, they are just stock piled. How can you hire someone without talking to them or having an interview and seeing them. This is a colossal waste of time
Hi Elizabeth, I am sorry you feel that way! Larger companies have unpredictable hiring needs and like to have a bank of applicants to choose from when that time comes. Don’t give up on these, check out Julie’s story for inspiration: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/.
i talked to the manager at toys or us, the computer says he has 5 openings
he said no openings here ,,,the website LIES, GO TO THE STORE FIRST ,
to find out if they have an opening,,,, this shit sucks
I completely agree with people’s confusion about never hearing back from anyone I have applied to- literally, no one in two years. I have used craigslist and at least heard back from someone. The problem I keep encountering is I call to follow up and the manager says they aren’t really hiring and they don’t know why the job posting is up.
That makes it really difficult- taking all that time to apply and then finding out there was never job in the first place.
I am so frustrated. I have a BA and an MA and i am looking for retail, customer service, shipping and receiving- anything. I no longer want to do the work I went to school for, I have tons of experience, and NO ONE will hire me.
Hi Rina – I am sorry to hear about your frustrations. Many larger employers ask we keep posts available as they have unpredictable hiring needs, and like to stock up. Don’t give up on these posts! Check out Julie’s story for inspiration http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/.
I just got done reading about 30+ comments and thought I would put my two cents in, which might help you with your job searches.
You have to be fervent on SnagAJob. I've gotten two jobs off of SnagAJob and I've spoken to two others that have gotten them too at Sears. My first job was for Marshalls ($8.25 an hr) in Illinois and one for Crossmark ($10.50 an hr) - and no, not pushing food samples.
I was unemployed from June 2 - Nov 1, 2010 when I got my Marshalls job so that took me 5 months to get, but I got one.
At the time, I was living at my uncles home, which went into foreclosure so I had to move to a relative's home in Indiana on June 19, 2011.
I went back on SnagAJob on June 20, 2011 and got my Crossmark job on August 23, 2011 so that only took two months, but I got one.
I actually have a little under $2,000.00 in my checking account right now (after bills) where as on June 2, 2010, I had less than $10.00.
So like I said, you have to be fervent.
As far as the jobs not being available that are posted to SnagAJob - they can only do what it is they do. The reason the jobs are posted but not available is usually due to the fact that (say Kohls for instance) filled the job, which they do immediately (1 to 2 days) and did not update their system yet so SnagAJob have anything to update and instead SnagAJob still has them on their site as available. We’re all accustom to that by now and know to apply anyway and just keep track of the job #. We’ve probably all got the employer’s systems set up too now where we just have to “click through” our previous application if SnagAJob sent us the to employers website.
I saw something in here that said that SnagAJob Snag is a scam. No, I know simply from getting two jobs that SnagAJob is very legit, there's really no question there, it just takes time. You'll always be contending with hundreds of others who are applying for the same jobs. Ask 85 year old elders about the depression. You think we got it bad? Not hardly.
I sat at three different Kohls with more than two others there for the same job. How many others came in that same day before and after I was there, I don't know. With jobs what they are, I imagine the interviews were numerous. Like I said, it's hit and miss.
If you really want to find yourself wasting your time, go to Career Builders. You'll spend a lot of time typing and most likely never see a job come your way. I applied for hundreds of jobs and never got a single response between June 2, 2010 and November 1, 2010 when I finally got my job at Marshalls.
The following will sound horrible but it’s the best way to get a GREAT job!
Go Walmart in your area and sit at their computer in customer service and fill out their forms.
Of course they only pay minimum wage but it's something in the interim and besides, that’s not what I’m getting at. Since they only pay minimum wage, they're turnover is high so openings are not slim pickins. Okay, the next paragraph is very important.
Being around a lot of people (Walmart employees and definitely the customers) throughout the day, makes for the best opportunity you'll ever have in discovering where you can get a better job that pays more in your area. Engaging with the customers on a personal basis will open more doors than you know what to do with. I worked in the Tire Lube Express isles for 5 months at Walmart while working for Crossmark and you wouldn’t believe the numbers of jobs I had to turn down from CUSTOMERS who were employers just shopping in Walmart.
In other words, Walmart makes for a fantastic network if you want to get what you deserve and a REAL job at that.
I unfortunately couldn’t take anyone up on their offer since I was working for Crossmark at the time for $10.50 an hour and didn’t want to lose that but, I will – next time.
Lastly, Use Monster also. Due to me being on unemployment for now, which I know will be short lived, I’m on my states website (Indiana) who pretty much accumulate everything from Monster, Career Builders and all the others. They want you to find a job so they have a pretty neat set up since they accumulate it all and then you sort by zip, same as if you’re in here.
So, check and see if your state offers such as well.
Good luck all!
So ….if we are supposed to have error free applications, why can’t the author of this piece spell the word WASTE correctly ? Let’s be error free in our articles, too. Shall we?
I don’t in any way mean to insult, but if you can’t spell worth a darn, or you type in all capital letters, nobody is going to pay any attention to your applications. Nobody wants to see all capital letters and if you cannot spell even “basic” words or know the difference between “waist” and “waste”, maybe you should be thinking about going back to school first! Step away from the Caps Lock key people! I’m even annoyed by that. Who wants to see all capital letters screaming at them? It’s an eyesore, and shows lack of a “basic” education. If you can’t see what you type, get some glasses.
Stop spamming. Get a life and stop wasting others lives. I hate when others constantly correct others. I’d like to see you correct me.
There is an ad running in our local paper for $40,000 per year manufacturing jobs. It has a PO Box for an address and has run for over 16 years. It’s bogus. Most likely just a company selling information provided to them on resumes being sent to them.
Usually what I do is I just go to their career websites directly. That way I can go straight to the source rather than through the middle man. To be honest about half the jobs I’ve seen on here, in my area, aren’t even on their careers website… Meaning they’re not hiring; so I don’t waste my time filling out an app.
Heh, the best way I personally believe to find a job is by doing two things. First, you need to tailor your resume specifically for that position,( and any other position you apply to.) Second, you should apply online as well as take your resume in to the HR manager. This way you have twice the opportunity to land an interview. I recently had an interview at a company that manufactures chemicals. The baseline pay is $15.00/hr. I have zero experience in chemical manufacturing, however I got the interview simply because I created a network of information from people I either know, or recently met. I’m very serious when I say that these days it is not about what you know, but how well you are connected. I’ve never had a job that pays more than $10.00hr, but I know the game. I would still be employed if I hadn’t decided to quit my job based on the assumption that my financial aid award was due in a week. Turned out I missed the priority deadline, so the nice hole I am in is no one’s fault but my own. Follow the steps above and you will find yourself with a job in a matter of weeks.
I agree
That is a common practice. It’s the same everywhere. There may be a hundred ads in the newspaper, but a lot of them are in there every single week because that way they can have a never ending supply of aps available if someone quits or are fired. Most service type jobs do this. You can always apply at a McDonalds or Wal-Mart, but that doesn’t mean they have a job available. It’s mainly luck and tenacity. Keep putting them in and hope you hit a place that really needs someone this week.
Just had this happen at 7-Eleven. Found the job listing here and was told to apply in person. Went there and was told they weren’t looking for anyone and to come back today for the application.
I’ve known about this practice for a long time, and this is definitely not the first time I’ve come across it. Just figured I’d comment since it happened just this week.
It looks like a red flag to me when a company just stockpiles apps..it could mean various things. I have applied to Sears times without number, and now I know why I NEVER heard back. Stockpiling applications could mean a sign that the company is sinking, and in trouble. Right here in Fresno, we had so many Kmarts, and they have all closed except for one. Even the big one across from Walmart at Shaw and Brawley many years back couldn’t stay afloat. It was a super Kmart too. Too much competition I guess. Walmart is planning to move to that bigger building after Camp America finally closed in that location. I also hear that Sears is in trouble as well. Don’t wait till your paychecks start bouncing before you head for the hills towards a better job!!!! That happened to one of the old Burger Kings I used to work at. After G and S foods sold the franchise to Midland Management, it all went to pot after that, and some paychecks bounced just before that franchise finally went under. Many of the places are either torn down, or occupied by a different owner of a different restaurant.
I feel the same way I have had an account with snagajob for almost a year and a half. I havent even got one response back not ONE, Not ONE phone call i think snagajob.com is the worst site I’ll never recommend it to any of my friends or family members.
okay so do you know were people are actually hiring i need a simple job fast but cant get anything applied for …
I agree that some companies do stockpile applications. It is also a tough market right now, meaning many of us have to take positions that we are overqualified for just to have something (me, for instance). However, as I read through these comments, I would guess that most of you would benefit greatly from step one. Alot is actually two words (a lot). Where, were - not the same word, and they are certainly not interchangeable. Having weeded out applicants for two previous employers, I can tell you that applications with these sorts of errors do not make it past my desk, even when the company is hiring for an entry level position. In one company I immediately filed these away as "inadequate/incomplete applications" - at the other, I simply sent out the generic rejection letter. The position I hold now had over 60 qualified applicants. They interviewed just four of us. Your application is your first impression. Errors like that (no matter how qualified you are) mean you won't get a second.
Yes, you are correct. I have had much the same results. In the last year and a half I have applied to about 100 job postings. I have gotten a total of four interviews from all that. Two of those resulted in second interviews. None resulted in a job. I have done some research and some comparisons and the net result is that many companies are indeed just taking applications to “fill a pool” as the saying goes. I too have gotten the almost immediate Email responses saying everything from thanks for applying BUT at this time we have chosen to go with someone else. To: “We are reviewing your application and if we find that you are qualified, someone from HR will be contacting you. To other similar responses. Basically they are saying “don’t call us, we will call you”
I am at the point now where I would take ANY job, no matter the pay. My Unemployment from the last job I had just ran out of funds. I am really worried and scared about what will happen in the next few weeks. I have a wife and 3 small children to take care of,. It seriously feels like we are headed for homelessness.
I was told one of the reasons companies do not hire an individual is because of bad credit – in that case I’ll never find work. This is soo discouraging
I’ve applied for 11,437 jobs as of today within the past 14 months of searching. This online stuff doesn’t work but what else can you do? Temp agencies are useless too, they either don’t have anything right now or only have very low pay short term contract jobs without benefits that nobody wants. Having a ton of temp jobs will only make thing worse for you in the long run. Yesterday, I saw an engineer I used to work with at HP before the last layoff now working at Home Depot as a part time cashier. That’s embarrassing. Where are the “real” jobs at? People like to blame it all on your resume but I’ve had mine done 4 different times and things haven’t improved yet. Job fairs are a waste of time also, it’s always an overcrowded room of applicants standing in line for hours on end to talk to some company rep for less than a minute just to hear them say go apply online. What do I do?
I have been applying for jobs in my field of kitchen help & auto parts driver & I am tired of not hearing back from them or getting the run around.
I am serious about working but they don’t take me seriously.
I tried applying at jobs at Menlo Park Mall, Car parts stores, restaurants & catering places & no one is willing to hire me.
What do I have to do to force them to consider my resume & hire me before the age of 60?
I am tired of all the lies, all the excuses & all the run arounds.
PEOPLE WAKE UP! NO ONE IS AFTER YOUR JOBS! LEARN HONESTY IT ISN’T HARD!
That is what I want to tell all of them.
So what do you think we sure do to make them hire use because I said the same thing as bad as things is for poeple who have been here all they life and when some more poeple come we can get no job because of the laugle.
Hm that’s what I thought……
Awesome Topic! I have applied so for through this site for more than 15 jobs and so far no single employer even replied to any of my application.
Hi Phil, I’d make sure you’re following the section on error free applications – if you have a friend or family member who can help you edit you may see some better results!
I HAVE APPLIED SINCE I FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT SNAG A JOB AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A JOB TO CALL ME FOR AN INTERVIEW OR ANYTHING. i CAN’T UNDERSTAND. MOST BUSINESSES HAVE ASKED ME TO APPLY @ SNAGAJOB.COM BUT STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING THING. I CALL THEY SAY WE ARE NOT HIRING BUT YET THEY STILL HAVE IT IN HE DATA BASE. WHAT’S UP WITH THIS
Hi, I’m with Nabeel in that it is very frustrating applying for these jobs online to never hearing from them but the real kicker is to see that they’ve put out alerts that they are searching again for the very same job you’ve applied for just 3mos earlier, and I’ve continued applying for the job and still no reply. Then I call or come see in person only to be told that the position has been filled or one manager even told me that he has two sites to go to and usually chooses the in house site when looking for a candidate for my field. Oh by the way I’ve been unemployed for 11mos and have exausted most of my savings. Shall I try moving to another state cause South Carolina stinks.
I’ve discovered that when there is a posting on a general web site (i.e. Indeed) that it is best to go to the corporate web site. Some managers feel that if you apply on the corporate web site you are more interested in their company than if apply through a non-corporate site. Considering that some HR department are getting thousands of apps a day it makes sense to just review the ones coming to the corporate site. However, I wonder why they are putting their openings out on other sites if they are not paying attention to them.
I’ve discovered that some companies are looking for a candidate who will quickly fit into “Their culture.” The issue that arises is that they never find the perfect fit for both the position and the culture. Also some jobs turn are not to be what has been advertised as the job description has “changed” from the time you interviewed to when you start the job. I think some people hold on for 3 months so they can add that to their resume especially if they have been out of work for a year or more. Also some companies don’t care how many people they go through as there are more out there. Maybe it is best if you don’t hear from them.
11 months. Try 2 1/2 years!! There are not many “real” jobs out there. Don’t be fooled -
unemployment is up! Those getting jobs are young – they will work for less than the
older, experienced ones. Hang in there. My advice – reinvent yourself.
Actually, in North Carolina, most employers are rejecting the younger employees in favor of the older ones because of the unemployment. They would rather have a 40 year old man who is way over qualified to flip burgers than a 16 year old who would do the same thing. Not that I’m saying I have something against them, I’d just like to be able to get a job because there is only one person working in my house and there is almost no money. I go to college next fall, how am I going to pay for it?
I was at my last job for six years and left eight months ago to go to school. Surprise, FAFSA doesn’t cover all of tuition! I’ve been job hunting all summer and my savings are completely gone. I don’t have enough to cover the rest of school. But hey, instead of paying for me to get a degree and become useful as a taxpayer I guess the government is ok with me becoming homeless. That will really help the economy! I have 14 years of experience between retail/customer service/food service and I haven’t even gotten an interview. Is it because companies check your credit when doing background checks? Why don’t they realise that if we have jobs we can pay our bills?! Good luck all!
Start networking with friends, family, and acquaintances. Let them know that you are looking and what skills you have. The best places to find jobs don’t always advertise on job boards, but by word of mouth. When you exhausted your search with friends, family, and acquaintances, go to complete strangers. You can find them at job clubs.
These clubs can be found through your department of labor and/or public library.
I hope that this will give you a new direction!
Yes that is true.once your out of work they sat 6 months don;t even look for a job.I have work all of my life been out of work now for 2 1/2 yrs now and i apply they don;t even respond.I call them and they say they are not hiring and then i go to the store and you see all these new employers.They hire who the hell they like not if you have experiencen or not.I seen the people they hire some don;t even know what they are doing but they hire them because they have not been out of work more than 6 months or knows them.
Hi Sally, I know that long job searches get very frustrating and can be really hard on you. While some employers do have an unemployment bias, most don’t – and there are things you can do to make even the most picky of employers take a second look at your application.
First, fill those employment gaps with volunteer work http://www.snagajob.com/resources/volunteering-it-does-a-job-search-good/
Second, make sure it’s not you. I know it can be discouraging to take a hard look at your applications, but make absolutely certain that you’re submitting error-free applications and following up: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/when-to-follow-up-on-job-applications/
HI I have been working on and off at my job since 2009 as on call basis . I read a lot of the comments here. I applied at K-mart as soon as I hit apply I got a rejection back. Heck there was no time for anybody to read it . Key words I found out. YES and with checking credit reports . How can you fix it if you dont have a job lol. Am ready to write on resumes MY CREDIT IS SHOT SO DONT CHECK save time and money. Thanks
Hi Joe – instant notification means you didn’t pass one of the employers filters, it’s not based on your credit score: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-my-application-being-rejected/
I totally agree on this one, as I am a CNA and I have 0ver 10yrs experience in this field, and they always say Nursing assistants are in high demand, I want to know where, I live in Northern Illinois. And also I have over 5yrs experience in the retail and food industry. I’ve filled out way over 200 applications on this line as I have been a faithful member since 2009 and nothing has happened for me off of here. It is a shame that employers now check credit scores and such, I mean come on now if we have some bad stuff on our credit it doesn’t mean we are bad people it just means we need the job to correct the problems!
I’ve heard that most companies are checking for credit scores during the hiring process. If you have a crap credit score, you’re more likely not to hear from them or get turned down later if they DO call. I guess it’s to be sure you’re not going to steal from the company to pay off the stuff you owe. I, for one, wouldn’t steal and risk my freedom just to pay for something that didn’t work well in the first place. Oh, well. Back into the job hunt for me.
Wow I read these stories of let down after let down, I was thinking maybe it just me or where I live that cause a delay in me getting a job. Sense the crash of the housing market got me and serve other 100,000 of people. I have put in 100′s of app. and never a call or an interview . The way I see it as if you do not have someone working on the inside of these companies you are wasting your time.And about putting app. on the internet worst idea I have ever heard.This is to me a waste of my time. Time I could be out searching if nothing else door by door. At least this way someone with a heart beat will tell me they are not hiring. Right now I am going into my second year of college reaching for hope that one day I will run into someone that is willing to put my education to work. The bad thing about this is our government is the co-signer on my college loan , Wonder what’s going to happen when I get this degree and still can not find work? You think maybe they will be able to find me a job? The way I see it they can not take what i have already stored in my head , so if they plan on getting paid I believe if I haven’t found a job they help me . What we are seeing is capitalism this comes from these huge companies Mongolism the market this is to have and keep control over people. This gives these companies great power, and with this kind of power you have control. Look around and see what you see?
I have been searching for months on end now. I have been working since I was 16 and the majority of that experience is in construction, making no less than 13 an hour starting. Nowadays, everyone wants to pay 9 an hour or less. There is no way I could survive off of that, and I am also trying to start my career and tired of dead-end no advancement jobs.
Hi Ryan, have you considered advancing your construction career into project management or some other supervisory position? That might lead to the pay you want within your area of expertise!
How do you take the skills that you have to advance yourself to the next position above you? I have applied for jobs that I have experience doing and can do, but several times I was told because I did not work under the job title they were hiring for, they would not consider me.
Hi Leanne! I want to clarify. Are you applying to jobs you are overqualified for? This article may help: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/im-overqualified/. Let me know what you think!
I have been unemployed for almost 2 years and have been doing extensive work searches every day. I have applied for a few jobs on snagajob without hearing anything. I am a baby boomer and need to continue working because I am not old enough for Social Security. Very frustrating……feel like giving up but in order to live I need a position. Any suggestions out there????
Hi Susan – I am sorry to hear you are having a hard time, I know it’s rough out there. In a competitive market, every opening has many applicants and hiring managers cannot get in contact with each and every one of them. Have you thought of filling your unemployment gaps with volunteer work? You will not only be adding to your resume, but you will also be creating a valuable network of contacts and references.
I know all the feelings .. I’ve been unemployed since 09 .. I’ve put in hundreds & hundreds of app’s, cover letters, I’ve maybe had 5 interviews. It’s an employers world of what they want an do. You do all the bells & whistles that need to be done your all excited an nothing. It does not matter what state your in .. I don’t think .. it’s going to be the same. I’m 60 an it’s really rough, trust me.
EVA–
I’ve also been out of work for over two years. Ironically, I’ve been in Human Resources ever since graduating college. It’s so frustrating and also like an emotional roller coaster the way the job market/recruiters are right now. It’s hard to stay optimistic at times. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever work again! In the meantime, I’ve thought of opening my own business, going back to school and/or switching careers. The problem with this is finances (or lack of them). After working hard all my life to get to where I was, I now find myself in a position where I am facing losing my home, unable to pay my bills, etc. Everyone keeps telling me to hang in there, but my patience is wearing thin…
When it comes to looking for a job, Pennsylvania isn’nt much better.
I have determined that all job boards are a scam.The same position appears week, after week, after week, after week, after week, sometimes even listed a a “New” posting. These “jobs” are ones I am qualified for, and I never hear a peep out of them. Who’s making money on this?
Hi Tom – Many companies have unpredictable hiring needs and continuously accept applications throughout the year in anticipation of a large hiring need. Don’t give up on these postings! We have heard from members who have received jobs weeks, even months after applying.
Do you ever say anything useful, Kim?
Hi Lauren – Is there anything I can help you with?
Don’t come here to California, it stinks as bad as Hades now. The most I can secure is part time work if I am lucky, which wont even make the rent. To top it off, if you make anything over $25, the Unemployment Insurance dings you a full dollar for every dollar you make after that. It is bad enough that it is taxed now. How I wish our call center never would have gotten Verizon as a client. They are a real stickler for you getting all your metrics, and making it as hard as possible. You might have better luck in Sacramento, I would stay away from all the smaller towns, especially Sanger and Fresno. Reedley has packing shed jobs. Go to Paga Mas.com.
I’m with Phil & Tim [ ? ] as to stock piling of apps and the ‘no reply’ from employers although the job is still listed as “”open”". Seems online job searching is NOT the way to go, even in todays’s electronically advanced society. I’ve considered hoof’n it –the traditional method of job searching– and see if the results are any different. The only thing I keep getting calls on for online jobs is Bankers Life, Insurance sales job. And I know me, I am NOT a sales person, although have a great personality and many people suggest that I go into sales. Pretty sad that you have to job hunt within more than 20miles outside of your city to earn any remote chance of being hired, or that the ‘old school method’ is more successful than today’s advanced society……………..
It sounds like the two main issues are not hearing back at all or being told that they aren’t currently hiring?
If you’re not getting called back at all, I really recommend checking your spelling (and having a friend check over it too, someone who is Mayor of your local library on FourSquare if you’ve got them
) and then following up on your applications. If you STILL aren’t getting called for interviews, check and make certain you’re applying to things you are qualified for and that fit your schedule.
As far as the other issue, while we have some employers who are always accepting applications, they aren’t necessarily hiring to fill a position right this second. That doesn’t mean you won’t get hired, but I wouldn’t expect to hear from them quickly. We’ve heard from members who got hired from those types of posts; sometimes it was after a few days and sometimes it was after a few months.
Good luck with your job searches, and let me know if you have any questions!
-Amy
same here I NEVER here anything when I use this site, I always go directly to employers site
Hi Kim, you can definitely utilize Snagajob as a search instead of apply process, and in many cases clicking apply does take you directly to the employer application process – good luck with your search!
ITS TIME TO GO BACK TO PAPER APPLICATIONS, THIS INTERNET STUFF STINKS,,
KIND OF LIKE THAT NEW SHOW “SMASH”
Amy,
I am an employment consultant, and the problem is not with their spelling. The problem is with Snag A Job posting jobs that don’t exist. I have called many of the listed employers and they have no idea why Snag A Job has them listed. These are a few employers you always list as hiring Pizza Hut, Advanced Auto, and CVS. Come on… let’s be honest here, Snag A Job only lists them to make themselves look good. Do the right thing. Be honest and really start matching applicant’s up with jobs. That’s what you advertise, so why not do it.
I wholeheartedly agree with Amy.
Thank you, Debra – I appreciate your encouragement!
Donna,
Of the brands you’ve mentioned, 2 are companies who’s listings we post for members to search as a convenience, 1 is a client who specifically works with us for employment needs. We aren’t listing them to make ourselves look good, we are trying to put as many hourly job opportunities as we can on the site, even if the employer doesn’t utilize Snagajob for their internal hiring needs. We do that so members can find as many jobs as possible near them by searching here, and so that we can offer them a place to look for jobs that we (to the very best of our ability) keep free of fraud that plagues some other available resources. In some instances parent companies will request listings and the franchise owners many b unaware of the relationship, which might account for the issue you’ve run across. It’s not perfect, but we’re always working to try and make it better.
There are outdated posts on the site, with over 250,000 jobs posted some do fall through the cracks. But we have a team of great people that does it’s very best to remove old listings and check new ones for fraud.
Hope that helps answer your concerns!
Amy,
I have to agree with Donna on one small point, spelling suggestions. I notice that the main suggestion in these postings is to double check spelling. Many of us on here have some or a lot of formal education so when we complain that there is never a response from a potential employer advising us to check our spelling is like a slap to the face. Especially if you consider the fact that we have filled out hundreds of apps, after that many apps you can pretty much point out errors on sight! I’ve noticed the post, no reply trend as well, a position will be posted and you apply for it. Then after a few weeks the post will be right back up showing posted 3 or so days ago, leaving you wondering how after all that time and apps can they still not have found qualified applicants. Its not just snagajob, its every online job site out there.
It doesn’t.
I completely agree with Donna. I am going to stop wasting my time with this site. It seems the only ones who contact from this site are the sleazy and the scammers. I can not tell you how many positions I have tried to apply for, only to be rerouted to yet another online “jobs” site, who want you to build yet another profile with them before you can even “apply”. It is bogus. I am going directly to the companies website from now on. I don’t even believe companies are really listing on here even to collect applications, either. Job boards like this, cost an employer to advertise, which, most employers are not going to do, and especially not going to do just to collect applications. What I HAVE found out is, most employers WILL advertise on local Craig’s lists because it costs nothing to do so. I am done with these job boards. They are bogus and in my opinion, great for information seekers. Anybody can pose as an employer. Think of all the personal information you put on a resume and profile.
Amy, Debra I totally agree with you!!!! I look into these job listings and find the same thing. If you get anwsered it’s because they’re not hiring otherwise I hear nothing! I’m actually getting extremely concerned about sending so much of my information over the internet
smh i thought that teens could start applying and getting jobs at the ae of 16 well im 17 going on 18 and still haven’t hadan interveiw nor a phone call regarding anything im startin to lose my faith and im really in need of a job!!!
smh, it is tough for teens to get jobs in a “normal” economy. Employers don’t hire teens because they have generally have no skills, little work experience, not enough education, and no trackable job performance. It is even tougher for teens when the economy is suffering. Jobs that required a H.S diploma now require an associates or even a batchlors, I personally feel this is just a way of legally discriminating, but it is what it is. Keep trying, apply to at least 3 a day. If you are through with H.S. take college classes. If you can only take 1 at a time you could still get 5 out in a year with the 3 semesters some offer in summer. Taking small bites is better than no bites. The educational bar will be raised, it won’t come back down, and if you don’t have the paperwork, you will get stuck doing the gruntwork for the people who got theirs. Good Luck in all you do.
The bar has been raised even higher. I found out that they are asking for a Masters degree now. Many of my workmates wound up in my call center because the workplaces for what they studied for wouldn’t hire them. The employers were asking for a few years experience on top of it.
If your spelling, grammer and attitude was as equally abhorent as your post, perhaps that is why you are not getting a job. In today’s economy, you have to be an asset to an employer more than ever. If a potention employer feels he will have to motivate you, do remedial training, or that your actions may be a liability to him, you will not be considered. If you can’t take the effort to get your application filled out properly, take enough interest to demonstrate your marketable skills, and show how your skills are expert in the field you seek to work in, you don’t have a chance.
I agree with you, job employer, but what about those of us who have skills? I’m in the top 10% of my class (out of some 500 students), I have no record, no drug use, willing to work practically every single day, have great references, and some training in the field I want to go into, but every time I apply somewhere I get the “you don’t meet qualifications” message. Honestly, what do they want from us teenagers? We can’t give them past job experience without first having a job! It’s infuriating. I’ve spent two years trying to get a job (I’m almost 17 now) and I’ve come up with nothing. If you have an advice at all, it would be very much appreciated.
Hi D.J., it sounds like you are doing everything right, but if you’re having trouble because you have a lack of experience you may want to consider volunteering to gain experience and increase your networking opportunities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8DylxV4LMc
I feel your pain. Even our city doesn’t want people for office assistants who don’t have a year or more experience. I have gotten the rejection letters for both Justice and all other departments. They said I don’t meet the filing qualifications…What are we suppsed to do if noone gives you a chance?
You spelled “grammar” incorrectly.
And ‘potential’.
…and “abhorrent”. Additionally, you used the wrong tense twice in one sentence.
Job employer,
I just want to let you know that your post was very offensive. Did you remember when you were forming the thought to even make that post that you are talking to people who have been out of work for months and even years on end? Of course they are going to lose faith. AND if they are posting here in this forum then they are frustrated and even the most put together people can’t keep it all together when they see that the is no financial stability in their future. If you have a job, please keep it because with your attitude you won’t make it as long as some of the people on here with out it. I hope you are not an employer listed on this site, because if you are we can all see why there are no jobs circulating!!
Well said Kim Some people just don’t understand what it is like out here.
I have tried the city of Clovis, and they are even more heartless. If you don’t have a valid California drivers license, they wont even consider you. Jobs want you to run errands for them using your car, even if it is only an office job. They don’t understand that the reason I don’t have a car is because none of the jobs would pay enough for me to afford one. The employers want to have you living paycheck to paycheck. I have also taken the Business Account Clerk program for nothing. Not having a car has helped me to not be able to even meet a girl that wants even a future with me. There has to be more than part time in the United States. Companies should be held accountable for wanting to outsource everything just to save $. We had a Hersheys choclate factory in Merced once, but they decided to outsource their factory to Mexico, and put 500 people out of work. With all this, I don’t know how people even can get cars, and now Obamacare wants us to fork over the rest of our $ on mandatory health insurance.
Hi Troy! I think this article can help you: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/searching-for-jobs-without-a-car/. Also, is this the email address you are using when applying for jobs? It sounds small, but employers do care about your email address and yours may come off as a little unprofessional. Try creating a new, generic address that is simply your name. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, AND IT IS SOO FRUSTERATING MY GOSH!!! YOU FILLED OUT 20 WELL SWEETHEART…. YOU NAME A PLACE AND I HAVE FILLED OUT AN APP THERE LOL LOL !!!! WHENEVER I CALL AND ASK IF I CAN SPEAK TO A MANAGER ABOUT MY APP– IM USAULLY TOLD “OH OUR MANAGERS KEEP UR APP ON FILE, AND IF YOUR WHAT THEIR LOOKING OR THEY’LL GIVE YOU A CALL” WOW ?! REALLY?! THANX?! BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW LADY ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE…..I NEEEEED THIS JOB AND I AM A HARD, RELIANT WORKER= CAN YA GIVE ME A CHANCE ——-SHEEESH * FYI SORRY FOR MY VENTING, IM JUST SAYING ITS BEEN QUITE A FEW MONTHS NOW AND STILL NOTHING :*( UGHHHHH—-
After reading this this morning I started calling some of the locals that was listed. I did not find one out of 10 that said they were hiring. I am starting to get a different feeling about these job postings. I have over 30 years experience in construction. Snag-A-Job has not once had a construction job on their site. But I have applied for other jobs on it and liike everyone else I don’t hear nothing back.
Hey Terry, make sure your applications are free of errors and remember to follow up! This article addresses the issue with jobs that are posted that don’t seem to be open when you follow up http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/.
Justin, Please!!!! Enough with tha error thing. It’s getting old!! It must be a “standard ” post for Snag a Job. You don’t have a clue!!! And wipe that smile off your face. It’s not easy out there!!!
Hi Diane, I know the job search is hard, and I’ve seen first hand how frustrating it can be, both personally and professionally. Tough as it is, we try to stay positive, and encourage our members to do the same. I know it’s not easy when you’ve been out of work a long time, but trying to keep your spirits up can give you more energy to look for work and help you make a way better impression when you score an interview. As for the advice on errors, it is a pretty common piece of advice we give, but that’s because we have asked our in-house HR team about this, and asked our great recruiter guest blogger, and though I know we typos are the #1 most common resume mistake, and they can keep you from getting hired. http://www.snagajob.com/resources/recruiter-rant-typos-and-your-resume/
I can sympathize…it’s a long process however, made harder due to a couple of factors. You have to take into account how you follow up, first of all. Following up is key. Second, I know people have run into HR reps who say, ‘we have your resume on file.’ I’ve been told that myself, and it is true. Unfortunately, some companies have a bad habit of not getting back to you until later or not at all. It used to be customary across the board for companies to let you know what has happened. They probably stopped due to the volume of applicants. Crappy, I know. The main thing is, to try NOT to give up. I’m in the same boat myself, for close to a year now. I’ve had my moments where I wanted to give up so bad, but I kept at it. I hope we all land jobs soon.
I’ve been unemployed for over 2 years. I have sent so many resumes that I can not count them anymore. It’s very hard to get jobs within the last few years. If anyone has any ideas what else to do about this. Please, fill us in.
If you can’t get a job, then maybe its time to start advertising for your services. Can you cut trees? Organize messy places? Haul big items from the big box stores? Think about all your skillls, advertise at the supermarket board, staple a sign on the phone pole, craigslist whatever, just get the word out. If an offer comes through, then you have the choice to stop, but if nothing comes through, you won’t be starving. Good luck to you.
Great suggestions Don! I’ve seen a number of small 1 person businesses start up over the summer (judging by yard signs and telephone poles). Taking advantage of your unique skills is a good way to make money, even if you aren’t getting called back by traditional employers.
Thanks for sharing your advice Chris
I am really at wit’s end here i cant seem to get any one to even look my way, when it comes to a job.
I am 24 years of age and i live with my girlfriends parents you know how bad that makes me feel?
I feel this Is a losing battle and i don’t know what to do. Although i try and i try and i never hear a call back from any of the jobs i have applied for i am frustrated and i am about to be kicked out. I fill out oh 4-7 apps a day i even call them on Monday’s to hear them tell me they are not hiring i am confused with the process that is going on and i am almost to that giving up point and living on the streets
Since Last Year I’ve Been Applying On Here. Never Got A Call Back From Any of Them.
Hi Carlos – I’m sorry to hear you’ve been having a tough job search. A couple of suggestions: 1) Check for accurate spelling and grammar 2) If the email address you’ve used to post this comment is the same one on your Snagajob account, you may be scaring employers off (your email is included in your online application). Get a job search appropriate email address and change your account contact information, and that may help! http://www.snagajob.com/resources/bad-email-addresses/
what i did is i called the company that was advertizing a job, instead of putting in the application online… when i called they told me to come in the next day for an interview!
Good idea
I can feel everyones pain i have filled out application through snagagjob and i have not heard back from none of the places that i have applied for
Hi Misty, make sure you’re following those 4 steps, especially the one about error free applications. It can be really easy to miss your own errors, but having a misspelling or mistake on your application is nearly a sure way to not be considered for the job.
Isn’t it stupid about this artificial barrier just to get an interview. It seams that all applicants have to get a BS degree in reading and writing before applying for a lot of jobs which emphisize other than wring skills. It became obvious to me that the system of job searching through internet isn’t sufficient. Don’t think i am frustrated.
It’s tough out there. The job market is at a slow pace. I’ve applied to dozens of places within the last week and so far no call backs. I have followed up on some applications and the manager just tells me that applications are being looked over in the next few weeks. It’s hard, yes, but it’s something I can’t give up on.
I know the market is tough, but I’m glad you’re determined to make the best of it Sheila. That positive attitude is one of your strongest job search tools, don’t let go of it!
Also the fact that some employers like hourly jobs are wanting to hire less people or people are quite lazy so they can pay them less and in the end make more money. It’s how it’s ending up. sad but true. If things get worse, I might make my own small business, you all can join me if you like
Don’t give up though, I’ve been searching and searching and hopefully something will come up. Good luck to everyone.
I was unemployed for nearly two years and when I got a (P/T) job it was not even worth it because they scheduled me for less than 12 hours per WEEK and I spend MORE than my entire paycheck just for gas not to mention waste of time! FRUSTRATING! I now have a different P/T job (I was working 40+ hrs at first, then after a month they cut down to 16-24/wk) and it’s only because I found out about the position from someone working on the inside. So, my conclusion is, unless you know someone internal, it will be SUPER difficult to get employed. My advice is to network, don’t be shy and don’t hesitate to get to know the people around you. Who knows, perhaps the next person you meet can somehow help you land a job.
Best wishes to you (desperate) job seekers out there. I feel you!
Networking is so important – thanks for providing a real-life example that can give people the push to start reaching out to the people they know!
Thank you Singlemom : very kind words .I am glad you found a job….I have to be positive .
I agree that the job market is horrible. I am in San Diego, I have 2 jobs and yet I can still barely pay my bills. I am on the hunt for a Full Time job. The thing I hear everyone saying on here is that they are putting in 20 or more applications online and then following up by phone with a manager. I was told recently by a manager, that he doesn’t really pay attention to applications that come in online. He prefers if someone walks in and asks if they are hiring, or if they come in with resume in hand asking if they are hiring, he immediately if he feels they would fit the job takes them in to interview on the spot. So my advice from what I am finding out is to..1. Send applications in via websites 2. Don’t just rely on the Internet to find a job, get out there and actually hit the pavement and apply places in person 3. Do follow up on the phone with a manager if you’ve applied online and haven’t heard from anyone within a week, also if you are somewhere and notice they are hiring, ask to speak with a store manager about the job 4. Be prepared ALWAYS have copies of your resume with you. You never know when you might see a job you REALLY want, and it looks very good to be able to walk in with a resume. Hope this advice helps out!! Good luck everyone with your job search!!
Great suggestions Cheri!
I CERTAINLY AGREE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS COMPUTER OVER 2 YRS NO CALL BACK VERY DISAPPOINTING FOR ME AND ALL MY FRIENDS
I’d recommend being extra careful about application errors; I don’t have much to go off of, but your post has some grammar mistakes and all caps is a major no-no for online applications. If you have a friend who’s great with reading and writing, you may want to ask them to help you out with some editing suggestions. Good luck – I hope you and your friends find jobs soon!
Amy, you sound like an automaton with your constant refrain of error-free applications; as though that must be one of the primary reasons that people never hear back from anyone. It’s not, so you need to stop beating that dead horse.
If that were true (and really important), what conclusion should I reach when employers routinely address me as a woman when I’m a man, or butcher the spelling of my name, even though it’s clear as day for them? Should I dismiss them as idiots, shoot back an email and tell them they’re not qualified for their job, or call them up and ask why they can’t take the time to check their spelling?
That’s not the reason at all. What’s going on is a process of rejecting most online applications out of hand, without ever considering them, much less looking at them. Corporations are all about screening people out, not looking for a reason to hire someone. This is the exact opposite of the role of HR (now called recruiting or staffing, depending on the company). They do with a variety of means, including online ‘assessments’ that attempt to psychoanalyze you and determine if you’d be a good fit in their company (think Best Buy), even though there is no science to support the validity of such assessments. They also do it via scanning for certain words in your applications/resume, and if they don’t find them (or they find ones they don’t want to see), you’re also rejected out of hand.
The sad truth is that companies are playing games with the unemployed. They post job openings for jobs that aren’t open; so do the staffing agencies that have them as clients. They send boilerplate emails to reject you with no information at all about how there are ‘other candidates that more closely suit our needs’, even though your qualifications do meet all of their needs. In short, they’re using the desperation of the millions of unemployed as a weapon against them.
That’s go to stop.
Hi Mark, I know I say it a lot, and I wish I could just beam the top few tips into everyone’s computer when they start out their job searches. But what you said about “Corporations are all about screening people out” is true, there are a lot of applicants for every position, and unfortunately making errors is one quick way that they can rule you out. The train of thought is that if you can’t take the time to spell check, or recognize the errors, you are either lacking in attention to detail or have less than desirable language skills. Assessments and keywords are definitely used as well, but those vary on a job-by-job basis. But if all other things are equal and one applicant has errors where another doesn’t, one is much more likely to be called than the other. That’s why I push so hard on application errors. We’ve heard it from real hiring managers over and over, and though I know it’s repetitive (especially to the people already heeding that advice) I’ll keep saying it until all our members know how important it is. Especially since many of our job seekers are young and looking for their first jobs, having an application free of ‘text speak’ and spelling errors may be one of the most important differentiating factors, not their extensive history or assessments. It sounds like you’re in a different position in your job search, and you’re very well spoken, so I can definitely understand that the advice probably seems unwarranted, but it’s critical for a vast number of our readers.
Hope that explains a bit why I’m coming off as a repetitive robot bent on perfecting the spelling! Good luck with your job search Mark, and let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with!
Amy, You keep saying to check for errors. Do you know there are errors? Did you read all the applications? I don’t think so! Try another excuse!!
Hi Diane, I help members edit their resumes over my lunch breaks and edit resumes for friends and family members too, so I’ve seen quite a few resumes and I’ve never seen one that didn’t have an error or two (including mine). In fact, when I write my resume to submit to a company, I typically write it up, leave it for an hour or so, re-read it aloud (you tend to catch errors more easily that way) and then ask someone else to check it.
I know it sounds tedious and time consuming, and it is, but your application or resume is your first impression. It can make the difference between getting and not getting an interview. I have asked our in house HR team about this, and asked our great recruiter guest blogger, and though I know we say it a lot, typos are the #1 most common resume mistake, and they can keep you from getting hired. http://www.snagajob.com/resources/recruiter-rant-typos-and-your-resume/
Hi Diane! Just had another thought that might help: if the email address you’re using for comments is the same as your job search contact, a more professional address could help: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-recruiters-care-about-your-email-address/
Yes Amy, Cheri does have better suggestions than you do. She seems more the expert.
Cheri definitely shared some really great advice. If you follow the links in the article above, we’ve got in-depth advice on application follow up and explaining how (and when) to do it, as well as other application tips. I’m grateful she took the time to share her first hand experience, and I’m sure it’s helpful to many of our members who are still looking for work!
Sears/Kmart website…is badly put together. By the time, I finish their questionairre/psychological exam…….you go to a page for appointments and lo and behold…no appointments are available.
Also, sometime in the past couple of years, I went down to the Sears in Clearwater. Where online…I had a 11:30 am appt. The woman at the HR office, knew nothing about this. She said I was part of the “global pool”. It does seem to be useless filling out all these online apps. The only thing I can think of at this time…is to select odd times to work..like night hours, overnight hours…then maybe they will contact you. Any ideas?????
We have heard from members who suggested being available for “Third Shift” hours helped them get hired, if you’re available and don’t mind being a night owl give it a shot!
I currently have over 1000 resumes out and many of them from jobs at snaajob.com only been on 2 jib interviews from job posted at snagajob.com, one they said they would get back to me which they never did and the other i went through the whole interview of 45 minutes only to be told they had filled the job 2 days before.
I have now been unemployed now for over a year. I am over 55 yrs old and have management skills from running a company for over 6 years.
I feel that i am of an age where employers just look at my age and then place my resume in the round file.
I have stopped looking for work
I’m sorry to hear you’ve had such trouble Jared, have you considered starting your own side business? It sounds like you’ve got the experience to run a business, and you may be able to think of something that will let you do what you enjoy and work flexible hours. Just a thought!
Hi Jared Held, I feel your pain brother… I am 53. I had 3 phone interviews (different companies) that said they were interested and scheduled me for a in-person interview. At all 3 in-person interviews, from the moment we made eye contact, the interviewers did their best to talk themselves out of any “implied” commitment they may have made over the phone, and that they were still in the interview process. I am a professional and know how to dress and present myself to a potential employer, as well as follow-up. I also took classes at my local unemployment office (free) and participated in mock interviews to brush up on my skills. I even went back to college and trained for a new career; couldn’t get hired in that career either. Over the 22 months I was unemployed, I applied to an unbelievable amount of jobs (triple digits) before I finally found a fellow baby boomer that was willing to hire me. Now 4 months later, my job is in jeopardy due to down sizing and budget cuts. The young kids can’t get jobs because they have no experience; the over 45 crowd can’t get jobs because they have too much experience and employers are afraid to hire them -OR- the 26 y/o who is doing the hiring doesn’t want to work with the ‘parental’ types from the older generation. To hear people with union jobs complain about concessions, or their ‘way to small’ raise, is almost unbearable. I don’t have the skills, or desire, to become an entrepreneur. I just pray that I’m not one of the ones getting cut during the downsizing. Don’t give up, something will give eventually. Good luck. God bless.
Hi I am Angelica I have been applying for jobs for the past two year and I’m not getting hired for any jobs. I already applied for over 20 application in the past two years and still no hired ( I have been called once for an interview but I was hired in the process). -_- Maybe the problem is that employers now in day are looking for workers that has work experience as for me I don’t have enough work experience ( those that not have work experience are struggling to get hired including myself) but I would like if the employers give me an opportunity to gain more experience by hiring me a job. Even so I’ll keep applying for jobs and I hope my luck will turn for the best and if you a good advice to share with me I be happy to hear it.
Hi Angelica, if you think that your lack of experience is what’s holding you back, volunteering can help out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8DylxV4LMc
I am the opposite I have been unemployed since June of this year and have been on 10 interviews since starting to use snag a job. Somewhere between the resume interview and follow up I am missing or doing something wrong and i just can’t figure it out.
Hi Charles, that’s an interesting issue – the great news is that you must be applying to the right jobs and have an awesome resume, but the flip side is that it sounds like you may need to work on your interview skills and follow up. You may have an employment assistance company locally that conducts free mock interviews, you can also ask a friend to help you practice and get their feedback. And always follow up with employers after interviews!
I don’t know what the deal of online job hunting you go locally people tell you go online. I put in applications and submitted resumes and still hear nothing. I’m frustrated to no end. I was laid off 3 years to the date and my unemployment has run out. The lack of work was going to happen one day and it happened in the office I spent 25 years in. It finally closed all gone which was once a thriving business with billions of dollars of revenue. Hard to imagine but that’s what happened. I thought I would be there until the end, I was wrong. Now at 52 I’m wondering if it is the age or the worst of times for America. We Americans don’t build anything any more. Now I feel we don’t design anymore either. Dark times are here
Dont feel bad people. It could be worse. I have been trying to get work for over 1 1/2 years. Hundreds of resumes and applications. In that time I have had 3 (yes) 3 interviews. The problem for me is if i dont find work soon I wont be able to my bills and that means the street for me. So keep trying and keep trying. Hopefully the ecomomy will get better and jobs will open up again.
Good luck Scott, I’m sorry to hear things are so tough – hope you find something soon.
I’ve actually had the opposite experience, Cheri. When I called to followup on an application I was told that I was no longer being considered because I called. I am looking for administrative work, so maybe the rules are different but this woman was real snippy. It’s not even like the job ad said “no calls”; it had a phone number and the name of the company. It was very frustrating. Mostly though the ads say no calls or walk-ins, so it’s all online.
Hannah, I’m sorry to hear that – that’s just plain odd. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a person being removed from consideration for following up when they listed a phone # and didn’t say not to call. Hope your next application goes better (and your contact person is nicer!)
I have for the past few months have been looking and applying for work and I have heard nothing!!! I graduated from college this May for nothing. To everyone who cares, I’m nothing but a born loser. And we born losers do not exisist, we have no future and we have no life.
Michael, I know that long job searches are tough, and really hard on your emotional state. It sounds like you’re really struggling, try to readjust your attitude – it’s not easy, but it will make you feel better and probably help you get hired. Have a long talk with a good friend. Clean your room. Take a walk. Make sure your days stick to a schedule, when you let your hours slip away and your days start to get fuzzy it’s easy to feel you’re not accomplishing anything. Make a schedule and stick to it. Good luck!
I’ve been looking for work for 5 years now. I’ve put in hundreds of applications. All I keep hearing is they don’t like the gap in my work history. Fast food places tell me I’m over qualified. The interviews I do get are for door-to-door salesmen. I don’t have a car and have to live with my mother still. I am only 26 years old and it kills me that I cannot find a job. I make sure my apps are perfect and I call back to check on my apps. I stopped going to college so I can spend more time trying to find a job. You would think if you could work anytime they wanted they would hire you. I have the skills to do almost any job. My only fault is I don’t know how to build a resume. I’ve looked online for help but you have to pay for their service, and all everyone else will tell me is to list your jobs and skills. For me that is a short list. I’m at wits end here. I’m about to join the military just to get some income coming in. What do I do?
Hi Dan, I’d recommend volunteering for an organization that can improve your marketable skills (Habitat for Humanity, SPCA, etc) and maybe starting up a side business doing odd jobs for neighbors or your community. That will help you start to fill in that 5 year gap and make your resume look more appealing to employers. You can find free resume templates in most PC computers that have Microsoft Word, and I’m sure there’s a Mac equivalent – that’s a good base to start with!
Hello, I’ve been unemployed for a year now, all my savings are depleted, been borrowing from my family to pay up rent. I’ve applied to so many many many jobs in my specialization and beyond, not even a call or an acknowledgement. I even called and went in person to several places, the hiring peron or people discarded my application, mnd you I have a great friend who edited my reumes and cover letters, it’s really frustrating, all the more I am at an age when people enjoy their retired life.
Any suggestion? Need a guardian angel
I’ve applied at 130+ places and no luck. I’ve applied at all of these places this Summer. Not all through snagajob. It’s getting frustrating to know I’m putting all this effort in only to be told, “Oh sorry we filled the position.” Also, knowing people doesn’t always get you a job or a even an interview. I don’t have a way to further myself if no one will hire me.
Hi Lacey, volunteering is a great way to enhance your resume, sharpen your skills and build your network. I’d recommend looking into it if you continue to have issues finding a summer job.
Hey, I just applied for a job a Petco and then I called them and they said they are not hiring but, I keep seeing a post that says they are. Also I don’t have a car so, I have to apply to places that are close to me and it’s hard for me to go and visit them. What do you think I should do?
Hi Joseph, some of our employers as that we leave up their active hiring posts (especially large ones, like PETCO) so that when they have an urgent hiring need they can immediately reach a qualified applicant. It sounds like that’s what you’ve encountered, and though they aren’t hiring right now you may be reached when they do need to hire. I’ve heard from a fair number of members that applied to this type of posting, forgot about it, and then got a job offer a month or two later! As for finding places close to home, grab whatever transportation you have (feet, bike, etc.) and head out dressed professionally with copies of your resume and see what’s nearby. Many small businesses don’t advertise their positions online, so you may find something that you wouldn’t otherwise have discovered.
Ok, thanks I’ll try that. : )
I have been applying for full-time jobs since June, 2009 and have only had a few interviews, less than five. I resorted to applying for holiday work and part-time work about a year ago, and was successful in getting hired for retail operations support work with two companies, but still work only 20 – 24 hours per week. I want to caution anyone thinking of trying this who is still eligible for federal or state unemployment benefits, because as soon as I applied for and was hired for on-call and part-time work I was denied any further assistance from my state. I now earn much less than the unemployment check I used to receive, about two thirds of the payment. So think twice before you apply for any job if you are still eligible for unemployment benefits.
Ugh!!! I am getting a small Unemployment check, but wonder if it will be even worth it for me to work the two part time jobs now. I applied for the foodservice over at Fresno State and also at Kohls, but after the 960 work hours are worked at the foodservice court at Fresno State, you are laid off for the rest of the year..I have prayed to god for the best, I don’t want to wind up with even less than what I was getting!!! Our state really does not want people to get ahead, as they take away incentive to work. Part time seems to be the only work available if you can get it. Maybe it will be better for me to keep trying for full time work elsewhere. I have even applied to Walmart where I used to work.
i am really not trying to be negative nancy when i tell you this but at my company,which is a retail warehouse, we will have applicants come in and ask to speak with our HR about their application or the position. ‘if’ HR is in the store they are in their office and whether you call or walk back to let him/her know that an applicant is wishing to speak with them you either get “tell them im in a meeting and take a message” or “tell them ive left for the day”. never once that im aware of has he/she ever came out and spoken to any applicant that was checking their application status. moral of the story: network and dont give up. make sure you stand out and youre someone they will remember to call back and more importantly as im sure this same issue happens with other “HR managers”, dont give in to the lame excuses just to get you out of their hair. wait for that “meeting” to be over or ask when they will be in next.
Hi Amy,
I’ve used this site, Snag a job for a few years now. When things weren’t so crazy, like they are now it was easier to find a job. I’ve found a few jobs through this site, but have learned some things along the way. I’d love to share those things because after a while, searching for a job that will fit your needs and finding little or nothing can become extremely depressing.
Job hunting is like treasure hunting. So having more than one site to put applications on is a good thing. Learning how to do research on companies is another good tool. There’s nothing worse than getting a job working for a company that treats it’s employees like slave labor.
There are several free tools out there that will help you write a resume and cover letter. Read the tutorials and then read some more. Along with finding a job being like a treasure hunt, it’s also like going back to school.
You want to shine, so here’s some other things you can do while your looking and putting out applications, take some skill tests. There are plenty of free one’s out there on the net.
Think about what you really want to do. If you are in need of money now, like most of us, consider doing some one or two day type gigs. A good place to search for this kind of work is through employment agencies and Craigs list usually has a list under the regular employment listings of short gigs.
There is a book called “Working with out a job”. I don’t know if it’s still in print but you might be able to find a copy on Amazon. In that book you get to assess all your skills. Doing this gives you a chance to think about skills you have that you can turn into jobs while your looking and putting out apps.
Job hunting means thinking of it as a job, because it really is. What you gain in experience in doing research, becomes something you have to offer, a new skill that if worded right can be seen (because it is) as a valuable asset to a company.
Check out Open University for taking some basic classes if you need to. Open University is free. You heard right. And the last bit of advise that might help is to pick an industry and see what is in demand. Think of this as learning how to see where the money is, and where the money is there are jobs and work to be had.
These are just a few ideas, I hope they help.
Great advice, thank you for sharing Wendy!
I have been trying to find a job since I was a teenager and I will be 28 in a few weeks. I have never gotten a job, unless you count babysitting which I usually do for free. It is frustrating as well watching my brothers get job after job through the years while I get none. It is depressing being unable to start my adult life because of no income.
Deb, if you’ve been babysitting for free, it’s time to call in some favors. Ask those babysitting clients if they’d be willing to provide references, and ask one or two to write you a letter of recommendation. You many also want to beef up your resume with some volunteer experience that can expand your skills. Good luck!
Yes, you all are right about tons of resumes bring filled out and no reply. Yet, a follow up is one of the most important step!. By following up in person or in a simple phone call, your voice will be heard. Let them recognize your name so they can realize how much your really want the job. Do NOT brag a bout yourself! Everyone has heard of the ” I am in need of this job” or ” I am the hardest worker”. Start off talking about a weakness that follows up with a positive. For example; “I might not have much experience on my resume however, I have been involved with after school programs that made me realize how essential it is to be enthusiastic,positive, and participation effort”. Along with knowing a little about the company you applied to such as; “I know your company has developed tremendously since 2001, and I would be honored to have a opportunity to be apart of your company”……. Good luck, I hope I helped!
Thanks for sharing your advice Johanna!
I think my question is, ‘what’s really out there’, what’s the job market REALLY like, we’re told a lot of things, but one of the things we’re ALSO told, is that there’s this thing called ‘globalization’, and that means companies moving offshore to save money. How many people can you afford to hire at 40k/yr, vs 20k/yr overseas where the money will still buy something?
Don’t forget your feet people. Sometimes smiling faces are a plus when the employer gets to see them.
Good advice – in-person follow ups are great (and even better if you’re dressed professionally and carrying your resume & recommendations!)
I used my feet and online still nothing.They say there hiring so you go and fill a application out. and they tell you I give this to HR.and they’ll call you if interested. I’ve been out of work since 2009 I have a few temp jobs, but that doesn’t help much to pay bills. I need a steady income.I went to other websites to apply for jobs like Careerbuilder,Ihiremanufacturing,Administrative jobs,jobs.com,Monster.com,Manpower just to name a few.Also Careelink. Still nothing.
My advice to everyone is Never give up because I felt just like all of you like jobs really ain’t hiring and they have the sane jobs on here even though you applied more than once but I got a interview through snagajob.com you just gotta be patient and never give up I done been rejected so many times but I never gave up and got my interview and got a job offer from them so just keep filling out applications make that a job and I guarntee you will get a interview just let finding a job be your main focus and you will get a job Good Luck everyone!
Thanks for sharing your story Ashley and congrats on your job!
REALLY ASHLEY , DID YOU JUST SAY ,AIN’T I GUESS WAS THAT IN THE RESEME TOO?
I to have been unemployed for two + years, have over 20 ys of management experience. If you think at 24 finding employmemt is tough try it at 61yrs old. All the interviews (3 in two yrs) I have partisipated in, as soon as they saw the gray in my hair the job I was applying for suddenly was not the one they wanted to offer me or the one they said was available.
I am a Social Worker who tries to find my clients employment. I have been using Snag-A-Job for four years and none of my clients have ever been called. I switched to using Indeed and have had much better results.
Hi Marsha, Indeed is a great resource for salaried positions – I’m glad you’ve been able to find employment for your clients!
I’ve read an article in the local newspaper about HR departments being told to disregard any applications or resumes with no current employment, so if you have no job you need not apply. That is so ridiculous in today’s job market! I’ve been selling cosmetics from home just to be able to put some kind of current employment on my resume but it doesn’t seem to be helping. I’ve applied for maybe 30 jobs in the past few months and have had one interview which went very well but I did not get the job. I do agree that spelling and grammar are a huge part of why a lot of applications and resumes are tossed out so be very careful with that.
Some HR departments are considering current employment as a factor; given the number of really talented and motivated employees who have been unemployed for a long time, I think they’re taking a huge unnecessary risk that will likely result in missing out on lots of stellar employees, but until that practice is deemed illegal there isn’t much to do but try to keep your resume active to improve your chances. I hope your hard work pays off soon, I know that it takes a lot of time to apply to that many jobs!
I worked for the Federal Government for 28 years. I have a lot of experience and training behind me. I’ve now been out of work for 2 years. Snag-a-job has not helped me at all! I keep applying and never hear back from anyone. When I do follow up the employer says they never had any openings. It’s getting real frustrating applying for jobs that don’t exist or send you back an email stating they found someone more qualified.
True story I have applied for 10 jobs and nothing but a month ago I applied for one job with fed ex and I was called up in 3 days for an interview, it really does depend, in all truth it’s up to the employer to contact you, and most times there not only relying on this site to fill there needs in staff, so they will ether forget about this site or simply no respond of they meet requirements, it isn’t a personal situation and it’s not to say that this site isn’t good but because there’s so Manu different sources like this and there all separate, it spreads the jobs out making it harder. The position are real it’s how you approach the job opening. If you see a posting on this site, there’s more then one way to apply to that single job posting, out side f this site and via the site. 2-3 spots open in a sinle posting and keep in mine the millions of members it takes to keep this site working well, in the end of the day it’s not the site to blame but unemployment rates. This site is great, but not enough employers are using it as a main hiring tool, that might change with time and technology or popularity.
I’ve applied for many jobs on this site and I’m not getting any calls back or interviews I really think this website is a waste of time
Hi Shante, I’m sorry to hear that – I’m hearing from people every day who are getting hired, so though it’s tough out there and the search is different for everyone it does happen. If you’re not having luck with us don’t forget the merits of a good old fashioned in person job search, and there are lots of other resources on line to try. I hope you find something soon!
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Proper grammer and spelling did’nt matter with Ashley, omg Ain’t, gotta .done seen, wow
Did you mean “grammar”?
I have had the experience that the company would be stockpiling the resumes they get . They do this to submit with a job bid and say that they have these people to do the work. It is pretty cheesy but they do it. I think that the companies should be screened and only the real ones should be published so people have a halfway decent chance of getting a job.
Hi Ron, I understand your frustration, but the problem is that we do see people get hired from applying to those listings. We’re looking into better ways to organize them, but we don’t want to remove something that employers want and that can land a member a job (even if it takes longer than usual). I had one seeker tell me he had just about given up on his search when he was hired suddenly – 3 months after he applied! Not ideal, certainly, but not a bad surprise either.
I've applied for many jobs on this site and I'm not getting any calls back or interviews I really think this website is a waste of time
There are many job listings/postings that have “anonymous” or “confidential” for a job and there is no known way of doing a followup on a specific job. Sometimes these can be ones that one could really be trying hard to get. Those kinds of employers make the applicant feel like they may be either suspect or very aloof with their information. Maybe they feel that they are just being protective of their company. I don’t what their reason might be, only that we the applicant cannot make a followup with them.
I have applied to a job through here. The store did receive my app. I know this because I deliver to this store daily. Have not heard from any other apps i have filled out.
I just wanted to say after thousands of assessments and applications, SHC called me back. That is Sears Holding Company.
I noticed that I started receiving junk mail from a lot of companies that I applied to. What if they’re just using job sites to collect our info. to try to get our business?
You’re receiving junk mail from employers you’ve applied to? Yikes – that’s one I haven’t heard before. It’s in their best interest to not spam the folks who are trying to work for them, are you sure they’re directly related? We can’t control what employers do with their application information, but I would hope they’d avoid cross contaminating their hiring and their advertising lists.
I feel that its all propaganda, a way to make the unemployed think that America still have jobs. Have you notice d, that every time you apply for a job, they want you to further your education. And give it about 10 minutes and someone from the Education Department will call and say (we see you want to further your education). I just completed in May, 2011 for an Associate Degree in Paralegal, and still owe, but they still want you to commit to a Bachelor Degree, (for what) if you cannot find a job with an Associate Degree, what are the chances of finding a job with a Bachelor Degree, in the end you still owe for the Associate Degree and will still owe for a Bachelor Degree. I have been online, since completing my Associate Degree as a Paralegal, and still do not have a job or even a an interview.
I started reading here in the hopes that I would gather a little data to help me along on my job search. After about the first ten posts I just had to stop and make a comment myself. There is a huge amount of spelling and grammar mistakes. Maybe that’s why no one is getting hired out there.
I agree that the companies do not really seem to be hiring when they are posted on-line.
I sent out over 100 resumes and received one interview. I finally went to an employment agency and after a month received 2 interviews and I did get a job. The agency told me that sending a resume on-line seldom works because they go to all their other sources first and the resume’s online at not even considered at first, and then they look at them in the order they are received. I received hundreds of Junk mail and many educational phone calls from these positngs. The job sites like snag-a-job and Monster etc…should put a stop to this. I am appling for a job, not for junk mail or for phone calls using up my minutes .
My son is in college and has been looking for the past 4 years. No one will hire him without experience even with being in college. He has applied for every part time job in our area and not one interview has come out of it. As far as appling in person-the jobs in my area tell you to go home and apply on-line. They will not speak to you or except an application in person.
How can i contact toys r us?
If the job posting you’ve applied to doesn’t have contact information, you can search online for the store info and contact them via phone or walk-in. I’d check out this article first: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/when-to-follow-up-on-job-applications/
GO TO THE STORE 1ST TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE AN OPENING,,,
THE WEB SITE LIES!!!
Hello… That’s correct they tell you to go on line to complete an application. Need less to say I’ve done that and to no avail after getting a few response back believe it or not all of the interviews was set-up in go out in the suburbs like Joliet, Grayslake, Downers Grove.Springfield to name a few. You may not believe this but all of the Jobs where in Chicago. Ha,ha,ha
i’ve filed out alot of application and haven’t had no type of respond from any of the companys i’ve applied for….
Beantrice, have you had a friend help you with proof reading your applications? Are you following up?
i have used different sites to apply and nothing. I am really starting to believe there are no jobs and my only choice would be to go back to school, but even then how can i without the means of paying for school supplies and what not am really wasting my time on these site and there steps to being hired. Since when is a computer seeing who is more qualified than others and who is a hard worker. i am more sick of doing the assessments test than anything else. how many do i have to do before i get to do the next application. shesh.
I’ve been out of work since 2009. I’ve applied at a lot of places with a grammatically correct resume (perfect spelling and punctuation), filled out applications on employers’ websites with perfect grammar, and even followed up on said jobs. However, one thing that I have noticed is that if you do NOT have PERFECT credit, they will not look at you. If you have ANY gaps in employment, they will not look at you. This is what I have found from personal experience. Case in point on gaps in employment. My husband has been working for 17 years in the fast food industry. That’s 17 years straight. He is looking for work that will be a better fit for him (he has all the experience needed) but because he has bad credit, he cannot get something better. So it’s not just employers stock piling resumes and applications, it’s employers doing credit checks on people and finding out that they don’t have perfect credit. I can understand wanting someone to have a fairly good credit rating if they are trying to work at a bank, but to flip burgers, good credit scores should not matter. In my opinion, if I have defaulted on something or missed a payment on something, it is of no matter to that employer. It is between myself and the entity I owe that payment to. So I suppose my question is, if a person has a bad credit score, how are they supposed to get a job? Obviously they can’t get a job. So they default even further on their bills and their credit score gets even lower. It’s a vicious cycle that never ends. That’s my two cents on that. Thanks for listening.
We’re always glad to listen Gerri, I’m sorry your husband has had such trouble moving forward in his career. In my research on credit scores and credit checks it appears that most employers don’t pay to have them run unless it’s a position that handles large sums of cash or is particularly accessible to small valuables. I’m sure there are exceptions, but that seems to make sense. Have you considered practicing interview skills together to see if maybe there’s a step along the way he could improve to help land the jobs he really wants?
Gerri, the claim that employers require perfect credit before they will even consider hiring you is simply false, so you need to put aside that paranoid belief. No employer is permitted to check your credit unless they offer you a job, and they must have your permission.
A bill was introduced on July 9 2011, H.R. 3149, that would prohibit the use of credit information in most employment decisions; both Hawaii and Washington do so already.
Dear Mark.,I agree with Gerri. I live in pa. and I came across the same thing that employers check your credit. My credit isn’t that good bc of cosigning for my sons school loans. Both he and I lost our jobs at the same time. So he could defer them so long and them when he finally got a job it took him awhile to get caught up ,but my credit was already ruin because of the deferment and late payments.Of no fault of my own.I don’t think the employers should be allowed to check your credit history for employment. Heck that why you need a job to pay your bills. If you can’t get a job your bills just keep piling up and your credit get worse. It doesn’t take a rocket science t figure that one out.
I guess I’ve been fortunate as I did find a job within 1 month of signing up. However, this job does not provide a living wage. I took it as a part time job last Christmas to have some money coming in and to help my morale. Fortunately I’m still there and simply having a job has helped a lot. I’m still searching for something permanent with a living wage yet I find this site frustrating since they took the names of the companies off the lists of people hiring. I’m not one who associates street addresses with companies. So I end up wasting time clicking on things that I’ve already signed up for, not qualified for, or know I don’t want. Can something be done about this?
I’ve only had ONE success with a job search on here-it was a temporary position at a college.
I was actually recently told since I live in a city that is primarily Caucasian and Hispanic, I may not have as much luck, as I’m African-American.
I also hate how jobs look at gaps in employments. I have gaps in my employment, but minor stuff like that should not matter since the economy is bad. I still would have been at my last job, had I not moved. And, apparently, they look at credit too. What’s a person supposed to do?
I’ve sent out over 1500 resumes in 2-1/2 years and nothing! I have a Communications degree (15 years experience) and where I live, there are 10 colleges. I am competing with other unemployed people and all of these college grads. One employer said he received over 500 resumes for one position. I have bills to pay (like everyone else) and it gets more difficult the longer it drags out. I’m stressed and depressed.
Jackie, that’s a ton of applications! I’m not surprised you’re tired and worn out. I’m sorry you’re not having better luck. It sounds like competition in your area is brutal, you may need to look into either another line of work or another location to find something. Have you tried really going over the top on getting noticed? Some of these tips might help: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/secret-techniques-to-get-hired/
hello everyone, as yuu can see im also having the same problem =/
hopefully that will help.
tho unlike everyone one ive never worked before…unless yuu count volunteer work as a job =)
anyways, ive done over 30 applications in the past 2 months and still no one hires me…i don’t know if its younger generation that are mostly getting hired, because it that was true then i would’ve been hired a looong ass time ago lol im 20 years old and will be 21 in jan 2011…
reason why im barely starting to look for a job was because my parents thought that school was more important (which is understandable, i know) but i think this have made this harder for me on getting a job…ive even applied at stores and asked if they were hiring, a lot of them said no and some said yes, but when i turn in my application to the places that are hiring, they never call me (and i talked with the managers myself too)
thought right now, im talking to someone that also has a snag a job account and works at a store i wanna work at.. and he said he can try and get me the job
i think if you look for people on here that have a snag a job account and make a connection with them they can help you on finding a job
hope everyone has a nice day <3
Hi Jasmine! I hope that networking move (very smart, by the way!) lands you a new job, but make sure your applications are free of spelling and grammar errors. I know it sounds really basic, but it does matter. Good luck with your job prospect!
I personally think companies that are hiring should call back no matter what. You took the time to fill out the application, so shouldn’t you get some sort of acknowledgement for that? I’ve been filling out applications pretty much every day since probably the beginning of this month and no one has called back, but I’m still trying.
I went to KFC on Saturday to turn in my application and they said they weren’t accepting applications, but they are having open interviews, so I think I’ll go tomorrow for an interview. I have found that using sites such as Glassdoor are a great resource in terms of what knowing to expect for an interview.
James, hiring managers would like to be able to respond to everyone, but there are so many people applying to some positions that if they did they’d never have time to hire people and get them trained for their new positions (a real downer if you were the lucky employee to be). I know it takes a lot of time to apply, I’ve been there and also frustrated with the complete lack of response on custom resumes’ and applications I’d toiled over for hours. Good luck with your interview today! I hope you wow them
Lowes and FedEx take the effort to send an email atleast to everyone they reject. It may be a form letter but at least we know it actually got to the company that way. Also, the local hospital here does that too, which of course means only something to us in Cheyenne but still it is clearly a lot more possible than they want to admit.
Good point Shimon, it would be nice if more employers had form emails that at least kept people from feeling like they’re application went into a “Black Hole.” My guess is they don’t want to come off as robotic and cold, but not hearing back at all is way worse.
I’m 18, I’ve graduated, and after walking around looking for, and applying at near places (for lack of a vehicle), I haven’t received any calls. So I’ve decided to use the internet, but it seems like people aren’t getting results either, and recommend “going to the employer, in person”. Seems like it just goes in circles.
I have been using snagajob.com for awhile now with no luck up until the other day. I saw a posting that said the Kmart store in my area was hiring. I applied through snagajob and it linked to the Sears/Kmart application process. I completed the application on the employer website and as soon as I was done with the assessment for the position it set me up an interview appointment for Thursday, October 27th at 1PM. So for those of you that are not having any luck DO NOT give up!!!!!! I know how frustrating, complicated, boring, and really downing in your faith of finding a job, but just keep trying and eventually someone will notice your talents and your extreme interest for being employed and will either give you an interview or hire you. Good luck to everyone!!!!!!
I lost my job four months ago (they close the business) I am not a young woman not more ,but hard worker ,responsible ,good sales person,I had send many resumes , and received only two replies , they say it is not the right position for me they need someone more experience to the position you are applying ….I have forty years experience on retail sales ..what? or Receptionist six years experience… of course they ask when is your birthday and I write the year I born ……I think it is DISCRIMINATION.I don’t look like my age, people don’t believe my age .I feel it is what it is, Discrimination ,if a person is old but presentable, good customer experience in sales, it should be not that way! I am still looking and I hope I will. I have a very possitive attitud hoping it works soon!
Hang on to that positive attitude – it’s one of your best job search tools! We’ve got a guest writer who’s just about to publish a ton of advice for older and retired job seekers, and hopefully some of her tips will help – stay tuned!
AMY,
I still don’t understand how if you do everything right like correct and double checking your spelling in all correspondance to the prospective employers that it is so hard to not even have them (Employers) respond back?
Is it the economy or is it the Employers who are at fault with this economy for not hiring people? Because they are getting so picky that they are not hiring anybody at all. Thus it is getting to be that our society is only considering work as a privilege and not a right.
Now you know why we are having a Occupy movement going on and getting rid of the fat cats at top who don’t do any work and yet have everything
Hi Mudd, I know it seems really unfair, but I’ve heard stories of hiring managers getting hundred of applications per day – at that rate they can’t even review all the applications in the time they have, much less respond to everyone. While it would really be nice to hear back, in a market this tough it’s the exception, not the rule. I know it stinks, I had the same thing happen the last time I was job hunting. I’d spend hours on each individual application checking for errors and customizing responses, and then hear absolutely nothing. The only responses I got throughout my entire search were from 2 companies that wanted to hire me, and 1 rejection letter that came int he mail 6 months after I initially applied. For now, not hearing back is normal. Hopefully when the job market improves that will change.
Hi. I’m sorry but I have to disagree with most of you. I love Snagajob.com and I have landed at least 3 interviews from this site. JCP is a recent one and I am currently waiting on the background check to come back so I can get trained. Sometimes you have to follow up on your application. Speak PROFESSIONALLY and write that way as well. Also, be dressed for success and look up common interview questions online because most likely the interviewer will ask AT LEAST one of them. Most of all.. Give them time. Don’t HARASS them by calling them every other day. I made that mistake once with Chik Fil A. On the questionnaires, actually read all of the choices and choose the most logical one. This is why you all are getting immediately rejected, because you don’t pass the questionairre. Good luck and keep applying!
Thanks for the great tips Ashley – I really appreciate you sharing your experience to help others find work!
if they would stop asking the same question on the questionaire but rewording it and if u didnt get the same answer they would not call u.
Ever since I have registered with Snagajob.com, I have received many suggestions for jobs that I do not qualify for. The information that I filled out does not even go coincide with what suggestions I get. The recommendations I receive have to do with management or driving positions, usually, or they are too far to travel to. I am attempting to find any position, but I do not have a driver’s license or enough managerial experience.
I have searched through the other listings & filled out the job applications, but I never NEVER hear anything from anyone, even for jobs that I know I could do and have the experience for.
I think one of the problems is that the area I live in, really doesn’t have enough jobs for the amount of people unemployed. I have been searching for one whole year with no real prospects.
Then again, maybe it’s because I so deep in debt and not being able to obtain a driver’s license that makes me….unemployable & undesirable to any employer.
Hi Tony, they key isn’t having a driver’s license, it’s having reliable transportation. Do you have a public transit system you can use (bus, metro, etc.)? If so, concentrate your job search around the areas you can reach using those transportation options.
Right now, job alerts are based entirely on location, which is why you’re getting updates for jobs you don’t always qualify for. Please let me know if you have any other questions, and good luck!
I got a direct ad today from StartWire.com and referred from HospitalityJobs.com to StartWire today too.
It kind of goes along with some of subject matters above, where one applies and applies and never hears anything back. Like putting your application in a big black hole.
Use of their website is free.
Would you recommend use of StartWire?
Thank you.
Happy Holidays!!!
I certainly haven’t’ heard anything bad about them, if you decide to use them let us know what you think! We’d love to hear your feedback
It’s mostly because the job market is basically non-existant in America.
Honestly, I’ve gotten better luck in Canada
Been unemployed for over four years now and nothing seems to work. The single response I’ve gotten was from snagajob but it turned out to be a scam (no fault on SAJ). Hell, 90% of my work experience is in food service and I can’t even get a chance from them. I just got off the phone with a manager over at Game Stop I’ve gotten friendly with and he told me the whole company has reduced working hours to the point where he had to let six people go just this last week. This is ridiculous and it sucks. It’s like the Depression all over again; people are so scared of losing money they hold onto it with a death grip, never realizing that’s damaging the economy more than anything. If they would just hire everyone then things would get better. But apparently no one paid attention in history class and it’s so stupid we have to go through this again.
Hi Eric – look for an email from me (Amy at Snagajob). I’d like to review your resume and see if I can offer any assistance with your search!
I have been reading what all of these unhappy applicants have been saying.
I have noticed that too many errors are in the writing process.
Incorrect punctuation. Sentences not starting out with CAPITAL letters.
A word with an apostrophe followed by an “s” should be the contraction of the word used and “is”. Such as there’s equals there is.
When using the letter “I” meaning yourself it should always be capitalized.
I retired early from my company. I found a part-time job at a small “Mom and Pop” grocery store. This is not what I retired from. I work two days a week. That was all I was looking for. Sometimes when they are short handed I work more, but not very often.
Perseverance is the key here. You need to keep your temper in control. If you are a “hot head” it will show up in an interview. You must have patience. Breathe deeply and control yourself.
Always keep a good outlook on life. Don’t forget to smile. A smile goes a long way.
Great advice Ron! Your story is really helpful – would you be interested in writing an advice article to share with our members? Some of our older job seekers have expressed a lot of frustration with trying to find jobs in retirement, and I think your perspective could really help them. Please send me an email at facebook@snagajob.com if you’re interested, and I hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks professor! I really enjoyed reading your diatribe! With its syntax errors, incomplete sentences, and lack of style, I thought for sure I was reading Hemingway or Twain.
Following up is only possible when there is somewhere to actually follow up. Dollar Tree is hiring for store managers, however with years of retail experience, I can’t even get a response. I cannot find a place to communicate with them. Very frustrating! Having been in many Dollar Tree stores in my time, I can guarantee I’m more qualified than much of the management working there. I’d like to figure out how to get the opportunity to have a face to face with someone in a hiring position.
Hi Andy! It sounds like you’d make a great candidate, and I hope you can find a way to reach out to a hiring manager. Have you tried reaching them through Facebook or Twitter? At the bottom of their web page, in the footer, they have their social network information listed (http://www.dollartree.com/home.jsp). Let me know how things go!
Hi, I know exactly how you feel. I’ve been applying for jobs since summer 2010. I think I’ve applied to about 170+ jobs. Not a single call back. I need money for college and my father passed away and my mother wants nothing to do with me. I have no one. 18 years old and hoping to get a job to get a better education. All I’ve been doing is hoping that within a few weeks I’ll get a call or e-mail. But nothing.
Hi Raveena, I’m so sorry to hear that. Have you been following up on your applications? Ashley shared some tips that may help: Snagajob member Ashley shares how she got hired: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/the-job-search-tips-that-landed-ashley-3-interviews-and-a-job/
I’ve found many employers are looking for trained-specific applicants. Ex: dental hygenists,
truckers, and other specialized-type jobs.
I have a degree in Communications and that’s where I want to work. I don’t want to flip
burgers at McDonald’s or work in retail or some other minimum-wage job.
Maybe that’s just me, but I want to work in my field and there aren’t any openings at the moment.
Just sayin’…
it look impossible to get hired. i have applied almost 20 applications and no calls. my resume has no bad grammer or no misspelled words and i see all these stores that are hiring but they are not really hiring. for example i did a application for sports authority and after that i called them to see if they were hiring and the lady in the phone will always say no but we are accepting applications. what does that mean? i know what she was saying but what does that mean for the person who is looking for a job? at least publix and BJ’s sent me a letter stating “that my resume was outstanding but we are unable to move on with you due to the economy but will keep your application on file just in case we need a replacement.” at least they were reasonable. i did almost 20 jobs applications in this website and no phone calls. i just moved to Homestead Florida a year ago and i dont like here. Miami was overcrowded and i use to have a job there and that was a miracle by God. lost my job 7 months ago for no reason and i was given the terminated paper. i had worked at Winn- Dixie for a year and am 20 years old. the reason i lost my job was because my work permit expired and the store manager told me if i get the new card i can get my job back. and i got the new card and i didnt get my job back. i even file a complaint and no one did nothing. ever since that incident happen i never got my job back. i was a good team member and gets along with all my co-workers and i dont see how i lost my job for some nonsense. its been 7 months and its been frustrating very frustrating…………..
Hi James, 20 applications over 7 months isn’t very many, you may want to up the pace a bit. But first it sounds like you need to get your work permit card renewed – from what you’ve posted if you can get that you may even be able to just go get your old job back!
Actually I just called KMART and they are actually cutting hours from their employees and I don’t understand because I receive emails every week about different positions hiring at KMART. I’m starting to find this site useless and unreliable.
Hi Jazz, is the location you’re receiving hiring notices for and the location that said they were staffed up the same? We’ll be glad to look into that!
Hello everyone!
I can understand how frustrated a job search can be. However, if you write out a great resume and post it to several job sites and follow through with the recommendation that is posted on this site; you will find a job. Or at least phone interview with an employer. Ever since I’ve turn 17 yr to now, I had received at least five to six phone interviews. However, I have to turn them all down because the ones that I’ve applied to wasn’t hiring. But the company has sent my application to another job site that was hiring, but was to far away for me to get to.
The best way to show an employer that you’ve been active is to volunteer in your community. Believe it or not, the ones that your volunteering to, you can find job leads or even meet and greet an employer that might be working besides you at volunteering site. Another way to buff up your skills is if you like to write or want to update your work skill, try freelancing jobs. Right now, I’m trying out oDesk.com. It a freelancing website where you can work with an employer on a project. Not only that, they have hundreds of different test that determine what level you really are. If you don’t like the test results, then you can retake the test again to get a better score.
Anyway, just keep applying for jobs, revamp your resume and cover letter, and stay positive in job search.
You all sound pretty lucky. Applied for 20 jobs no response, WOW.
I have been looking for over 2 years, over 500 resume and applications with
NO response! Good Luck we are all going to need it. 7 million ppl in US are on
unemployement, 3 million not collecting. There are not 10 Million jobs out there.
Hi Crystal – are you following the steps and following up on your applications? I know things are hard and the competition varies from market to market, but if you are submitting great applications to appropriate jobs and following up it’s really unusual that you haven’t heard anything back yet. Ashley has some additional tips that helped her land 3 interviews and a job, they might help:
Snagajob member Ashley shares how she got hired: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/the-job-search-tips-that-landed-ashley-3-interviews-and-a-job/
I have applied for somewhere between 50 and 100 jobs in the past 6 months and have had 2 replies, but still no job. I have a master’s degree and 7 years experience and have applied for jobs of all levels. So I truly believe the answer is no; no one is hiring. I think that most of these companies just have to post “open” jobs for some reason. What that reason is, I have no idea. But there’s not much else you can do but apply.
As for that “follow up” advice, I have had no positive response with doing that. If you do happen to get the right department or person, which is almost impossible, they seem really annoyed. Good luck.
Hi Jason, I’m sorry to hear that! If you’d like, I’ll be glad to take a look at your resume and see if I can offer any editing suggestions or make a few job search suggestions! Email me at facebook@snagajob.com
Jason,
Try Word 2007 and look for the IT resume that works.
Hi Amy,
I’m a long-time member, actually got a job on here 3 years ago (along with someone else in which we ended up working at the same store!).
I’m just wondering why there isn’t a date posted on the ads? I think that’s a feature that would help. Also, if you’ve ONLY applied to 20, you really haven’t been putting in work. Trying having sent 50+. A good tip is to apply for the same position several times.
Sometimes these jobs also hire those with much less experience to build them up, which is hugely frustrating and makes me somewhat bitter (I’ve witnessed this). I’m wondering if omitting some jobs on my work history would HELP the job search.
A part of me still believes in this site but how long can I truly go without work before I throw in the towel on this site?
Hi Melina,
That’s great! We’d love to share your past success story, but even more than that, we’d love to share a success story from helping you get hired now
We’re already working on adding some of the features you’re suggesting, and you’re right – some folks just aren’t applying to enough jobs. Searches are taking longer, people are submitting more applications to fewer jobs. With those numbers, many people are finding they have to submit a higher number of applications than they expect before they get responses from employers.
While it can be frustrating to be passed up for a job seeker with less experience, but some employers prefer to hire entry-level workers so that they can train people who don’t have preexisting standards from other employers. Though I know it must be extremely disappointing, those employers tend to be in the minority – most prefer experienced workers, and those few that don’t have been a welcome source of opportunities for younger workers who feel they may never get a job due to competition from more experienced workers. Experienced employees are applying to entry-level jobs more often now, and it’s really putting a squeeze on job seekers with no experience.
Have you checked out these tips from Ashley? They include some tips that can give you a leg up on your job search: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/the-job-search-tips-that-landed-ashley-3-interviews-and-a-job/
We’re grateful to have you as a member, and I sincerely hope we can help you with your search. Let me know if there’s anything specific I can offer advice on!
Most of these job sites are bs. I’ve sent out hundreds of resumes and never get a response. On top of that the same companies that advertise and never call you are the same companies that keep on advertising saying they supposedly need employees. I will accept a minimum wage job and am never contacted.Most of the agencies that supposedly are there to help you find a job are only interested in your money. i.e. they want to help you write your resume or improve your interviewing techniques or want you to waste more money and years of your life on a useless education. I have enough education and can’t even find a crappy job.
The whole thing is just another scam designed to put us on a list to be bothered by nonsense e-mails, but no job offers. You apply online……crickets. You follow up……same. You go in to the actual place of business to talk to someone and you are looked at by some twenty year old who’s pierced and tattooed, like you’re some ancient out of touch relic and told “you have to apply online”. Nice little catch 22 you’ve got going. And please don’t send me more listings saying “Toys R Us is hiring”, ” ’cause they’re not. I’d keep my two cents if I had it.
Hi Gregory – I am sorry you are frustrated. Many companies (especially larger ones) have unpredictable hiring needs and continuously accept applications so they can be prepared when the need arises. Don’t give up on these positions, we have heard from members who hear back weeks, even months after applying. Check out Julie’s story for inspiration: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/.
I’ve been looking for a job since I turned 16; signed up to snagajob and still no luck. I listed my one job expeirence, gave great refrences, and I have great availability. I also got someone to look over my application. I still haven’t heard back from anyone. =(
Sounds like you’re doing everything right – but are your following up on your applications? That one step can make a huge difference!
The best thing to do if you want to get hired is to go by your shelf door to door and ask the manager for a job ! I know lots of managers that they throw all resumes and they don’t even take the time to sit at the computer .So if you really want to get hired you should go to the manager and ask him by person ,and the other thing is don’t be shy or something like that ..
Would anyone suggest a particular state where jobs are plentiful? I live in Georgia and the job market sucks! Thanks!
Hi Valerie – what kind of jobs are you looking for? The market definitely varies based on job type.
Just saw an ad for Michaels Arts & Crafts in North Haven CT. I applied there last week and have called twice and they say they are not hiring at all. Why do they have jobs up and no positions? Can snagajob somehow verify that places actually have positions open before they are allowed to post?? I have to go to the library to fill out applications (can’t afford internet) and this is wasting my time. I need to find a job ASAP, my money is running out. There are so many people who need jobs and these companies are wasting are time!! PLEASE HELP
Hi Bella, we’re showing job listings that Michaels (and other employers) are either advertising on their sites or actively requesting we post at Snagajob, but larger companies will definitely accept applications all the time due to unpredictable hiring needs. Even when they are accepting applications but not actively hiring it’s not a waste of time to apply – check out this article for more info: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/
You may want to try:
1) Calling before you apply to inquire about the nature of the job opportunity (are they actively hiring or just accepting applications?)
2) Applying to small businesses – they don’t have the same kind of unpredictable, high volume hiring needs as larger employers, so those posts tend to be opportunities for a specific opening.
3) Target new store openings for larger employers, those posts are for places that need to staff up for a new location
Please let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help!
Hi just wanted to say –boy do I understand! My moneys running out to.And these computer apps.take too long to fill out.
Theres been times I’ve gotten so frustrated that I have to stop for awhile.
I’m one in the older age of things and I believe thats why I can’t get hire because I’m too old.Most hiring managers today want young people who have no experience, so the company can train them to their standards of operations.
I’m a high School graduate and went to college–alot of good schooling does–all it’s done for me is given me experience that the manager fear because I could walk in and do their job.
I’ve lived in a car before–looks like I will again with pets a teenager and baby.
Wish you the best of luck!
Janice, you might find some of these tips helpful http://www.snagajob.com/resources/being-overqualified/. Good luck!
Some young people though just want a paycheck they don’t want to work. So why not hire the older generation who has years of work history whom you know are reliable and work hard and want to work. The older generation have a mortgage to think about as pose to the younger.Just saying.
I’m sorry but i have applied everywhere from Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin, to Fullerton and not one call back. This has not helped me what-so-ever. Just has caused excess stress and frustration.
Im 17 and been trying for a year now to get a job i have no experience but i want to work and no ones giving me the chance. I used this website for almost a year now ive applied, called, and still no response. i feel like this site is just a waste of time.
Hi Jeremy- Sorry you aren’t having much luck. Have you thought about volunteering to gain some experience? It will also give you valuable references that can boost your chances of getting hired. Check out this article for more info: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/volunteering-it-does-a-job-search-good/. Good luck!
I got curious if my Snag a Job applications were getting through so I asked the managers of a local Boston Market and a local KFC. They said they got more than 30 Snag a Job e-mail applications a day!!!! Lots of luck with odds like that.
Hi Gary! It is great that you are following up. In a competitive market like this one, many jobs have an extreme number of applicants. I’ve got my fingers crossed for you!
I worked for a retail store and found out that ALOT of corporations just post jobs because they have to show they are still looking to see who and how many people are really looking for work out there!! I have had a interview and everything with a job but no call back. They do this to see what type of people are really looking for work out there!! It is very sad that they post job’s and really they are just do a survey on how many people are looking for work.
i never got to finish my resume of others jobs on this site it would not let me do this
Can i get a job.?? Why haven’t no jobs call me back? Why haven’t I’ve gotten hired yet? I’m not bashing the site, at all, it just seems as if my applications are going nowhere.
Take a look at these tips and see if you are missing anything http://www.snagajob.com/resources/frustrated-with-your-job-search-youre-not-alone/
I’m a little frustrated myself.
This is my second time working with this site to get a job. I was successful the first time around and landed a job with Home Instead Senior Care. However, they haven’t called me for work for 7 months now and I have been forced to see other work so back to Snag a Job I came. I filled out the profile like I was supposed to do and thought I was very specific about what I was looking for and where I needed those jobs to be. However, every day when I get the job postings practically none of them are for jobs I am qualified to work and while they say the jobs are near you most are not. They are jobs in some cases I would have to drive up to an hour every day to get to. Some of them are not even available anymore by the time I get to them. I don’t know what else I am supposed to do and the above tips are great but I have no more time to be patient and wait for a job as I am bankrupt now and if I was not still living at home I would be homeless.
you will have a better chance of hitting the lottery than finding a job. there are no jobs at all anywhere. most of these sites just try lure you into some type of school or training that you have to pay for and still will end up with no job. better off trying to rob a bank and just sit in the lobby and wait to get arrested so you will have a place to sleep and eat.
I know searching for a job is tough and frustrating but remember to keep a positive attitude, Bob. Sometimes that’s the biggest thing that holds job seekers back. One of our members even shared a story with us about how a positive attitude helped him find a job after a very long job search http://www.snagajob.com/resources/staying-positive-can-help-you-get-hired/.
That is so true. I clicked on one link one time to a school which I cannot afford to attend because I don’t have the job I need to make the money to go to school and now not only am I still not getting a job because there are none to be had in my area at least but now I can’t get rid of these annoying people at the schools who keep calling you until you talk to them and tell them you are not interested. You think after a while of not answering your phone they would get the hint they should give up and leave you the heck alone. I had to call them back once and say I’m not interested. Stop calling me. So annoying.
Hi Patty! If you are being called after you asked to be added to the Do Not Call list we need to know, please contact us and we’ll help: http://www.snagajob.com/contact/
lol @ 20 apps, ive submitted around 200 this year and 350 applications last year. 90% of companies are not hiring they just want a pool of apps to choose from incase they need to fill positions quickly for w/e reason. keep applying!
Yes, keep applying! Companies are hiring! Also, remember to follow up on all of your applications http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-am-i-not-getting-interviews/.
I am finding it a waste of time too. There are no errors on my resume. The only thing wrong with it is that most of my experience is in teaching and school districts want young recent graduates who, incidentally, can be hired at a lower salary. Oh yes that and the fact that as soon as an interviewer sees me, he knows I’m not far from retirement age. He won’t SAY that I’m too old; that’s illegal. No he’ll say, I don’t have the right experience or that as soon as I was offered a teaching job (which isn’t going to happen) I would leave or else it’s “Thank you for coming, You’ll be hearing from us.” Only I never do. The last school I worked at, an alternative high schoo, closed. I did home instruction for a while but that too is dying up. I’ve applied for jobs only to find that they are sales positions for straight commision. I think that by the time this recession is over I really will be too old.
It sounds like you can land an interview with your experience, which is fantastic! Perhaps it might be worth changing your approach when you step into the room with the interviewer. Take a look at these tips and see if there’s anything that could be helpful http://www.snagajob.com/resources/being-overqualified/
I understand somewhat of what Amy said–but having been a hiring manager in the good old days when people had to come in and fill out the application –which was 1000 times faster then this computer cr***!
I wanted to see if the person filled out their own app–or had a friend do it because they couldn’t read english or just plain couldn’t read.
And last but not lest–please dress like you are going to work.I could go on about some of the horrendous outfits that some people wore-that weren’t even given an application because of it.
Also when you’re in an interview–speak proper english! No-”Ya know what I mean” or adding to words together to make one.
And yes-employers do discriminate-I did as a manager.If you were pregnant-I wouldn’t hire you-if you brought your kids with you -I wouldn’t hire you-and a women with children
I know I’m being discrimidated against because of my age.At my last job I was called mom because all the children that worked there were young enough to be my children–including the managers.
So theres my two cents worth–but with the economy-it isn’t even worth that LOL
I have been a snajajob for some years, under two different email addresses and if I applied for a job i’ve always got an interview and landed a job. So which comes to the point that I don’t think it’s us, just the Economy. I have been apply for months for a better paying job and i’m currently in school working a job, but noone is hiring( so they say). Good Luck to you guys.
I very much agree with so many of these replies. I too am finding that it can be very discouraging. I have tried the old way of going door to door to apply for jobs and usually get that you “have to apply on-line, we do not give out applications here.” Sometimes you just feel that you are between a rock and a hard place. I have been unemployed for 1 1/2 years now, all I know to do is keep plugging away. I live in a city with population of 4 million people, a lot of competition out there! Somedays I take a breather and do not submit applications on-line, gives you a chance to regroup. Amy, thank you for the suggestions.
Any company with their HR Dept. overseas shouldn’t even be listed here due to the inability to contact them. Also, I have seen Tractor Supply Company listed here then go a mile up the road with resume in hand only to be told “we’re not hiring.” Does anyone confirm that the jobs listed here actually exist?
Hey David, I know it can be frustrating to apply for a job only to find out they are not hiring at the moment. This article addresses this //www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/
Amy, you offer some really good advice. I’ve been looking for a job for almost a year now. Ten months to be exact. I’ve been doing everything I can think, of to put my best foot forward. And, increase my chances of getting hired. I’ve checked my resume for any mistakes or errors, as well as my cover letter, I’m always dressed really well. Professional, neat and clean. When I know I have an interview to attend, I take time to prepare for it. I research the company. I even keep a positive attitude and smile during the interview. You name it, I’ve done it. Still, no company has offered me a position. Even the ones that seemed the most promising. I’ve gotten so frustrated and discouraged, I’m at the point now where I just wanna find a good, legit work-at-home position, where I can make a substantial, significant amount of income from home, that will allow me to live more comfortably
Without having to worry about money or finding a job. I know you say, “Be patient.” But honestly, I don’t have forever to wait for a job. I need money NOW, not a year from now. Any comments or suggestions? Thanks!
Hey Joy, look over these tips and see if you are missing anything http://www.snagajob.com/resources/the-job-search-tips-that-landed-ashley-3-interviews-and-a-job/
I have put in more then that my self way more and not one response i have never had this much trouble since everybody went to online apps. i believe it was better back in the day when the employers was able to talk face to face . and if u didnt answer the the right question on the computer they would not even think about callin you. that is where the problem is.
After reading numerous posts I’m happy to see that I’m not the only one who never hears back from all the supposed job posters. Amy says to follow up with prospective employers- my question is HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHEN THERE IS NO CONTACT NUMBER- OFTEN NO COMPANY NAME??? It seems to be a joke- in extremely bad taste- perpetrated upon the legion of displaced workers trying to find something, anything, to get some money coming in.
I guess the question would be- Why bother with Snagajob if it is a big time waster?
Hey Bob, it can definitely be frustrating when you want to follow up but the employer doesn’t provide contact information in the post. This is where you can take the extra steps to find it where others would give up. If you are applying for a position in a store, for example, you can look up the store in an online search engine to find their contact information.
I too am frustrated. I contacted two nearby firms that said they were hiring (Food Lion – Asst. Mgr, and Petco. Went by the day after I filed the applications. Both said they had already filled the job (although one had just gone online three days previously). One said they kept the job ap on line. Gggrrr!!!
Almost every time I apply for a job, I get a call within 24 hours from a telemarketer telling me that I inquired online about going to school to learn a trade. Why is that?
Hi Teri – If you are getting calls from our employment partners, you did not op-out when registering for our site. If you do not want to receive these calls, ask to be added to the Do Not Call list. I have tried it, and it works!
I have applied to many jobs posted here,and guess what they are not hiring.They keep jobs posted as a just in case they need someone when another gets fired. Some of these jobs in my area are posted just as a possibility as when someone gets fired. i think you people need to take a look at these people.Because they are not hiring at all.
Hi Marcia – Sorry you are frustrated. Many large companies have unpredictable hiring needs and keep a bank of applicants on hand in case something comes up. Don’t give up on these postings! Check out Julie’s story for inspiration: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/
I totally agree with that guy. Next month it will be a year that I’m out of work. My unemployment just stopped but thank God for the best parents in the world who are helping me. I have 15 years experience in the Restaurant industry and Burger King won’t even hire me-how sad is that? I’m so depressed!
Ive applied to 13 places on SnagAJob and have gotten 4 interviews waiting and have gotten like 3 other calls besides those and i dont have any diploma or GED or other experience really so i guess its just who you apply to.
real strange you cancel my comment
Hello,
I have sent out every resume for every job posting that “Snagajob” eMailed me…
Guess What NOT ONE EMPLOYER PHONED ME OR EMAILED ME!!!
So I would go to the web site of the employer, I started to get answers…
ALSO NEVER PUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, ANY BANK INFO, NOTHING ABOUT YOUR SELF EXCEPT NAME , ADDRESS, CITY , STATE AND PUT YOUR RESUME…THAT IS ALL..
I AM BEGINNIG TO FEEL THAT SNAGAJOB IS NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, B ECAUSE
I HAVE TRIED SENDING OUT RESUMES, STILL NO ONE CONTACTS ME…
I PHONED SJ, AND THEY TOLD ME I SHOULD CALL THE EMPLOYER…
I AM NOT USING SJ, ANYMORE, I WILL USE THE COMPANYS WEB SITE YET NOT THROUGH THEM…
Hi Susan – I know how frustrating it can be. If you are not hearing back from employers, try using these tips: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-am-i-not-getting-interviews/ I think they may be able to help you.
I must agree that this is a waste of time. I,too, have applied to as many as 50 job posts here and followed up at the actual jobsite to inquire in person, only to be told, ” no, we are not hiring here.” So, I believe that this site is not keeping an updated listing for actual , current openings! And the numbers stating that the unemployment situation across the country has improved is a fat lie! That is a politically motivated attempt to try and get a vote from some poor dumb fool who believes that.
Hi Nancy – I am sorry you’re frustrated. Many companies continuously accept applications in anticipated of unpredictable hiring needs. Don’t give up on these posts! We have heard from members who have gotten jobs weeks and even months after appyling.
Seems a lot of people really do NOT use proper grammar or spelling, on applications or on posts such as this one. That said, I’ve had the same experience of not hearing back from certain companies. Who needs ‘em?
it is a waste of time. I used this search since 2006 and have applied for 100′s of jobs. Never had one response other than ” we are reviewing your information” which is a standard reply after you hit send/complete/etc. I just happened to click on this today and now I know it wasn’t just me. This site makes their money off advertisements and does not care about matching candidates with jobs. Most if not all of the jobs are not even available.
Hi – I am sorry you feel that way! Have you been following up on your applications? This can make all the difference. Some companies like to build a talent pool in anticipation of hiring needs. Don't give up on these postings! We hear from members who get hired months after applying.
I have stopped putting in applications for jobs. I have a minimum wage job and every job I apply for is the same as the one I have. I am no longer satisfied with being payed practically nothing and being treated as nothing. I am also tired of getting up in the morning and having to force myself to go to a job that I hate.
I have decided to go back to college in the fall. This is probably one of the best decisions anyone can make. Think about it. Do you really want to serve burgers or clean toilets for the rest of your life? Remember, a job is something you HAVE to do to get by. A career is something you choose to do because it is what makes you happy. Or at least it should.
Good luck people.
How do you get a job like Amy’s?????????
I am suspicious too, I have to always say no thank you to some on line school junk school add every time I want o apply, then, I get job alerts that are mostly sell from your computer JUNK JOBS! I asked for manufacturing, or retail not Junk! I wouldn’t hire anyone from an online school and wouldn’t waste my money on one, so quit it already! Nobody worth hiring is going to be a taker, and these sites always want your phone number which is intrusive to anyone who is waiting for a call for a job, you have to answer every call, and these people just want to sell you JUNK!
I also have applied for many jobs without hearing anything. I also find that the only calls I get are from colleges looking for me to further my education, well I can not afford to further my education as that I have two children in college right now, and there is no where else to go with my career. The only people that are making a living are the people trying to get you to sign up for a costly college career.
Hi Chris, sorry to hear you are frustrated. If you are getting calls from our education partners, you clicked a box asking for more information from them when you signed up for our site. You can always request they add you to the Do Not Call list.
I agree with Nabeel. I have applied to a few company’s. I visited one of the local department stores to follow up, only to be told “we are not hiring right now.” I mentioned the position being posted on snagajob and they again said “sorry, we aren’t hiring right now.” Very frustrating when my time is extremely valuable, as I am working two jobs already looking for a new one.
Hi Kim – Sorry you are frustrated. Many companies have unpredictable hiring needs. They like to create a bank of applicants in case a need arises. Don’t give up on these, check out Julie’s story for inspiration: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/.
I am a college grad and I have to say that I am highly disappointed in many job sites lately. I have applied to 300 positions in the past 3 years and do not get anywhere with any of them and I use more than just Snag a Job . Following up does not always work, or I get that I am not qualified enough which is essentially hogwash! Upon obtaining my degrees which are a Bachelors of Science in Business Management and a Master of Management with a background in customer service, management, marketing, and sales I have to say being told that I am not experienced enough is a slap in the face! I send cover letters and research the business so they have a customized cover letter I update my resume and usually apply several times to the same position. I have to say that I have exhausted many options and possibilities in my job search efforts. Companies like Sears, Rite Aid and others don’t even bother updating what they are looking for, and these insurance companies are a joke and should be banned from using job search clients for recruits. Unless its a legit MLM sales job don’t bother. When I mean legit they usually cut you a base salary until you build your clientele. Verizon Wireless uses MLM I know because I used to work for them. If they only pay commissions and you need serious money unless you are fantastic at sales don’t bother.
Personally I feel it is left up to agencies like Snag a Job and the employers to update existing position opportunities instead of this crap shoot of job hunting. Realistically until the economy turns back around and restructuring of businesses are scaled back expect to be out of work. Large organizations stockpile resumes and applications your best bet is to update once a month with large corporations. Small businesses are easier to follow up on however, the issue I run into is discrimination because I have degrees and they worry if I am going to quit for something better, so they don’t really even bother with people like me. Or they feel they have to pay me more which I could care less about I just need a job with a paycheck at the end of the week.
It has gotten to the point where I plan on starting my own business, apparently this is the future trend in America today. Big business doesn’t want to pay you competitive wages and expects you to work for peanuts. What I expect from this job site is to investigate employers who post job opportunities and then say they are not hiring. If they are not hiring then their job opportunity should be taken down until they seriously need employees. I am tired of looking everyday I am a college graduate and I can’t even get a job at Mickey D’s! That is sad! I am willing to take a pay cut and actually work by punching a time clock its not a matter of hourly pay its a matter of just getting my foot in the door!
I have been job searching for two and a half years. Its not just this job search company. Its ALL of them. There are not a lot of companies hiring, despite what the government says. And yes, they are stock piling and cherry picking the resumes they want to keep on hand if needed. I decided to just go into business for myself while still looking. I don’t bring in enough to live on (thank god for family who keep me from being homeless) but it is better than nothing. Keep looking everyone, something has to break. (Hopefully not this country.) Something to think about. Over 100 years ago, 90% of Americans owned their own business. Today over 95% of Americans work for someone else.
All I can say it that I feel the more applications you put out there, the less focus you can give each application, allowing room for error. When you submit resumes, make sure they are catered to the position you are looking for, and that there are no mistakes on it. I create professional resumes for many acquaintances and have always had luck. One thing I can recommend is using filter words for that specific job in the objective sentence… BIG help!!!!! I don’t necessarily use snagajob to apply for jobs as I too have found no luck with this method. I will find potential employers and then apply for their postings on the company website. Following up is always a good idea because it keeps your name fresh in their mind. One final note, any job is better than no job, it might not be what you want, but consider it a transitional period until you find the career you are looking for. Hope this helps!
Is there any way to screen employers and find out if they really have any job openings before you let them advertise on your site? And once those jobs are filled, is there any way to force them off your site? It is not fair to make people apply for jobs that aren’t there.
Another thing, one practice that should be banned is this pschological testing that people have to go through when applying for retail jobs. One posting asked something like a hundred repetitive questions. This is somehow supposed to reveal your personality profile? There is no excuse for putting people through this ridiculous ‘head-shrinking” process.
Hi Juan – We take down the post as soon as we have been informed that the position is filled. If you think a posting might be a scam, send us the employer's information and a link to the posting you applied at besafe@snagajob.com and we'll investigate. We do our very best to keep scammers off the site, but if one got though we want to know so we can fix it!
I guess I am not allowed to post a comment on this blog without facing censorship.
I have had the same problems with this website! I mean you have all these jobs that are supposedly hiring and when you fill out the application know one ever replies to your application, I even have called some of the places and the majority say that you guys(snagajob) just keep reposting the same jobs over and over and that the positions have been filled for months now. And also that they are no longer supposed to be on snagajob because they never hired anyone off the snagajob network!
So how are we as the applicants supposed to know when there is really employment opportunities to be had, when we hear nothing from the employers themselves?
Hi Motyka – I am sorry you are frustrated. Some companies like to build a talent pool in anticipation of hiring needs. Don't give up on these postings, we’ve heard from members who have gotten hired months after applying! If you are seeing this a lot, try applying for the smaller businesses that are hiring in your area. Their postings are usually for immediate hiring needs.
I’ve been interviewed by several employers recently, and have followed up on all of them, yet (out of all five employers that have interviewed me and that I felt I was more of a match for the position available) only one has come back with a possible job offer. What am I missing? Why am I not getting these jobs? I’m more than capable and flexible to do almost any of the jobs they can offer!…Outside management jobs, of course.
I’ve applied to at least ten different places so far… and only one place called me to set up an interview. I have not received any other email or phone call from anyone else except for that one position, and they didn’t hire me because they weren’t willing to pay me what I needed. It’s just so difficult in today’s world to find a job. It’s such a battle; for every job opening, there’s 30 people applying for the position in hopes of getting it. It’s tough; Looking for a job is like a marathon instead of a sprint.
Hi Gabbi – Sorry to hear things are getting frustrating for you. In a competitive market, hiring managers are getting overwhelmed with applications and do not have the time to contact every applicant. Hang in there and keep applying!
Thank God for keeping us alive. They are not hiring, they are advertising.
all I get is schools trying to brainwash me that I need to spend thousads of dollars on an education and I could get a federal granr, but they just add tat into the cost of the school. that is free money for them and not really for you.
I have applied at over 50 places in the last 2 weeks, and have gotten only one opportunity for a one day job, but it is progress as I have been unemployed for over a year until a few days ago. It would seem that most people find themselves in a bit of a pickle when moving to Colorado and seeking emoployment, as they do not seem to desire to hire those from out of state who have recently moved here. My advice is to never give up and to keep pushing applications and resumes out there. Eventually someone will see your efforts mean that you are serious about working, and so they will test you with a temporary position. Do your best on every job you get, and that is the true way to become successful.
I have to agree with alot of you commenting here this and many other job sites are a complete waste of time I have applied for over 100 jobs on snagajob and have hears nothing now being out of work for almost 2 years now my prospects for getting back in the work force are fading fast 53 years old and soon to become homeless – these web sites I think are payed by the federal goverment to get numbers on unemployment – whatever happen to the days when an employer would run an ad hang out a sign you would apply sit down with a personal manager impess then and get the job – now they have these collage educated morons with all their pshycollogical questios that make no sense whatsoever I think its them and the companies who need their heads examined – it seems to me that with this so called computer age that the farther electronics grows the farther the world is loosing touch with whats real in life – I could go on and on but I think most of you get the point.
Hi Mark – Is this the email address you are using to apply for jobs? You should change it to something more generic, like your name. Your email address does matter to employers and that may be a factor in some of the jobs you have applied to. There are businesses who use Help Wanted signs on the windows. Print out some fresh copies of your resume, dress in your best interview outfit and walk around to stores in your area. Even if they don’t have a sign in the window, they may still be hiring. There is nothing wrong with going inside and inquiring about any open positions. Searching in person as well as online will cover more ground than just one method. Good luck!
I have been applying to jobs through this site and all the others for 18 months now and in all I have had only three interviews. Not one interview came through snag a job. I recall what one employer in my distant past told.me. He said, “We want people who haven’t been at another job for too long because we want to be able to brainwash them totally to our way of thinking.” So, with that in mind it will be easier for the young to get hired than it will for the over thirty five crowd. In other words, the rich employers don’t care about the unemployment rate, they only care about themselves.
So why did my comment get deleted?
Why is my email and password not going through I checked it is correct!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Forest! Sorry you seem to be having a hard time with the site. Give us a call at 1-866-227-1995. Snagajob representatives are available Monday-Friday from 8:30 to 5:30 EST.
i know how all of use feel ive been looking for a job for almost 2 years and still have not foud the one yet they havent called or anything ive always calling them but they dont return my phone calls if they say theres a jopb opening they should ppl that need a job the job and not ppl that dont need a job im 22 live with my parents still cause no job calls me or asks for an interview sometimes i think they r rases cause they pick ppl that r a different color i dont like it they should ppl that try the job
Hi Adrianna – Be sure to double and triple check your spelling and grammar before sending out any applications. Employers tell us that this is their biggest frustration when looking for a new employee.
I have been out of work as a contractor with DOD and have applied for several jobs on snagajob and have been told that the position has been filled, and/or no response at all. Yet, each day I receive several emails regarding job openings.
I have found that while you are looking or working it is always best to have a Plan B and that it is why I have taken advantage of entrepreneurialship. It doesn’t matter to me if you chose the product that I market, or Mary Kay or Avon, Undercover Wear or Tupperware. Network Marketing is the wave of the past and future. Find a good company with a formidable history and check its earnings stats, low start up cost and think of becoming your own form of income.
I wish each of us success in finding work. See you at the top>
Great idea Milinda! Sometimes taking an nontraditional route can lead in something very fulfilling. In a competitive market, hiring managers are getting bombarded with applications and may not have time to respond to all of them. It sounds like things are really coming together for you. Keep us posted!
I have applied to countless jobs via this website, have had many job offers, and when it comes down to it I always have to say no to someone. I really think it has to do with which companies you apply to. Larger corporations are more likely to stockpile your applications and you may never get a call. So keep applying even when you think you had a good interview because it is always better to turn down an offer than be left without one. When it all comes down to it the more no’s or no call’s you get the closer you are to getting that yes, that job.
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re: checking for spelling and grammatical errors in your application, I can say with certainty that the 19-yr-old “hiring manager” at my local Radio Shack (just an example) is definitely NOT going to pick up on your spelling errors. I work in schools, and most of the TEACHERS make spellling errors every day. Most people I know wouldn’t have a clue how to use apostrophes correctly, either. I really miss the “old days” when applications and hiring were done in person, and you knew EXACTLY who received your application, and when you might expect an answer. I think most online applications just go into cyber black holes.
i’ve applied to over 100 jobs on snagAjob and I only 1 call from a job. It’s so frustrating ya know and I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve even sometimes apply to jobs to where i applied to them before . I applied to dicksportinggoods , sportsauthority and costco wholesale and more. I applied every where not 1 job called me and I haven’t got any interviews at all. I’m running out of steam .Where should I appy to?
Hi Kervin – I am sorry to hear about your frustrations. Be sure to double and triple check your applications for spelling and grammar errors, it’s very important! Many times companies have unpredictable hiring needs and leave posts up in preparation. But, do not give up on these posts, check out Julie’s story for some inspiration http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/. Good luck and keep us posted!
same repetitive ads from the same lame businesses. No real jobs on this site or this area or the collective as a whole. Does this site stink this bad or does this area have nothing but lame service jobs as a whole. Very deceptive the ads are as well. advertise for a manager when it really isn’t. maybe it’s a personal stock issue…i find nothing here
Hi Mike – I am sorry you are frustrated. We updated the postings as soon as we hear the position has been filled. Good luck with your search!
First off I would like to say that sagajob is 50% to blame . I have apply to so many ( jobs 100+) and few will respond back. What I do get are her herassing phone calls asking me to go to school. I click on no I dont want to go to any school. But the call come any way for day to weeks.
Only when I dont apply is when they stop. Bank that (Amy White says:)
Hi Joe – I am sorry you feel that way. If you are receiving calls from our education partners, you opted in when registering. They will stop if you request to be put on the Do Not Call list. If you have any other concerns, please contact us: http://www.snagajob.com/contact/ so we can address them.
I’ve been looking for a job now for the last 13 going on 14 months. I’ve applied to through snagajob and followed up on the applications that companies require us to fill. I’m still without a job. The only thing I’m doing now is working for a company that my temp agency assigned me to to do housekeeping. I’m being paid $8/hour but I’m working 7 to 8 hours a week. The company that I’m working for says they only need me for only 1 day a week and the if I’m lucky I’m called the day before they need me work at least an extra day. So far I’ve sent like 200 applications through snagajob and haven’t yet gotten a response. I follow up and I’m told that they are still processing through applications. Meanwhile, I hear other people around are being hired by the same companies and there’s no need to fillout an application. I however try to hold a positive attitude but, it’s beginning to take it’s toll on me, my partner and my household. I really need to do something right now and bad!
I also have applied to many jobs, not only through your websites but many similar ones. I must say your site seems to be more legitimate than most. However I have seen certain companies that have posted the same jobs for months for which I have applied and my resume is certainly adequate. When you see many of the same jobs posted for over three months it does become obvious that there is no intention of filling the position, it’s only purpose is to make the unemployment rate look better than it actually is.
Hi Rick, some employers have unpredictable hiring needs and so even though they might not be hiring this week, they might be in the near future. We have heard from members who got job offers from applications they forgot they even submitted. Here’s the story of one of our job seekers who had this experience http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/
The opinions reflected in most of the comments posted here reinforce my belief that many–if not most–of these companies simply waste your time with their tedious application processes. I’ve used this site since late 2010, and have yet to receive any kind of acknowledgement from any of the companies for having applied for their positions. In fact, after applying on two separate occasions for the same position at Michael’s (arts and crafts store) in both 2010 and 2011, it was painfully evident that I wasted a lot of valuable time, chasing a temporary, seasonal position that would not have required any great ability, much less a background in the visual arts that I have. Even going outside of one’s occupational category to seek an unskilled, or low-skilled, low-paying job is no more of an assurance of securing employment.
I realize that these are bad economic times, but what are these people looking for? Despite being willing to work for the same hourly wage that I received over twenty years ago, they don’t seem to be interested. Nowadays, someone with a criminal record, limited education or other “disadvantage” will often be given first consideration when it comes to hiring. I know this to be a fact.
The Snag-A-Job website has many technical shortcomings, too. Just make a mistake with a password or username and you are locked out. The technical support people at this website never seemed to address any of my concerns with any satisfaction in that regard. I have found myself using this website less and less as time passes. Someday I might simple unsubscribe.
I am a college grad and I have to say that I am highly disappointed in many job sites lately. I have applied to 300 positions in the past 3 years and do not get anywhere with any of them and I use more than just Snag a Job . Following up does not always work, or I get that I am not qualified enough which is essentially hogwash! Upon obtaining my degrees which are a Bachelors of Science in Business Management and a Master of Management with a background in customer service, management, marketing, and sales I have to say being told that I am not experienced enough is a slap in the face! I send cover letters and research the business so they have a customized cover letter I update my resume and usually apply several times to the same position. I have to say that I have exhausted many options and possibilities in my job search efforts. Companies like Sears, Rite Aid and others don’t even bother updating what they are looking for, and these insurance companies are a joke and should be banned from using job search clients for recruits.
Personally I feel it is left up to agencies like Snag a Job and the employers to update existing position opportunities instead of this crap shoot of job hunting. Realistically until the economy turns back around and restructuring of businesses are scaled back expect to be out of work. Large organizations stockpile resumes and applications your best bet is to update once a month with large corporations. Small businesses are easier to follow up on however, the issue I run into is discrimination because I have degrees and they worry if I am going to quit for something better, so they don’t really even bother with people like me. Or they feel they have to pay me more which I could care less about I just need a job with a paycheck at the end of the week.
Big business doesn’t want to pay you competitive wages and expects you to work for peanuts. What I expect from this job site is to investigate employers who post job opportunities and then say they are not hiring. If they are not hiring then their job opportunity should be taken down until they seriously need employees.
Hi Christopher – I am sorry to hear your search has been frustrating! Larger companies may not know when they will have a large hiring need and ask us to keep up their postings. Do not give up! Check out Julie’s story for some inspiration http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-is-there-a-job-posted-if-theyre-not-hiring/. Be sure to double and triple check your resume for spelling and grammar mistakes.
hey im having the same problem i have been trying to get a job off this site for about 2 to 3 years now and nothing i havent even heard a peep from anyone of the million places i have hired this is my second account to i even tried getting this account thinking that maybe i would hear something then but still nothing
Hi Alisa! I cannot stress enough how important it is to make sure your applications are free of spelling and grammar mistakes. Have someone you trust take a look at your resume, it never hurts to get a fresh set of eyes to review something! Read Ashley’s story, she has some great advice! http://www.snagajob.com/resources/the-job-search-tips-that-landed-ashley-3-interviews-and-a-job/
Maybe you should learn how to spell, then people will hire you! It’s spelled “waste” for a waste of time. Not “waist”! Waist is the mid-section of your body. “Waist ” of time doesn’t make sense.
Definitely agree with what everyone is saying here. I am 21 and have never had a job, so I have no experience of which to speak. I’ve sat in my room applying to jobs for almost four years now, since graduating high school and have had only one job interview. Discouraged isn’t even the word. I am applying to community college now, but I am unsure if the FAFSA will pay for it all. Hopefully it will, as I have no income to pay the remaining balance if one exists. I want to do the Associate in Arts degree so I can transfer to a university after two years, but I’m almost sure the big universities won’t be paid up under FAFSA, so my goal is to find a job to start saving up money for college…I guess so I can get a degree and stay unemployed like the rest of America.
Hi John! I am sorry to hear that things haven’t been working out. In a competitive market, every little thing counts. Be sure to have someone check your resume and applications. If you are looking for experience, volunteering is a great way to get something on your resume and to gain valuable references. This article may help: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/volunteering-it-does-a-job-search-good/. Good luck with your search and with college!
I also am noticing that the same jobs are being posted month after month, and I am beginning to question if this positions have already been filled out, and the company forgot to eliminate it. If this is the case, it would be good if the company eliminates the jobs so that nobody else has to waste their time applying for these jobs. Thank you.
Hi Benita! Those positions are probably always accepting applications, check out this post for more info: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/how-old-are-the-job-postings/
I hear everyone! The best thing right now is to register with as many temp agencies as you can. They hire alot of people if they like you. Start with Manpower I have had good luck with the temp services, No vacation or paid time off that is the only draw back, but……you could get a full time position! Keep looking something is out there!
I think all that is pretty nice but I also think that the snag a job website is to slow and they don’t really help you get a job. I think it should be a website where you post your resumes and profile info so that jobs will see your information and you might get hire faster cause snag a job does not help you at all.
I loved your blog.Really thank you!
I have been searching on and off. My parents are complaining that I'm not searching enough. I've posted my resume everywhere, on this site, on startupers.com, on indeed, on linked-in, even on a spanish hiring website, and some. I don't speak spanish but you never know. I have applied to what seems like hundreds of jobs. I also applied to Target where I was hired before as a seasonal worker and they said they weren't hiring even though on their website the Target I was applying to had job openings. I am not sure weather or not I should go out because most places I have been to tell me to apply on-line, so I do. I'm not sure what to do now except play the waiting game. If I get a job I can learn to play the bass guitar.
Hi Lauren! I know it can be really frustrating looking for a job, especially in a competitive market. There is nothing wrong with going in, in person to inquire about any job openings. If they tell you to apply online, make a note and wait until you get home. You never know, you could walk into one store just when they need you! Or, they could see your online application and remember your enthusiasm from when you came in. Keep applying, both online and in person.
Wow,even tho the fact, patience is still everything.With everyone thats on and applying for jobs on this site its hard to find a job that thousands havent already apllied for,and for me im new on this site so all my apps are on the bottom of the pile.But im not giving up.I refuse to give up,and im hoping everyone else can have that same attitude.We Are The People.Peace Out
Hi Allen-Great attitude! Be sure to double and triple check your applications for spelling and grammar mistakes. Even the smallest error can make the biggest difference. Good luck!!
I’ve recently followed up on some applications I put in two months ago. I was told that it’s a slow time of the year and the company wasn’t hiring at the moment. However, my application is still active and on file. It’s hard and I feel like nobody wants to give me a chance. I have 16 years of experience in retail and wonder what it is I’m doing wrong. Maybe I’m doing nothing wrong, it’s just the way the job market is.
Good luck to all searching for work.
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This is for those who are looking to land a job at resturants, stores, etc
The best thing you can do is keep on eye on stores who are coming soon period!
What I want to know is how I can ever get a job if they all require a lifetime of experience! I am willing to do damn near anything to get a job, any time, and place, and any pay! Not one place hahas contacted me, and they all say (after I take an hour or two to fill out an application) that they aren’t hiring at the moment. How is that helpful to me?? It’s not like I already have a job, and can afford to wait a year to be contacted! I would like to eventually leave home, after all.
Hi Amber – Getting that first job can be very difficult. Have you thought about volunteering to gain experience? You will have something to put on your resume and also gain valuable references as well! Also, is this the email address you are using to apply to jobs? You should change it to something a little more generic and easy to remember. Like: firstname_lastname.
Man ive been applying everywhere I can but ive only got on interview. Im still looking and im not giving up. Ive only had one job and ive been out of work for a year now its hard to get a job and its getting me a bit frustrated. -__- I need help. lol.
I don’t understand why I’m not getting enough interviews. I’ve checked my applications for spelling errors. I dressed in my best business outfits and personally handed my applications to the managers. Some of them would give me mini interviews on the spot but that’s the last I would hear about the situation. I call them back about two or three days later and the response is either “Sorry. We already filled the position” or “We’re not hiring?” although it says otherwise on their site. One store in particular, I went back to in person and the manager said “We haven’t gotten to your application yet” but my friend applies several days after me and gets the job?
I am polite. In fact, a lot of people often try to take advantage of it.
I dress appropriately. I don’t wear jewelry and I wear business suits. I barely wear anything else but lip gloss.
I make eye contact and smile during appropriate parts of the conversation.
I don’t mumble.
There’s nothing scary looking about me (or at least I hope not).
I don’t have much experience or referrals so I know my resume doesn’t look the best.
What am I doing wrong?
Hi Racquel – It sounds like you are taking all the right steps to land a job. Have you had someone you trust look over your resume? You may not have realized you’ve missed something. Also, try doing a practice mini-interview, there may be something you are not realizing you are doing. I did this with a friend and was told I was constantly playing with my hair (which is very distracting). Are you looking for jobs both online and in person?
I’ve been applying both online and in person. I’m also aware that my resume only has one good source on it and that has been since 2006. I’ve been looking to volunteer, as well, but still no luck. Thanks for the information. =)
Good luck! This article can help you with some volunteering ideas: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/volunteering-it-does-a-job-search-good/. Keep us posted
I have been looking for a job for the past 5 months. I have applied for 84 jobs. I keep a list of all of them, call most back every week. I have done resumes on some. I’ve had only one interview. I check 8 job listings websites every day. I have applied to 3 temp agencies. I took a class in school on ‘job etiquette’ so I feel I’m doing everything right, I’m not sure. I’m a very detailed person and make sure my applications are correct. I have others to check them. I am applying for ANY job, ANY pay, ANY day, ANY time except for 11pm-7am
I am 46 and been umemployed for 13 yrs because of being a stay at home wife and mother. I know jobs aren’t suppose to discriminate, but they do.
And, how are you suppose to get experience that jobs want you to have, when they won’t let you have a job to get that experience?
I am homeschooling my daughter at the moment, so I can’t really do volunteer work. I live in a small town so there’s not much of that anyway.
Hi Sherry – I am sorry things have been frustrating. Have you thought about volunteer jobs that you can do online? I think this can help you gain experience: http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/index.html.
This **** blows, application after application and nothing, not a **** thing. [edited] But I know the only response I’ll get is the same link posted over and over. With that knowledge I could “Help” the poor people on this site too.
Hi Ian – I am sorry you’re frustrated. This is a very competitive market and you may be applying for awhile before you hear something. Have you been following up on your applications?
How am I supposed to follow up when the only thing i ever get is a norelpy email address? I call the stores in question and they have no idea i even applied! So I just look like needy who gets put on their list and I never hear again, No one is hiring white men anymore because the government gives out bonuses if the hire women and racial people. (edited)
I have to agree with some of these comments because I have to say I done put in almost every applications I can put in for my home state and I have not yet to recieve a job call or anything yet! Its very frustrating cause you thinking to yourself I done everything that they wanted me to put on the applications and then all of a sudden like a couple of minutes later or an hour when u checking your email account you gettiing this email stating that you didnt meet the quailifications to the job! I mean how would they know when you got experience in certain things or you want to learn in that particular areas! So what is the purpose of upgrading your job applications when you never gon get called is what bothering me! I gets that all the time “well how long was your application in” or “just keep upgrading your applications” I mean for what when you never gon call me! But yet you can walk into some of these company places and see new faces, you ask and be like I thought yall wasnt hiring but still yet its new people in there! I dont think thats fair at all to some of these people that actually looking for a job to those who dont want to work at all! Im a single mother who is 24 with a 3 soon to b 4 year old son and Im really looking for some work ASAP! Its very hard and confusing at the same time that I almost bout to quit putting in for jobs online and just walk in the company places and apply by hand maybe that be more faster for me to get a job seems like!
well this website has been a gigantic waste of my time i have apllied and aplied and applied with no results. i am beyond frustrated. deleteing my account asap
Hi Sammy – I am sorry you are frustrated. Have you been checking and rechecking your applications for spelling errors? Even the smallest mistake can make the biggest difference.
I think I have you all beat! Get this 1 job operating a coping machine. 1 person applied for it this person has an A.S. degree in Computer network support and testing and also repairs computers in their spare time. This person is dressed nice and traveled 50 miles to the interview answered all question correctly. 30 mins later this person gets a call from the people whom they had they interview with and they said they were not going to hire anyone at this time and they are keeping the job open. WTF
I know it can be so frustrating when you’re looking for work and aren’t getting a response – part of it IS just a numbers game, and today’s job market requires an aggressive approach. But if you’ve been applying for jobs on a daily basis for several weeks or more, you should be getting SOME kind of response. If you’re not getting a response, really, check to make sure your email address and phone number are correct on your resume (I know, it sounds like telling someone who can’t get the TV to work to make sure it’s plugged in, but, really, you have no idea how often this is the case). Kim also makes some FANTASTIC points regarding volunteering and appropriate email addresses above. There ARE some great employers hiring -I’ve done a couple of recent blog posts on it. I also recently blogged on “10 Things You Can Do If Your Job Search Is Taking Way Too Long” – http://www.phillycareercoach.com/1/post/2012/03/10-things-you-can-do-if-your-job-search-is-taking-way-too-long.html – and got some great feedback from readers on the advice there.
Here is my advise for those of you who are looking to work at stores/resturants/etc go online for that praticular place your applying at and pick as much locations as you can period!
that sounds like a way better ideal then snagajob
face it people, this site is a data mine, I’d wager maybe 5% of these jobs are even real.
Absolutely…. Unless a company has a sign stuck on a door saying “help wanted” then there are no jobs going.
I applied for jobs before and followed them up – one recruitment company in particular – and found it wasn’t for a real job they actually had. They advertised a “sample” job. I now refuse to have anything to do with agencies.
That isn’t a sure thing either. I know of many places that always have a help wanted sign up even though they don’t have open spots. They just want aps so they will have someone to fall back on when someone quits.
If only I had a job and made money, I would sue this website and “Amy White” (assuming she’s even a real person) And live the rest of my life on the money you idiots would be paying me, (edited)
“I RIDE MOTORCYCLES AND DOGS ALL DAY, YAYYYY THAT TOTALLY QUALIFY ME TO GIVE PEOPLE JOB ADVICE! “
Hi Ian – I am sorry you are frustrated. Is there anything we can help you with?
You could start by getting me a job.
Seriously, I could throw out replies like this and write “articles” every now and again. you people could have more free time. If I don’t find work soon, there is no point to living.
Hi Ian – I understand that you are getting discouraged. In a competitive market, you may be applying for awhile before you hear anything. It sounds hard, but staying positive is important. What types of issues are you running in to? Let us know and we can work to help you.
To Whom It May Concern:
I am Mr. Jorge R. Teron which I am interested in being able to get help right through their web services for employment and that I am currently unemployed and am looking for a job but they also tell you that I am a veteran and truly here in Puerto Rico there are almost no jobs for us the existing discrimination, I hope to get the help oh any information which is of great help to me for a job.
Thank you ..
Hi Jorge – Your best bet would be to contact the employer directly. Snagajob does not list jobs in Puerto Rico at this time. Good luck with your job search!
Hi! Im have been trying to find a job that associates with my BA Degree, which is psychology. All that I have been receiving is retail applicants. I am already working at a retail store and I want a job that associates with my degree..not a retail store..It has been over a year..It is ridiculous. I have to pay for a car, and i was suppose to have an apartment by now. but no this website just wasted my time and wasted a year in which Im suppose to have accomplish a full time job, have a car, and an apartment. (thank u for wasting my time!!!!) (edited)
Hi Michelle – I am sorry you are frustrated. Have you tried using our keyword search tool to search for psychology jobs in your area? http://www.snagajob.com/job-search. This may help narrow down your search.
I think its a waste of time filling out all these application and i do follow up on them..For example I would call them and actually go up there but they would say the hireing manager or HR is either not there or they will be in the next month.And most of these jobs had hiring signs in there window i even left messages over the phone if they was not there and i still got nothing.I pretty sure my applications dont have erriors because i tripple check my things and if someone around i make sure they take a look. Im tired of companies posting that there hireing and i always have to break my neck not literally
:) but you know..I mean come on I know you see my application and i know most places can use more people specially these retail companies you have customers mad,complaining,and writting bad reviews about there company because of a lack of customer service.How Mnay ways do i need to explain i can do the job and do it well and faster then most people. Come on now i need income!!!And how can i have experience when you want give me the chance!
I am truly greatful for Snagajob.It has given hope for a brighter future.
Thank you, Deborah! You just made my day. Do you have a story you can share with us? http://www.snagajob.com/resources/share-your-story/ We love to celebrate success
http://www.snagajob.com/resources/tags/i-got-hired.
How much did snag a job pay you to say this? I’d love to be part to be part of that payroll!
I completely understand the frustrations of everyone here. Like many of you, I have a college degree and am running into the problem of either not having the right mix of experience for positions in my field (experience which you can only obtain by actually getting a job in the field) or being given that look when they see I am in my 40′s once I show up for an interview. It has been several years since I got my Masters and all I have to show for my time is a handful of temp and PT retail jobs that have not led to permanent work no matter how much effort or initiative that I put forth. (If you become really desperate and need immediate PT work, proceed to Crossmark – guarantee you’ll hate the **** out of that place once all of your tires are shredded and have to be replaced on your own dime due to the amount of driving they require you to do.) God knows most of us at this age don’t want yet another garbage retail position just to make ends meet, but unless you have a relative at a company that will simply give you a job, forget even getting min wage work . . . simply too many applicants with not enough real positions. Plus if you are lucky enough to land ANY position, the hours will most likely be so small that you will literally be wiping out half your weekly paycheck with gas expenses just to get there. As has always been the case, your best bet is to be an attractive and young female with a cute-sounding name (trust me, this BS goes on all the time in retail — prepare to have your facebook and twitter accounts scoped by the dbags in charge of hiring who are looking for the next target to harass) or be a brute that a company can abuse on the truck unloads.
Randall,
This is unfortunately true. I am even older than you, I am 52 years old, however, I am in good condition and like yourself, I consider myself intelligent. I went back to school thinking that it would make a difference if I had a degree. I have an Associates in Network Technology and studying for my Bachelors. The worse thing is that the companies don’t want to give you a chance to get hands on experience coupled with the fact that they think 50 is old. I mean, it’s not like it was 50 years ago when 50 year olds were in rocking a chair. Actually, I bring a plethora a life experiences to the table in addition to my skills. I just ..can’t figure this out.
What is up with this job searching.
Recently on the end of April I apply for a job here on snagajob to the store kohl’s. Than A few week later I got a call to go to a interview, the day of the interview I when and talk to them and and I fill out the application they gave me face to face.
In the end of the interview they say we just need the drug test (like every job ask) and once we have this we put you on the schedule the interviewer said to me..
So the next day I when to the drug test place to get the job as fast as I can. I did everything and I know I don’t use drug and nothing at all so is not likely i wont get the job from it.
However, my point is i’m still waiting so the kohl’s manager or who ever is in charge call me. But I haven’t receive a call.
I did call the store from the number they gave around 2 times and also I call the hospital from where i took the test to see if the result were ready and they say that they supposedly send the paper to the position store..
So is being around 1 or 3 weeks and I haven’t receive a call and I haven’t call back again cause I don’t want to song desperate to get the job even if I’m really desperate……
I have A Masters and I’ve applied for countless jobs on internet job sites. I really think it’s all a joke. I think those internet job sites are collecting your information and selling it and the jobs they post are fake or low quality at best it’s all a scam.
Hi Rich – I am sorry you are frustrated. I can tell you that Snagajob does not sell information from our members. The applications are sent directly to the employers.
“we Don’t sell info” So why is it that I keep getting spam calls and emails ever since I signed up for this trash, I really ought to sue you people.
I have a question. I’m TRYING to do a resume & i don”t remember the dates of a few jobs that i,ve worked at what should i do?
Hi Sandra! Do you remember the months you worked? You can add them as December 2008 – March 2011, or whichever months work in your case. If you cannot remember the months, call your former employer and ask that they give you your employment dates.
This is a scam imho, best bet try to find employers that have you fill out the app. in person. Hard to find but there are a few. Though, most are jobs some feel are beneath them, but I would rather make 7.50hr and live in my car instead of making nothing or depending on a failing government to support me.
Hi Jon! Walking into a business and asking about job openings can be scary but rewarding! Check out this article for more information: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/approach-a-manager-for-a-job/. Good luck and let us know if you have any questions.
I’d also like to add that the following up part is a bunch of bull, I am a supervisor and can tell you managers just brush those people off 99.9% of the time, no manager wants to get called by hundreds of people asking about their applications. Even ff you did, they would not remember your name by the time they actually get a pile of applications to look over, the whole process is basically closing your eyes and picking people at random. I see them doing it and it makes me sick, but when I do get a chance to help out in the hiring process I tend to go for the people with the least experience since they are more eager to work, and still haven’t developed that im too good for this job attitude.
Hi George – Employers do tell us that following up is important to them. It is a way to show you care about the job and can set you apart from your competition. While it may not work every time, it is a step worth taking.
Can baby sitting or Avon even be concidered as experience?
Hi Dayana – Great question! Yes, they both count as experience. Be sure to put them on your resume and include customers as references. Let me know if you have any other questions! I think this video can help: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/video-series-no-experience/.
Whelp, I still don’t have a job, all I get is phone calls every day about going to colleges I can’t afford, and spam email from you guys. It’s my birthday in two days and I just want the suffering to end Please, I’ll do anything please give me a job so I can survive.
I’m with everyone on this forum I think if you are going to call yourself a job seeker website you might want to list employer who really want to hire. I been without a job almost 2 1/2 years had a few seasonal job between. I ‘m not lazy and put in about 10-15 app online a day and 7-10 app physical at employer locations and don’t get any call backs or feedback. I have to beg my wife to give me gas money to go look for a job when i physically look for a job I leave 5-6am and get bk home about 4-5pm its a haed process but I really need a job. this year my wife and me are going to split aftwe 13yr married and 16 yrs together because of the job situation. I have to the end of this month to find one or i’m on the streets. I have 2 boys that I love more then anything. I just want to get a decent job so i can get a small apt. close by to see them she tried to turn off the internet but I had to barrow money to keep it on , I need internet to search for jobs these days. I just don’t get how someone you say i do through richer and pooer can just throw you out like a stray dog. I supported her and the boys for 13 yrs she can barely do 3yrs. I had unemployment which ren out so was dependind on a miracle to get a job soon. I have worked in retail for 6-7 yrs, also done even pt jobs like AMC and Dollar tree . but nothing long term .doe a long term job exist anymore . TY
Honestly, I scrolled past all the previous posts . I don’t need that negativity. However, I do need some insight or perspective concerning my job search. I have had multiple phone interviews, followed up by face to face interviews. I sent handwritten notes to ever contact that I spoke with.. I allowed a reasonable time period before following up by phone asking about the status of the position, unfortunately, contact was not available, had to leave a voice mail. That was today. What do I do now? I am confidant that I am a great candidate for the position. They would be fortunate to have me on their team. What should I do now? How long should I wait? I will find a position, but I want an opportunity where I can be challenged and contribute to a team’s on-going success.
Hi Margaret – It sounds like your attitude and passion to work will make you a great employee. Since you just called today, I would give it until mid-next week to try one more time. If you don’t hear back from them by then, then I would stop trying to get in contact. You don’t want to become a pain! Be sure you don’t stop applying and interviewing for other positions while you are waiting to hear back from them. This is a mistake we see a lot and you don’t want to miss out on any other opportunity while waiting on one that may or may not work out.
MAN THIS IS NOT THE BIZZNESS ON MY DAYS OFF IM IN FRONT OF THIS COMPUTER TRYING TO FIND A JOB ON THIS WEBSITE AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING EVEN MY HUSBAND ON HERE I JUST THINK THEY NEED TO TAKE THIS WEBSITE DOWN TO BE HONEST
Hi Alyssa- I am sorry you are frustrated. Have you been following up on your applications? Employers tell us that this is a very important part of the job search process, but is often over looked. Also, be sure you are double and triple checking your applications for any spelling or grammatical errors. This is the number one resume mistake, and can hold you back in your search. It is always a good idea to have someone you trust look over your resume/application. I’ve done this and was surprised at what I missed!
You can no longer submit your job history because Error ID: b47e884f-ce22-4e41-88ec-77052ddd6fd7 will automatically career!!! This site is trash!!!
Hi Kevin – I am sorry you are frustrated. I am a little confused by the error message you are referencing in your comment. Please contact our Support Team http://www.snagajob.com/contact/ and they will work to figure out what you are seeing.
Life is automated and that includes job search engines. Think of this scenario; I can purchase a website and have hosted from 10-20 bucks a year. I have a national interest, which more than likely is a bunch of automated bot generations and add locations. What that means is the website makes money off of hosting advertisment and is used as a link opener to other companies that buy into online advertisments. Now that same website is used more and more because its is supposedly interesting and helpful in such sites like this. Job searches. Nobody really gets any help but the more traffic generated from innocent people the more advertisment prices can go up and the owner of the site is profiting off our hardships and thoughts of hope from these so called sites. Wise up, search the owner of the domain…easy to do with domain search.com find out how or who they are affiliated with.
Hi Joseph! At Snagajob we are passionate about finding jobs. Our mission is “To put people in the right fit positions so they can maximize their potential and live more fulfilling lives”. Check out what some of our hired member have to say here: http://pinterest.com/snagajob/hired-members/. Snagajob is dedicated to helping job seekers throughout the entire job search process, from application, to resume, to interview, to career advice. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, we are here to help!
For those bums who havent had a job and has been looking for 2 or more years on snagajob.com. I would think that its time for a change. LOL. You have to be doing something wrong IDK.. Its been about 2 months for me. I have had a couple of bites and no luck but stick with it I guess and good luck buddy.
I’m 16 and I’ve been looking for a job for months and haven’t had luck. I really need to get a job so i can have some income however i can’t seem to get an interview. Dose anyone have tips? Is it maybe because I’m to young or haven’t had any job experience?
Hi Destiny! I am sorry to hear things have been frustrating. Check out this article about finding a job with no experience: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/video-series-no-experience/ and let me know what you think!
I have been applying for jobs on this website for three months now and all i have gotten is a few e-mails from department stores saying that they ” can’t hire me at this time” without giving me a reason why. i have filled out over 20 applications and no one has called me! i have retail experience and good availability. i am getting extremely frustrated. all i need is a steady job to pay for school so i can get a real job someday!
Hi Rachel – I am sorry to hear things have been frustrating. Have you been following up on your applications? Employers tell us this is a very important step in the job search process, but that it is often overlooked.
thanks girl. i tried to follow up but most companies say ‘corporate looks at the online applications and the managers here aren’t a part of the hiring process’. which sucks for me bc how am i supposed to stand out among other applicants if the only managers to talk to aren’t the ‘hiring’ managers?
I am new to this site and after reading over a list of negative comments I only have only one question DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY success stories from using this site???I’m quickly getting discouraged.
Hi Mercedes! I am sorry you are getting frustrated. Take a look at the words of wisdom from some of our hired members for encouragement: http://pinterest.com/snagajob/hired-members/. Let me know if you have any questions, we are here to help!
snagajob wasn’t even listed on the top 10 job websites…soooo….looks like this was a waste of time
Hi Rachel! Take a look at what some of our hired members have to say: http://pinterest.com/snagajob/hired-members/ and let me know if you have any questions!
How long should I wait to call? and this was very helpful, everytime I fill out an application I have to go back and fix all the i’s. The rest of my grammar and spelling are pretty spot-on luckily.
Hi Hannah! Great question – we suggest waiting no longer than a week before following up. Also, have you thought about following up in person. It seems a little scary, but if done correctly, you can really stand out to your employer. We’ve broken it down for you here: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/following-up-in-person/. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
I have been searching for a part-time job for months . what i have received for my time spent on the net and job boards was-a)one interview(chain yank), b)another interview(first interview,went well)and c)maybe a interview coming up.on a), took three weeks of calling and one interview.Then called back to ask status-was told they are no longer hiring. Old Fashion Chain Yank.on b),did apply , got interview within a week, and was told second interview ,they would contact me.called back about a week later and was told to expect an e-mail , if they were interested.Funny, i never received that e-mail. Another Chain Yank. on c), I have been looking on craig’s list(last resort), found something and replied,could have an interview. I found out the few things ,going against myself and experience I have-not enough availability.
The Job I am seeking is part-time,not full-time or long term career.Part-Time Jobs should work around your schedule, not say you do not have enough availability. I am a business owner and a mother seeking part time employment after business hours. Hard concept to understand? Yes, in today’s market ,employers want more time than you can give for availability. Also, in today’s market ,on average over 500 people are applying for the same jobs and openings for jobs are slowly just not there. Basically, I have been looking since January and have not gotten very far. Any Ideas about jobs available to part time work only ,would be great appreciated.
I’ve been trying to find a job since i was 15 years old and now 18, not having any luck on Snagajob.com at all it’s very frustrating to try so hard for something and not receive anything.. i updated my profile, and follow up on my applications, even take an extra bold step and ask if i can get an interview set up with the hiring manager; if they are hiring still, nothing
When I first saw the person say she sent 20 applications, I almost laughed. I’m at the 300 mark, and out of all the applications I sent, I only got 1 call back that happened to be a commissioned sales position. I had to make my own leads so I declined. I understand everyone’s frustration. Everyone (except maybe teens who still live with their parents) have either got bills, kids, or both. It’s a tough economy out there, but honestly, I also think that these HR reps are LAZY. I just called a law firm that posted an ad on Craigslist to see if they were hiring, and the person said no! I called the same day the post was up. Not to mention, it take MONTHS for an application to even get to the second or third step of the hiring process for government jobs.
That being said, Panera Bread seems to be hiring, at least in my location and a couple others in California. I know they’d be hiring because they just opened. However, you will be competing with possibly thousands of others, and they’re likely to hire the one they can work like a dog and pay the least.
One of the worst part of the job search is really when I actually drive to a location & attempt to speak to a live human…..they don’t even know what to do except say ‘ummm… you need to fill out the information online & wait for someone to contact you.’ Sadly, most places will not even accept a resume from a live person either. I have had them refuse the resume.
However, after running out of money driving around, I resorted to filling out countless aps online. I hate sending my personal information to these ‘companies’ with these ‘job openings’, & never hearing back & have all my info floating around in their server (hoping its not solicited or hacked ever).
I think that very few companies (if any) are really hiring & I think it kinda works as a good PR for them to appear to be successful & thriving for the public. I think the fad/idea of these fake jobs will fade & the companies that thought it was a good idea to do will regret it. I mean, if they are advertsing in a PAID ad (like newspaper), then the job is probably real, but most internet ads are free & they don’t care about your time or effort….
Im sure these 1000′s of ‘job openings’ are another effort of Obama & his ghetto ideas to piss off the public enough to actually want his communist governent plan. It is all set-up to blow up in the job poster face as well as the job searchers, so some will run to goverment to ‘stop this insanity’ (that they are most probably the ones who advised/suggested to do in the first place). The real shame in the matter is that these big companies don’t have smart enough HR/PR employees to say: “Hey, I don’t think thats a good idea to do this the searching American public”….
I just have to call it quits on the ‘job search’ as this game these companies are playing with huge number of unemployeed & job searching people can only continue to ‘seem to work’ for them if fools keep biting the bait. I know its a nasty game to play with those in-need & makes me sad for all. What a sick thing this Obama has done to the Unites States of Islam. (previously America)
I agree with you.
Because the economic issues CLEARLY haven’t been years in the making, predating the current Administration. Good luck with your racist ignorance!
its awsome
Please somebody tell me what’s going with the jobs today?
I have been applying for jobs for the last 8 months. Nothing, only one company called me and told me I haven’t lived in USA long enough.They assume I don’t have an experience. Are you kidding me? I have worked for USA Government company for the last 5 years outside this country. I know what I am capable of. I’m 28 years. I had a lot of jobs in my life but somehow nobody calls me for an interview. Is it because I’m a new immigrant?? I I have a green card and I can legally work, so what is the problem? Why I am not good enough for at least 1 interview. It makes me sad everyday that I willing to work, asking God everyday to open a door for me but nothing’s happening. It’s like nobody really cares
I have impeccable resumes, cover letters, and volunteer experience and I have applied to over 60 jobs since May. One lonely interview came of that. In the interview, I was told that my volunteer experience was not real experience and that I was unqualified for the job. Mind you, the job was advertised as minimum wage. The interviewer was also late, and extremely uncouth.
Anytime I walk into or call a business for followup, the staff tell me to apply online. I say that I have already applied online and then they finally cut the excuses and tell me that they are not hiring. Here is a suggestion for businesses: be honest the first time, it saves you time and it save me time. I feel, I know, that hiring online is only a scam to get contact information. I have gotten many spam emails from my ‘future employers’ and I have rarely received spam before.
This is becoming less of an attempt to obtain a job and more of a struggle to maintain my human dignity. I have been told that I am not qualified to wash dishes at hotels, sort clothes at the Goodwill, or run a cashier. I have ‘called out’ such employers by asking them what courses I can take on ‘Dish washing’ and where they are offered. It should not be this hard to start a career, especially at minimum wage and with a perfectly clean record.
To tell the truth, I am sick and tired of it all. The community telling me to ‘just get a job’, the burger joints flicking me off like a fly, the overly optimistic articles on the internet, and the employees who answer the phone enraged that I have the nerve to inquire about entry level positions. Yes, I have the nerve to believe that I deserve the opportunity to support myself while building up a company. I believe that I am worth something, and you cowards who hide behind employment kiosks and form letters- you are crumbs the lot of you. You are part of the detriment of our nation and the thousands who are unemployed will never forget that.
All this comes from an eighteen year old college student with a 3.8 GPA. The lowest grade I have ever received in a class was a ‘B’. I write fiction and paint in my spare time. I dress well and wear minimal makeup. I do not swear. I have exceptional hygiene. I smile and talk with (fading) confidence. What am I doing wrong and further more, what is wrong with me?
You’re absolutely right. Well said.
I had to reply to you Amanda; Nothing is wrong with you! Your intelligence certainly shines through in your command of the english language~ I second Sonny Black- well said indeed!
Have you considered college? Don’t let your confidence fade! You can get paid fairly well to attend, through free grants. It’s easy to contact the financial aid office of any accredited institution and get started right away!
I would advise choosing a college with a reputable placement program; So you could begin your career shortly after graduation.
I hope this helps. Keep your chin up!
Yes very well said Amanda. These days are becoming harder and hader to find a job. I am a 19 year old who is also looking for a job to help pay for college. I also have applied to more than 200 jobs with only a couple of interviews and I havent received any response yet. Same as you I have received e-mails saying that I am not qualified or have enough experience, and these are for dish-washing jobs and serving positions. I understand it is not fair because what kind of experience do you need to wash dishes (I wash dishes at home all the time for crying out loud!!!!) It can be very frustrating but I pray to God so He can open doors for me, and I have Faith that He will answer my prayers because I know He has a special job for me. To those who are desperately looking for jobs, I feel your pain. But have Faith and I will keep you all in my prayers. God Bless!!!
How does this suppose to help me get a job so i can make enough to take care of my family
One of the job opening that I saw alot in my area was for Petco. Usually it say that it was posted up not too long ago so I would go in and ask if they were hiring. They said they weren’t but I should still apply and what not. I told them that I saw their job posting on a website and they just said they don’t know but they just weren’t hiring.
I’ve used snag a job since 2009 and it has YET to snag me a job. Oh, and SEARS sucks.
Me too, I’m 38, college grad, unemployed 2+ yrs and not even the 1st interview Sonny. It’s not getting any better by the look of postings. I feel like everyone here is in the same boat- unemployed folks from age 18-50, all discouraged.
(I suppose any/all admin has an easier time being so positive, after all they ARE employed.)
Someone/ANYONE @ snagajob needs to check on the accuracy and origin of jobs being posted, and the amount of spam~ wow—>>L@@K—-> Applying for general jobs HERE has generated salesmen, insurance quotes I never asked for, and yes, even telemarketers calling my private number….( Am I insane at this point to stay or share personal info with snagajob?!?)
*Why aren’t these reports being checked into???? Admin?
please reply.
funny how my “two-cents” is being “blocked” , koff koff, AWAITING MODERATION my rear. several other posts have made it through, I have a real bone to pick now; as my post was true, to the point, regarded security issues on the site, and other users need to know this is an issue. This site isnt half what I originally thought it might be.
VERY disappointed here. I WILL not give up on this; WHY?? Because Other users need NO, the DESERVE to know their info is being put on contact lists and sold apparently- And since no supervisor has chimed in to tell me that my concerns are being looked into- I will never give up posting the facts to help other users.
steamed in TN~
sorry MY typo above post, may make my post unclear,
it’s THEY deserve,~ not the deserve…
I’m beginning to wonder if snagajob is as legit as it once was… I have been getting on here almost every day for the past year and I have not seen any new jobs added, nor have I seen any old ones taken off. In theory, the owner appears to fail at maintaining their website… And it IS extremely discouraging. So many people depending on these websites to help them and in reality we’re just being sent in circles. What a disappointment!
It seems to me like they are more interested in making referral income from people filling out college application forms, upon logging in. I am approaching my congressman about the issue many people are having here, regarding employers posting non-existent jobs. I want a law passed restricting this. This is false advertisement.
I have recently turn in a few applications through snagajob! I am from a small town and i do not think this website is a hoax. I look at there listing and those are the exact jobs in need of help in my area. Some are brand new businesses opening in my area. I recently receive a email from Kim checking on how the search is going? I understand there are many of job applications they have to look through on a daily basis. You have to be patient and appreciate these workers taking the time to help you. I have not receive a email of rejection, yet. You may have years of experience, did you get along with your former bosses? Jobs usually call them as references you know. You have to think outside the box before passing judgement on others. I am not trying to be rude,give these people some respect. Look at your local workforce agency. Are they posting the same jobs as snagajob? Well, there is your answer. It does not matter how long you been on a job anymore. Are you really capable of getting the job done? Do you have what it takes physically to help the business. If you were the “lazy type” of worker, I would not hire you either. Would You? Good Luck on all your work searches. Check the attitudes!!!
I have applied to approximately 46 jobs recently through snagajob, monster, beyond and a couple of other job sites. I have heard back from 4 of the jobs that I applied for and was turned down by all four of them even though I have the experience, skills, knowledge and requirements needed for the job I was still turned down. I have reworded my resume so that it was suited for the job that I was applying for and that hasn’t helped either. I am currently employed but am looking for a full-time position or another part-time job and having no luck finding either one. If anyone has any tips that they may have please let me know thanks.
Hello Snagajob community!
After reading half of the post on here, I have to give my little two cents in about ‘being hired’.
First off, Snagajob, along Careerbuilder and Monster offer great advice for those who having trouble finding a job or career. In fact, after reading most of the advice on these site, I went and put it into action. From March 2012 until now, I gotten about 30 different job interviews. However, because of my lack of experience, I wasn’t hired. So I started to take my job hunting to the next level.
1. Apply to different job boards as possible.
This will help me find different jobs that are hiring and apply to it. Most are from Careerbuilder, Indeed, Simply Hire, Snagajob, Craiglist, ect
2. Register to different social sites.
Many wouldn’t know this, but most companies have started to have accounts on social networking sites. If you like them, befriend them and talk to them you would not only catch their interest but also the HR personal that is hiring in that company. Just be professional with your social network accounts. and NETWORK with different people
3. Search yourself.
This is very important. You don’t know who is ‘researching’ you on the web. There is a website called Reputation.com and Profile Defenders. These site help by alerting you if someone post something bad about you or if other sites have your name blasted on the net. So with this, you can defend yourself and block out any or all information that is about you.
4. Go to state career centers
While this help many people out, I have personal problem with them. But don’t let that discourage you to look into the state career center. These center will help you find a job, file unemployment, WIA, career counselor, and then some. While at these center, you have to sign up for several classes( which are free) and help file the paper work for WIA grant to gain new career. Just go to your state website and find out.
5. Research the company
I love getting feed back from worker that worked in the industry that I’m applying to. By going to Glassdoor.com, and many other sites like them, you can get a great understanding what the company is like and how the employer are really feeling.
6. Practice your interview question
Practice, practice, practice. On snagajob, and at about.com, there should be over 50 interview question. Write it down, print them, or copy/past it on word what ever the case maybe, review the question, write down your natural response and review it. It is better to be prepared then not when an interview is coming up.
7. C.R.T
C.R.T stand for Cover letter, Resume and Thank you letter. When applying to these jobs, always send a cover letter along with the resume to these companies. Even if they don’t say it on their website, always send the C.R to them. This will have the HR a great reason to interview you. This is how I have received 30 interviews this year alone because I send my C.R to them to expressed how much I wanted to work with them. If you know person who is hiring, then please used their name on the cover letter and show how much you want that position.
8. Learn from your mistakes.
Every time I go for an interview, I always bring my notebook and pen, C.R.T and cue card with me. After being interview, I quickly go about writing down questions I got from the HR and the responds I gave the. Not only that I try to write down the person I spoken to. If I don’t hear back from them within a week. I go over my Q&A and see what I have done wrong and how I don’t make that mistake again.
9. New Skills
While mos to the position I have applied to was ‘Trained’ position, I was still ax. So now, I’m looking back to see about vocational training. If not, then I guess going back to school would be okay…but the student loans bills would give me a head ach.
So my advice would be….If your about to head back to school for new skills, see into the market who is hiring and what the employers wants. In Illinois, most of the jobs that are hiring are ITT, Marketing and Sales, Plumbers, and Security.
Also, look into certification courses. Most would offer certification for 50-100 dollars and they would give you a listing of who is hiring in those sectors.
10. Stay positive
Like many of you, I’m starting to lose hope. However, I have to stay positive so that I can have a better tomorrow and find a way for myself. Even though I have student loans to pay off, I am still looking to find a way to improve my skills for the market place. You may have a break down, bust out crying or yell until your throat is sore, but at least you have your health and family member to lean on, some don’t even have that.
Anyway, that all I have to say. Just stay positive. In fact, since everyone is here, guess what…now you have a network of people that have the same interest as you do. So give each other e-mail address and talk. You never know who will be offering you a job opportunity in your field of work.
After applying for my 3,16th job less than 10 replys and a pathetic 5 interviews in nearly 4 years, i have given up. if that twat who has got the nerve to call himself a priminister wants to pay me for doing nothing with my life then go ahead. i cant do this anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets see what bad PR will do to some of these companies who refuse to hire. Why is it that other nations allow employment protections for their citizens and we don’t? Also, why is it that those same nationals can come here and spend their money as tourists, while we suffer broke and unemployed? I am not impressed with the current state of affairs, regarding the national employment situation.
I am proposing to write a blog, profiling each and every company that refuses to hire. I want input from everyone on this site. I will list all company data, including public shareholder information. Maybe if we hit these people in the pocket, they will do what we say.
Pretty much all of Pittsburgh,Pa!
Bloomingdale’s just told me I did not meet there skill set, even though I worked for them before doing the exact same job I was applying for this time. Also, I have applied and applied to my once again my former employer, Marshalls, and they too would not hire me again. Just to note, I did leave both jobs in good standing. So snag a job, what tip do you have for that?
Snagajob.com is where I’ve been getting emails of all these jobs that are hiring and has helped me a bit more than if I were to just apply for places randomly.
Ya ive noticed similar things. A lot of times employers can’t hire on certain times of the year. Such as the end of summer.
What ive also noticed is that you need to know people in businesses to get a job. My sister got a job when she was 18 becuase our aunt was the manager of subway, but she retired and i cant get a job for that now. My friend, whom im not calling stupid but definetly not calling smart or persistent, got a job right away because of his grandma being a manager at IHop. It sucks and thats the way it is.
Holy cow bell Batman, I got a job! I read several of these posts above and was begining to feel very discouraged. I have applied to roughly 50 or so companies using several different avenues of approach in order to “snag a job”, yet nothing was working. I have only recieved three interviews in the two weeks I have been searching. Two of the those interviews I made happen. The third was with Jiffy Lube, and they were actually hiring. I was accompanied by four other applicants and I believe that everyone was given a chance and hired. By the way, if you have been searching for more than a month with no success, you are probably doing something wrong. At the very least, you may want the job as badly as you think you do. By this I mean I have saving McDonald’s as a last resort if at the end of the week I was not hired. I wanted a job, I found a job. Stop being lazy and whinning and do the legwork, trust me it pays off. Then again what would I know, I just read all of the tips provided by this site and got hired. There really isn’t much to it, so good luck everyone.
Congrats on the new job Timothy!! You just made my day
Hope you’ll share your story – http://www.snagajob.com/resources/share-your-story/ We love to celebrate success 
Glad you got a job, however do not talk or tell people to quit being lazy there are some of us who have worked and did more leg work that are in the professional world and can not just do any job. Please think of your own laziness and not cast more negativity to other that you do not know their situation. Its not about being Lazy!!!!
You can pound the pavement all you like these days but the truth is there’s not much pavement left out there. Mostly just dirt. Next time I hear I’m over or underqualified there’s going to be trouble. Why call me in for an interview if you don’t like my qualifications? A holes all of em. Wasting my time!!!!!!!
OMG, all this time the shame alone in not being able to find work has felt so bad and now that I see all of these posts, though I’m so very sorry this is true for so many people, I admit I selfishly feel a bit better knowing I’m not alone. I mean, I’ve known for a while things are bad but they are definitely just getting worse. I guess what’s been happening in Europe ( Iceland, the UK, Greece ) is starting to hit us more and more. It’s not hundreds of thousands of jobs lost since the early 00′s, but now in the millions and, btw, before anyone gets all political, this was starting to happen on and gained momentum on Bush’s watch, not Obama’s. I also agree that there’s A TON of just straight up ‘information gathering’ going on, and that’s not good because when you apply you are essentially and fully giving up your information privacy rights to be redistributed, sold, and handed over to anyone, even legal authorities now, on asking. I think the governments and speculators have known for a long while what’s ahead for all of us but haven’t been willing to just put it out on the table for fear of stock panics and public reactions. When the filthy rich can take their money off shore and protect it, and also not pay taxes on it, all the way passing laws to privatize prisons, you don’t have to be crazy like Alex Jones to put together the reasons why. Privatized prisons for profit. Think about it. Now I have a captive labor force to rent out and it’s easy to fill prisons when people become financially desperate to feed themselves and their poor little children. Students were encouraged and manipulated by colleges into incurring outrageous collge debt. I’m sorry, but 100G’s for a four degree IS outrageous. The college’s are businesses. They don’t actually ‘care’ about students or the impact on their futures. So how, exactly, is this generation to care for their elderly people if they’re in the poor house themselves or in prison? It’s time to wake up folks. The vast majority of job listings are empty promises. The jobs don’t exist and you’re not being paranoid and you’re not being lazy and it’s not a case of not having proper grammar on a resume! For anyone to even suggest that is ‘why’ so many people are out of work is outrageous, dishonest, and arrogant. In the old days, you could walk into a business and ask if they needed help. They could tell you on the spot and most of the time, you took your resume into the interview when you met with the manager. You didn’t go through ten interviews and get humiliated and abused. They either understood you had no experience, a little bit, or a lot. It wasn’t rocket science and trust was a professional ethic, not paranoia and suspicion of the applicant. And your credit rating certainly had nothing to do with the price of eggs! Now some company’s demand you give them highly sensitive information for even the most mundane jobs, and then they have the gall to wonder why they can’t keep ‘happy employee’s? Now when you go through the door, a receptionist who really doesn’t know anything about internal staffing needs is told to repeat over and over,”Go to our company website. Apply online.” versus simply calling a manager and telling you if they’re hiring or not. The arrogance in asking that you leave your information ‘just in case’ is just that. It’s extremely disrespectful of you because there WAS an understanding that your personal information is just that: personal. NOW, eveyone is used to being bullied they just take it like cows getting prodded into a slaughterhouse.
I don’t know what the solution is folks. Never in my wildest dreams would I have predicted that our great country would come to the point of treating workers as having so little value and on every level of human life. It will be a shame for ages. Anyone who says that things are looking up is either a) totally uneducated, b) cannot see all the variables in play and put two and two together logically or c) is straight up lieing to you, and if not lieing they are, at the very minimum, soft soaping the brutal realities.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you for an intelligent response. I’ve actually bothered to read each and every one of these comments without sharing my own experience, and while it makes me feel discouraged to read them, it has also made me feel strangely bolstered. I have a Bachelor’s degree, have great job/international experience (over 4 years) and can read, write, and speak Japanese and am increasing my skills in Spanish. I just returned to the U.S. from my time in Japan a month ago and I’ve already put out more applications than I care to count. It’s so stressful and depressing to be out of work because I remember my time as a teenager wanting to work but having no experience (due to companies refusing to hire me with no experience) and my parents being on my back about getting a job when that’s what I was trying to do. In some strange way reading both the good and bad experiences here have helped me regain some of my will to keep trying.
I love snagajob.com its very easy and very rilable and i look forward to using this wedsite more often.
Unfortunately the system we have in place now is failing miserably when it comes to people finding a job; Let me tell you a few reasons why: -No human interaction(we used to use our judgement and intuition on whether a candidate was a good fit for the job.)
-Background checks(If we had a slip up IE:Reckless driving,we could still get a job,now you cannot make a single mistake because your personal life is open to anybody)
-social media(For example, if you left a job on bad terms or if Jane and Susie were jealous of you,all it takes, is for a few people talking in a social media room to get an undeserved bad reputation; and believe me it will spread like wild fire! the days where the gossip stayed in the workplace are long gone!)
Credit Checks(I love this one! you need a job to improve your credit,but you can’t get a job because you have bad credit! HUH!)
I second it all.
The sad thing about it all is that the companies don’t even have the decency to give you the reason why they wont hire you. WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR COUNTRY!!!!
Just tell me: I’m under-qualified,over-qualified,bad references,don’t like your resume,ANYTHING!
Nabeel,
I suggest that when you apply for a job you change your name. When they actually hire you and want to do a background check, then you can give your real name. I have the same problem. Please see my above name. Good luck.
Ann
I can honestly say that i have been on snagajob for a while and i need a job bad I dont know were else to turn to i am in school im a cosmetologist student, its been hard on me eversince. I lost all my belongings due to several moves, i dont have much items on me, i am on food stamps every month. All i can say i keep praying n praying everyday that i need a job to god and hope someone will have the heart of soul to hire me. I have several years of retail experience and I enjoy retail.
I just wish i had a job thats all i want out of this website.
I have applied for a job or any job that I am more than qualified for, for 8 months now. I have filled out a total of 280 job applications with a cover sheet, resume, and a follow up thank you note! I am losing everything and when I lose my vehicle, then will be homeless due to being told I am over qualified. Really discouraged and also frustrated because everyone wants money to distribute your application and funny thing is that if I had the money I need the money to go into my gas tank! All this due to being crushed and no help from the government because I am a full-time student trying to get a degree so I can work. You can not get food stamps or help from DHS if you are a full-time student, they told me I could take out loans to eat and pay bills. This is fact not an exaggeration!!!
As a fellow student, I understand and have been in many traps like this. I know people who have worked the system for years, and they have no intention to go to school or get a job, but yet the government will continuously take care of them year after year, but if your a student trying to get your degree, they basically say get a loan or your own your own. I say where is the investment in the future leaders of this country? This will be the country’s downfall, no doubt. I am sorry about your situation and hope you will get a job soon.
Every 90 days I will apply at Walgreens website and I used to call to check up on the application and the manager tells me every time they are not hiring but they will keep my application on file.
I’ve had 7 interviews in the last year, and only one came as a result of filling out an application. I have Aspergers, so I struggle to make it through actual interviews. How did I get the interviews though? Simple. I have a resume that blows everyone else out of the water. Job applications -are- a waste of time, in the modern day and age. Apparently, employers think that anyone who would waste their time with a job app when they haven’t even been called for an interview is someone who doesn’t have a clue. Well, that would be most of us, including me. I used to fill out hundreds of those things and never got called. I called back and got told the position had been filled, or that they had moved on without me to another phase of the hiring process (or that I’d applied too late during that process to be considered). At one point, I almost broke down -while- on the phone and had to just hang up.
Basically, nowadays, I only answer job ads that ask for resumes and/or cover letters being emailed. Faxing is costly and usually pretty useless, though I’ll admit, I did get two interviews out of one company that required that everything be faxed in. So, faxing -can- pan out, but it usually doesn’t. I don’t socialize well, but I do understand basic business logic fairly well. Here’s the deal: companies -don’t- like to waste time, money, etc. It’s a huge waste of time to re-type-in hand filled out applications (it can even be hard to read them, even if the penmanship is good). It’s also annoying because people (like me) can easily forget to fill out some important form field. If you fill out an online (or specially formatted .pdf) form, the required fields are better because you -can’t- submit the form without filling them in! Some online forms even come with error-checks, and that’s good too. I would have made an exception for online applications, but they -are- time consuming, boring, redundant… I filled one out at WorkSource and that’s it, that’s the only one I’m even willing to use anymore. Usually, WS job ads don’t ask for it anyway. The only reason I’ve ever filled out a different online application was because the job was so custom-made for someone walking in my shoes that I couldn’t pass it up! They actually were going to hire me (they told me this) but I wasn’t able to move in time for the job to start after all. But that’s ok, it turns out, their company is scamming people nationwide anyway (I didn’t realize that until I compared the job info gained during the interviewing with the ads they’re running on TV).
In any case, it seems to me that resumes are better than job applications by a long shot. They tell more about a person (and their ability to communicate effectively) than any application ever could. Most employers, once they offer a job, will still have a new employee fill out a standard application (on a PC, online, or on paper) because they want to have all the details “on file.” I have never worked in an HR position, so no, that doesn’t actually make much sense to me (since they’ve already hired the applicant), but ok, whatever, it’s just what they do. The other thing is, frankly, resumes just outright -look- nicer. Even without funky fonts or anything – the layout of a good resume far out-trumps the hodge-podge, crammed in, oh-my-word-I’m-going-to-shoot-someone look of a typical application.
I just think that the fewer apps an employer has to deal with, the happier they are, and that’s why so many have moved over to the resume -> phone interview -> face-to-face interview ->application-upon-hiring mode. I suspect that the other reason has more to do with people like me. Most of the interview questions are designed to weed people with my particular quirks out. Employers want people who are socially adept, whose brains are wired differently, and who don’t make the same social “mistakes” that people like me make. I don’t look at them as mistakes. I look at the whole thing as differences, and a nation-wide disagreement on how people “should” perceive the world. I personally don’t think there is any “one way” that’s correct. I think that everyone has positives to contribute and negatives to work on. But, I suppose that’s just me. I do know that HR managers don’t want to hear anything about it – which makes utterly no sense. I don’t know how people like me are supposed to compete when HR managers really don’t get it. It’s not like I don’t try. I just always wind up failing – excepting of course if it’s a company who’s just scamming everyone anyway.
I know someone who was just hired as a Communications Coordinator and one of the requirements is marketing experience. Guess what? He doesn’t have any marketing experience and as he explained, he managed to B.S. his way in the job interview. That really ticks me off that he gets hired for a position he is clearly not qualified for. In the meantime, I’ve sent out thousands of cover letters and resumes to companies with job openings and I can’t get my foot in the door because many unqualified people are also applying for these same jobs.
Companies are looking to hire younger, less experienced and cheaper employees. It’s unbelievable!
I fully agree with the last bit you wrote.
I moved to Richmond from WV. And never in my life have i seen you have to go online an apply for a job.It is so hard to get a job down here. Id rather see who im speakin with instead of gettin surprised when they come walkin in.No wonder they have alot of homeless people here.This city is a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about when they tell you that you are OVERQUALIFIED? Never in my life have I heard such a thing! I can’t get a job at a warehouse or in data entry due to being OVERQUALIFIED but on the flipside I can’t get a job in anything else because I’m UNDERQUALIFIED…..really? I think it’s all just a copout!
I managed over 300 properties and did all listings, sales, settlements, inspections, accounting, bookeeping and blah blah blah….all I want to do is sling some boxes around in a warehouse!
To bad I’m OVERQUALIFIED!!
Thx for listening…I say GOOD DAY! HAHA
Hi Erin! Applying for jobs in which you are overqualified can be tricky. Employers are worried you only want the job because you are desperate and that you will leave as soon as something better comes along. Check out this article: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/im-overqualified/ it has some tips for people in your situation. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.
I understand everyone… I lost my job in January and I still cant find a job. I used to be a Pharmacy Scheduler and a cashier, so i’m too qualified to work even at a bank and i’m under qualified to work in coorporate world. I feel like i’m stuck in the middle with no where to go. I’ve applied everywhere I can think of, but no luck. By the way everyone, thanks for letting me know about KMart and Sears. I haven’t applied for them.
first time applying on a inernet. need help
This site is a joke. I have not been using it that long only about a month or two. I’ve been a carpenter for 10 years with experience in sales, and restaurants throughout high school. With lack of work and being pushed back to searching for something even mininum wage to get back on my feet has been utterly impossible. I went to a taco bell by my house and asked the manager if they were hiring. She told me she didnt know and to go to snagajob. As soon as I signed up and entered my phone number the phone rang with some BS telemarketer. Even though I checked to not contact me. After reading about 100 comments i realize all I have been doing is freely giving out info with no hope for a job from this site. I am getting upwards of 10 – 15 calls a day. Not jobs though, just their telemarketers they sell my info to. Let’s not forget also that in the short time I have wasted on this site there have not been new jobs, just the same ones, week in and week out. I need to change my phone number (even though I’m on the do not call list) but am afraid to because of the slim chance in hell somebody might actually call. If they will not check the validity of their post actually hiring then maybe they should make it mandatory for companies to leave a phone number and email so we can just contact the “potentiall” employer to see if they are actually hiring before we waste our time and get excited every time we hear the phone ring only to see some out of state number on out caller ids. What a joke. I give up here!
Hi Tallis – I am sorry you are frustrated. If you inadvertently did not opt out from getting calls from our education partners, ask to be put on the Do Not Call List and they will stop.
Macy’s is scheduling appointments for their job fair this week. They only took a day to get back to me to schedule an interview (Macy’s at Perimeter Mall in Atlanta, GA)..
Also, try Randstad. They called me back the same day I applied. The manager said they put about 40-70 people to work a week.
Other than that, I’ve had terrible success with snagajob. I’ve been unemployed for a year and a half after being laidoff. I have a BA and still can’t get a job after every place I’ve applied to on this site. I agree with the person who said you should follow up in person with a resume in hand.
I SAY FOR THE PAST MONTH I BEEN APPLY FOR ALL TYPES OF JOBS ON THIS WEBSITE AND I HAVNT GOT A CALL BACK YET I GOT TO A POINT THAT I STARTED TO CALL EVERY SINGLR JOB APP I FILLED OUT ALL THEY SAY IS WE ARE NOT HIREING AT THE MOMENT BUT WE HAVE YA FILE ON ARE RECORD I THOUGHT THIS WEBSITE WAS FOR TO HELP U FIND A JOB. I DONT WANT TO GIVE UP BUT I HAVE TO KEEP TRYING DO ANYONE OUT THERE KNO ANY REAL JOB SEEKING WEBSITES THAT IS BTTER THEN THIS ONE SNAGAJOB
YMy name Lamont snaga .com it fake you go on in and fill it out and no.job iam hire me a Lawers sue the campany and snaga becaues they are fake snaga is over sea they can used my informion get things in my name
Employers are wasting people time with applying on internet, they have became lazy, they letting technology do some of their work, my BIGGEST hate for employer is when they post job opening and asking for sooo much skills, just making the job seems soo hard and it not, then the job continue to be advertise week and then months when they can just train people on the job.
My Two Cents:
Okay! I was in education for sixteen years and later remarried, quit teaching,and went to work for my hubby. Within a year, our business wasn’t making a profit, so we closed it. It was hard.
And then, I entered the job market after YEARS of not being in the searching aspect of it. As the song from Monk went, “It is a jungle out there!”
I have done so many online applications via snagajob, indeed, monster, simplyhired, oh the list go on. I even go online to the respective websites and do apps. I have put in for EVERYTHING, especially retail, which I did for years in grad school.
I haven’t heard ANYTHING from ANYONE and it has been weeks. I started “Dumbing” down my skills – I “lost” my Masters degree for pink collar jobs and just used my BA. I even did a Craigs List account – p.s., dont do a Craigslist posting.
All I can say that the PAPER applications I have done in my South Metro Atlanta area have proven more beneficial than the online CRAP I have been doing.
I wish everyone luck in this jungle, but I am starting to think….Paper applictions are better than online. I really do.
My Two Cents:
Okay! I was in education for sixteen years and later remarried, quit teaching,and went to work for my hubby. Within a year, our business wasn’t making a profit, so we closed it. It was hard.
And then, I entered the job market after YEARS of not being in the searching aspect of it. As the song from Monk went, “It is a jungle out there!”
I have done so many online applications via snagajob, indeed, monster, simplyhired, oh the list go on. I even go online to the respective websites and do apps. I have put in for EVERYTHING, especially retail, which I did for years in grad school.
I haven’t heard ANYTHING from ANYONE and it has been weeks. I started “Dumbing” down my skills – I “lost” my Masters degree for pink collar jobs and just used my BA. I even did a Craigs List account – p.s., dont do a Craigslist posting.
All I can say that the PAPER applications I have done in my South Metro Atlanta area have proven more beneficial than the online CRAP I have been doing.
I wish everyone luck in this jungle, but I am starting to think….Paper applictions are better than online. I really do.
That was…my two cents.
My below writing targets the educated looking for work in this recession, especially the underemployed.
With two degrees that are in library science and journalism, I have made the decision to go back to school with the Pell and GA Hope Grant and get a two year certificate for paralegal. I am just hoping I don’t end up unemployed in two years, with a certificate, two degrees, and frustration!
I have to comment that the two moderators on this website do not give really decent advice to the individuals who are in the real world, struggling to find work. Allow these individuals to vent and find a voice for their frustrations. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT A JUNGLE IT IS OUT THERE?
Here’s what I have had to do, ya’ll… Some advice I have gleaned from OTHERS who are successfully underemployed.
*Ditch my Master of Education degree on paper for retail and pink collar jobs.
*Have resumes that are “tailored” for the field I am looking for a pink collar job or retail job. In other words, I have a resume with more information on the skills and work experience for that particular field. If it is a library job (which was my pre-recession career of seventeen years), I plug the library Master’s, the teaching library experience, etc. BUT if it is a RETAIL, I plug I had four years in men’s retail clothing, including seamstress work. I do cite my BA in Communications, but I totally ditch the Master’s. Who wants a Master’s librarian sewing in their backroom the hemlines of men’s clothing? Be real.
*I keep fifty copies of my RETAIL RESUME printout in a folder marked RETAIL in my briefcase. I have fifty copies of my SECRETARIAL RESUME printout in a folder marked SECRETARY in my briefcase. I keep fifty copies of my TEACHING/LIBRARY printout in a folder marked EDUCATION. They are colored coded and I don’t screw up if I am making an onsight application or interview.
*Keep an office, set up for just looking for jobs. Keep an Excel document with TYPE OF JOB, WEBSITE, COMPANY, and OPENING you apply for by DATE. I do this daily. I also cite if I did it by a online application or paper application. Back it up daily.
*Have business cards. Vistaprint is cheap. Attach them TO YOUR RESUME. Or hand it to your interviewer after the interview.
*Don’t be afraid to volunteer. That starts networking. It also makes you feel better. I felt worthless until I walked into the political office of my presidential candidate and started to volunteer. I met some people who were like, “You are looking for work? I know someone…” and hopefully, that networking pans out. I had a friend, unemployed with a MA in social work, who worked as a Humane Society Volunteer. She met someone who was adopting an animal who needed…. a social worker. BANG, BANG a GONG! She’s employed now and buys me coffee.
Good luck. Use this advise. This stuff has been….my sanity.
Good luck!
You wont believe this, I got an an interview with JC Penny ( for seasonal ) I was so happy! I got there an one of the managers stepped out of the interview to talk to her son an see her grandson! I waited for 20 min.!! ( You have to go threw three interviews in one day. ) So after my first an second interview i was ready for the last one. Well i had to come back because the guy was in a meeting. I came back an all he basically said was I just wanted to put a face with the name, I was hired on as seasonal also an now i run the place. So I thought ok i must have job if he is saying this!! NOPE!!! he said well i have a lot of other applications to look at. An he walked me out. i was more mad because they wasted my time! I was early I had to wait on them!! My interview was at 1:30 it ended at 2:00 I had to be back there at 3:30 an I didn’t get fully done with the whole interviews until 4:00! Only to be told I don’t have a job!! I found it to be rather rude.
Okay so I hate the fact that most jobs right now are ONLY looking for people with at least a highschool diploma! I am looking for a job to try and help my dad bring money because right now, my mom just came back from the hospital and turns out the bill was about 10 thousand dollars. I applied for a job where my friend is currently and I got shot down because of my age. It really sucks right now. My dad is a trucker and most of the time, he’s not even home. He’s just working. Hopefully I find at least seasonal job soon I guess.
I got a job in the past off Snagajob that was part time. I think honestly what would help is if Snagajob employed one thing from many other job banks to assist in the job search for many. There should be a job posting date for the job seeker to see when the company actually put the notice up seeking employment candidates. Monster, Careerbuilder, and many others let a the person looking for work know how long something has sat active in their job bank. Without that vital piece of information as someone looking for any form of work (PT, FT, Temp, etc.) it’s a dis-service because we’re left very much in the dark as to if the very job we are applying for is one with which they’re just collecting applications for future reference. I’m not saying we, the job seeker, don’t still need to follow up or contact the store/company with which we’re interested because if we drop the ball we have to put blame equally on ourselves. I’m saying that operating in the dark without even a flash light means we stumble into objects, get hurt, and fall down quite a lot!! Fact is in this kind of job market/economy you’re fighting for employment against a lot of candidates whom are as qualified as you or those that are not as qualified need to be given a chance. We have to remember what it was like when we were the one under qualified fresh out of high school or college frustrated by the response that we lacked real world smarts over school book smarts.
The employment hiring system in america is broken and destroyed. The media will never show the public what us unemployed have to go through even to just get a job at walmart or some fast food joint where you will be treated like a slave for minimum wage. You now have to prove that you will be a good slave. How can you stand out from these other people that want to be slaves? They want us to get these jobs so bad but when you apply nobody calls back at all. It’s all lies and jokes. I stopped shopping at places like walmart. I’m not good enough to get a call back for a job that you so “desperately” want to fill, but it’s ok to rip me off with your cheap slave labor goods that you make 100x profit on.
Hi everyone. I’m currently employed at Toys R Us/Babies R Us. we are hiring for seasonal positions at all of our locations. The positions are part time and begin at 8.25/hr depending on where you live. 85% of people who call back after they complete our application and follow up, get an interview and get the job. If you work out well with our company and have reasonable availability, they keep you on after the season and give you permanent employment. Depending on your experience, work ethic and education, you can advance in the company quickly. Best of luck to you all.
Just another tidbit, as others have said, the key is following up! I got all of my jobs by simply calling, up to speak with the HR or store manager. Don’t just speak to whoever answers the phone. Call back when the HR or supervisor is there. Know what you want to say to them, and be prepared for an impromptu phone interview!
I have been applying through this site for the last couple of years. I have yet to hear anything back.
How long dose it take for someone to call you in for an interview ?
Hi Maria! After you submit your application, your next step would be to follow up on your application. Check out this video: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/video-how-to-follow-up/ where we break it down for you
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need a job
Im starting to think this site is bogus.
Hi Nate! I am sorry you feel that way. Take a look at advice from some of our hired members: http://pinterest.com/snagajob/hired-members/ and let me know if you have any questions.
Yesterday I got my first interview thanks to snagajob.com the guy really liked me he wants me to go back on 11/11/12 Im so excited I hope I get the job Wish me luck.
That’s great, Melanie! How did the second interview go??
How much of a disadvantage am I at being a UK citizen married to a US citizen looking for a permanent job in the USA nowadays? I find most of the online application system very hard as most of my details are from the UK and I can’t apply them here in the USA. I was educated in a different way to the US as well so when I get to filling out my education most of the details don’t apply and if I don’t fill mandatory questions I can’t advance in the application process..such things as UK postcodes/phone numbers/qualifications and education awards. My schools no longer exist and our records are destroyed after 7 years. Two of my employers no longer are working at the same locations..one moved 300 miles from where I lived so I was made redundant the other moved to another job somewhere..so references apart from my last employer are hard to get. I did have a certificate of further education in 1979 or thereabouts..It was lost in all the upheaval moving here last December..I can contact the education department in my former home town,but they have no record of it. I’m authorized to work here until April next year..I have to renew my work authorization card before then..I am a permanent resident until 2014..then that has to be renewed as well. I have a letter from my last boss I can put forward if need be he is easily contacted in the UK. When I do the Assessment questionnaires I am at a loss as some questions are directed at the US job market and not the UK..Health & Safety for instance..I was directly involved in that in the UK so I know our way of doing things..I don’t know the US way. When I worked in the charity shop for 5 years (I did agency work in between to make ends meet) we had no hard and fast rules on how to run things..I had to sink or swim fast..I was nowhere near qualified to run a shop single handed,but I did for months on end and no-one said anything. Nowadays we would never get away with 99% of it,but my training was years ago before the onslaught of H&S/Human Rights etc in the UK..I have paperwork to prove I did that training. I don’t know the right way to do things here so signing up for jobs is a minefield. The right wording is essential and such I just have no idea.Has anyone got any advice for me in these matters it would greatly appreciated..Thank you.
Also another query..Being from the UK our money is different..when it says what is the wage you are willing to work for what do I put without seeming greedy? I know it depends on the job and your experience,but I really have no idea. What is a reasonable working wage in the US across the board for not highly qualified work? I’m just attempting to join the job market here I’ve never worked in the USA before.
I scored 3 interviews not even 24 hrs after applying. Got hired on the spot:)) so I don’t think it’s true
That’s great! How did the interviews go?
I’m 16years old,and still in school.I need to fing a part-time job!!
I need to get hired as soon as possible. I have been out of a steady job for the past 5 years. I’ve had little odds & ends jobs in between like babysitting etc., through word of mouth, but I need something more stable. Online job applications are impersonal in the sense that I am “judged” by a 1 or 2 page resume. I have so much more to offer that a 2 page resume can describe. Also, some online applications are so long & tedious. I’ve been in front a computer everyday for the last 5 years applying to jobs and I really have no clue what the problem is.
I just looked at the “follow up on your application” video, but MOST job postings have no contact information where you can actually follow up. So, any suggestions on what I should or should not do? I’d prefer to be contacted through email regarding this situation. Thank you.
This question is valid. Many listings (such as those for Michael’s Arts and Crafts) even state that they may not actually be hiring. How many do not make such a statement, but remain on the job search listings when not actually hiring? That Amy White found it better to belittle the question and give this sort of non-advice is laughable. I will no longer be using SnagAJob as I now know how they view the people who visit their site and are actually searching for work. Perhaps Amy White should be back on the job market, because I’m sure there are many people out there who could have actually answered the question instead of belittling the person asking.
I’m 18 years old. I’m attending CCAC and i’m looking for a part time job so I can pay for my books & transportation.
Good Evening
I agree with Amy, I hear nothing from the jobs I apply for on this site and the Employers
are not within their legal right to ask age for any reason what so ever. I am going to
the labor board tomorrow, the senate, I am taking this thing State and Government wide.
I am tired of my rights being violated as a United States Citizen!! WATCH ME MAKE SOME NOISE…..
I totally agree on this one, as I am a CNA and I have 0ver 10yrs experience in this field, and they always say Nursing assistants are in high demand, I want to know where, I live in coventry . And also I have over 5yrs experience in the retail and food industry. I've filled out way over 200 applications on this line as I have been a faithful member since 2009 and nothing has happened for me off of here.
I’ve put applications everywhere form A-Z.Freaking everywhere.ANYWHERE,i’m 17, able,weight lifter an motivated. I’ve done as much as I possibly can I can’t even remember how much of my time an gas I’ve wasted even going to these places.It’s becoming a utter waste for me. I go out of my way to kindly contact them an I get denied. Over the time I just stop shopping at these places. Seems people with luck get hired while I just sit around an waste more of my time.
I’ve just graduated from college in 2010 and still having a hard time looking for work. It’s like some jobs want somebody with experience. And sometimes I get disappointed. I hope someone would give me a chance.
i need a job bad.. i thought some ppl say at the age of 16 is easy to find a job but i c that it is hard… my mom wont let me work but all i hear is her complain at least i would like to help out with the bills but idk where to go to look for a good job and a good place but not fair distance
I’ve tried networking, but it seems as though when someone else is already secure in their job, they aren’t really interested in helping you out. I’ve also tried volunteering through the United Way, and those supposedly needing volunteers don’t even call back.
Because I can’t find a paid position, I’m very willing to volunteer and I would like something that goes hand-in-hand with my Criminal Justice Degree. The problem with that is, a lot of the Criminal Justice positons listed on the United Way’s website require that you have experience.
What I’m trying to get at is, everyone always says that the best way to gain experience is to volunteer. Well, if volunteer positions are now asking for experience, then where the heck are you supposed to get the experience from?!?!?
Heya i’m for the primary time here. I found this board and I to find It truly useful & it helped me out a lot. I’m hoping to offer one thing back and aid others such as you helped me.
i totally iagree
Ive applied COUNTLESS times to jobs on here for 4 Months now, and i still havent heard anthing back. I know its not easy getting a job, however its really frustrating. Also some jobs that are “hiring” on snagajob, are not hiring at the actuall location.
I USE SNAG A JOB QUITE A BIT AND IT HAS ALWAYS CAME TO SAVE THE DAY FOR ME I ONCE WAS FIRED APPLIED ONLINE HERE IN WAS CALLED BACK LIKE A WEEK LATER
WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING A JOB ITS AL ABOUT HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF WETHER ITS IN PERSON VIA WEB OR ONLINE WHAT EVER
YOU KNOW TIMES ARE HARD NOW YES BUT YOU GET BACK WHAT YOU PUT IN STAY PRESISTANT MAKE IT A DAILY HABIT TO HIT A QUOTA ON HOW MANY YOUR GOING TO APPLY TO A DAY THINGS LIKE THAT…..MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS EVERY WEEK DAY WHAT EVER UNTIL THEY GIVE IN LIKE OK WERE LOOKING AT YOUR APP NOW …..STAY OPTIMISTIC AND HAPPPY MINDED HAVE A GROTH MIND SET IN THINGS WILL PLAY IN YOUR FAVOR WHAT EVER YOU BELIEVE WHAT EVER YOUR RELIGION WE ALL HAVE SOME FORM OF A BETTER BEIN OR GOD IN WHO EVER HE IS HE WILL PLAY IN YOUR FAVOR YOU HAVE TO STAY PATIENCE IN THOSE WHO HAVENT HAD A JOB IN OVER A YEAR OR “HONESTLY” HAVE BEEN LOOKING INHAVENT FOUND A JOB IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME I JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT OUTTA ALL THESE JOBS IN THE WORLD YOU COULDNT FIND ANYTHING …..OR IS IT YOU CANT FIND WHAT YOU LIKE
Walked up and down Watt ave in California for 2 years, put in over 2000 apps online, went to every available mall out from Sacramento to Elk grove to Natomas and i only got back two responses, and they were from back east in Virginia and Washington D.C. Sorry but i will never put my info on line again.. it is just a waste of time and everyone has your information and is doing who knows what with it
Hello,
I have the same problem. I been applying for too many jobs and they do not called me or gave me an interview. I always call to the place that I applied for, but they always say NO to me. This is really frustrated for me. I’m 17 years old and I live in Pittsfield, MA and I don’t find a job and I need the money for my personal belongings. The last place that I applied was McDonalds and they say NO too even McDonalds do not hire me and they always hire everyone who applies. If one of you guys knows a place where I can work and is in Pittsfield, MA please help me through this. I’m also Bilingual if that helps in any job.
I have to disagree with George. I am 19 and about 5 months ago I got out of the National Guard because I hurt myself for my own stupid mistake, but I have been on this website way before this happened and I still never received a call for an interview plus I have no job experience. It’s like no one wants to give anyone a chance to hire them or at least give an interview to anyone and its a shame because some people are really dedicated in finding a job and doing a good job at what they want to be hired for no matter how little the job is.
Some ads specifically refuse follow-up contact so that’s not an option.
The larger the number of applications does not increase chances of landing a job.
Apply for what you legitimately would do. Don’t waste anyone’s time.
Gear resume and cover letter to position as best as possible.
I have 2 temp jobs. It’s harder than ever. No one is hiring. Dumb notion of overqualification. I’m capable not overqualified.
Applying online is not nearly as effective as networking with people. That is, when you are in contact with people, casually let them know you’re looking for work and ask them if they know anyone who may know about a job opening. Join community clubs, parties, church, anything that puts you in contact with people. You’ll find out about unadvertised jobs and it can put you in direct contact with the hiring manager. Applying online with no results is frustrating, demotivating and often depressing. Good luck and stay positive!
Hello everyone,
Looking on this website is frustrating. I’ve read a lot of posts from people and would say about 90% of us have the same issues. No call backs, no interviews, or the jobs posted are not even available/existent.
You guys should check out craigslist. It has daily postings of what seems to be more jobs. Obscure jobs too! That you wont find on “(nevergonna)snagajob.com”
Just a thought. It may or may not help, but I’ve found more jobs that I’m “qualified” for. Or jobs that literally are entry-level. Not some job that says it doesn’t require experience or that they will train, but you get an E-mail that says you are under qualified, “Unfortunately”.
Anyway, I hope this helps!
This is completely useless. Ive put in 18 applications and still i have not heard anything back from anyone. This is rediculous!
I’ve read through most of the posts on here, and I’ve read the “late” comments from snag-a-job representatives, who don’t seem to understand the difficulty AT ALL. I’m not the most qualified person, but all the positions I’ve applied for either other training or i do qualify for. Snag-a-job says “make contact”, when indeed 99% of the time there is no way. I’ve applied to places online and then went in person to apply again, and just the same as everyone else, they didn’t ACTUALLY have any position open. My last job I got working at a temp agency when the boss of the warehouse I was working for liked my hustle, and I then worked for 6 months. Laid off after Christmas, I’ve now been searching for a job for about 3 months. At this point, I’ve nearly exhausted my job pool, snag-a-job positions are just a joke to get my information, and I’m SICK of insurance sales trying to recruit me. I’m going to college, I need to pay for books, gas, and the DREADED tuition. The biggest problem is, even if you put yourself out there, it’s hard to find someone who will take the time to notice you did; yet alone a person who’s in a position to make decisions. Most of people I’ve seen hired to positions I’ve walked in to apply for, just hired someone they know, regardless if they were qualified. All the jobs that used to be filled by youth, now have been filled by more qualified seniors. I get it, it’s tough, but it’s also lacking opportunity. All this effort, and time, just doesn’t pay off. Well, All I can do is keep trying, and trying….and trying….
well they dont have time to stop the ad so they just let it keep posting so whan they fire someone they will have back up n if u call the jobs everday that will let the know that u reallllllllly want a job
Looks like y’all just like all others all talk !!!!! IF. YOU GOING HELP ME WELL DO SO ( DON’T WASTE MY TIME. ). I can pass any drug and Don’t Age FOOL YOU I CAN STILL DO WORK YOUNG ONES CAN’T. DO. …………..
Thank you
David Proctor
I have been using snagajob.com for over 5 years now with no actual help, I apply for at least 35 jobs a day and follow up on more than half of them, It really interests me though that actual people use this site. I wish to be all of your friends, and good luck getting employed, Sincerely Alex Conrad.
Ur all psychiatricly worthless to the economic hole. May I suggest sampling the new bleak and bland “normality?”
Folks,
All of you are correct and have the right to be angry, disgusted anf feeling low.
I have been in the corporate end of medical capital equipment and have been looking for work 4 years now.
How about bringing jobs back to the US? How about the people in Washington both Dem. and Rep. start thinking of the people that elected them to office to represent them instead of keeping their own comfy little jobs?
We are living in very tough times since The Great Depression and we as Americans must now make waves to get this great nation back on its feet and its people back to work. Start at your local level; vote the dummies that represent you out of office.
I know we all have a lot on our plates looking for work to pur bread on the table and a roof over our head but, it has to begin soon. Let’s take the bull by the horns and BBQ him !
Snag-A-Job keeps running the same apps. because that’s all they have.
I have been looking for a decent full time job since the beginning of this year. I understand everyone’s frustration. Even with a spell checker errors get through, so have someone else check your resume as well. I have been doing assessment after assessment for some major companies in my area. The waiting is killing me. I agree that they should tell you whether or not you are accepted for the position as soon as possible, but not the moment you apply. I had an employer ask for a video interview and had everything updated on my computer, did the interview and still did not get a call back. I am registered now with unemployment for assistance as well as temp agencies. The temp agencies will take all of your information, make you do assessments, and then nothing. Even when you “follow up” with them, they always say they will call you back when they have something. I am going to start a blog to help me through all of this. I hate not working.
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In my area, there seems to be more part-time jobs than full-time. However, they seem to mostly be within the 8-5 schedule. Also, I’ve never heard part-time work should work around the employee’s schedule. It’s always around the employer’s because if you can’t fill in the hours they are looking to fill, somebody else will. Keep looking, I’m sure something can come up. Or you can start a second small business, like out of your home (unless you rent).
LOL. Unless you’re going into engineering or accounting or getting an MBA or PhD, school is going to be useless. Bachelor’s is the new high school diploma.
Sorry about your wife throwing you out. That’s really not right for her, but then again, we don’t know what’s really going on.
I would suggest you stop paying for the internet and instead go to the library because it’s free. If you have to wait or “take turns,” use that time to read some books on updating your resume and cover letter. Also, you can use that time to job hunt. I’d suggest you actually walk in and go to places. Don’t just go to places that are most likely to hire you. Go everywhere and in every building (except government). Some can hire you if they like you and your personality. Also, register with temp and staffing agencies but make sure you ask them who pays the fee when hired. In addition, you can try to get unemployment benefits from the government if money is really tight. Lastly, do you look and smell good? Most people forget that first impressions are largely based on looks and vibes. You don’t want to look sloppy and ugly. I’ve done all of these….the agencies, online, calls, going in person for 6 months and still nothing. But keep trying.
Don’t forget about checking to see if there are farm pickers in your area. Pay is low but at least you’ll be doing something.
Sorry, Kim, but your tips just don’t cut it for online job searching. After 364 applications, more than half requiring me to waste time filling out a 20-60 minute assessment, I have found trying to find jobs on these career sites a complete waste of time. I come here as a former senior executive employer that was positionally eliminated after a company buyout and forced out of my field through a non-compete. That said, except for 1 legitimate interview I got, the rest are insurance companies and scammers contacting through email with work at home crap who are obtaining pertinent information through using these sites as a false employer. The other companies never contact you except with an automated email response. Why? I can tell you why, as a former employer: companies, especially publicly traded ones, must make all of their jobs public to meet certain EOE criteria. Failure to do so will put them in violation of certain laws. Well, unfortunately, and my company did this also, the jobs don’t really exist. Instead, jobs are simply listed to cover all of the bases to prevent legal hassles when people actually get hired. What really takes place when employees are needed is the management sifts through applications that walk-ins filed in person at the job site first and monitor this through an applicant flow log, and the internet applicants are never even searched. I can’t tell you how many times lucky people just walked in the moment we had an opening and got the interview and job on the spot so management could avoid having to call 50 unqualified individuals who applied months prior. After testing the online job search process, I then walked out to businesses in person and managed to get a 100% interview ratio once meeting management directly at 11 different locations. Now, I’m faced with making decisions on who to choose, rather than settling with whatever will take me. If you want my advice, don’t put anything on these sites but maybe a phone number and email. Go find your job in person, or use an old fashioned phone book to call around and see who is hiring in your field. Here folks, is some genuine and legitimate advice directly from an educated senior executive with 25 years experience as an employer. Good luck with your searches.
I’ve noticed it too. This site said that the Domino’s in my area was hiring for multiple positions so the next day I went in (Applications have to be on paper) and asked and they said no, they weren’t hiring for any positions.
I would like to see a law passed that would prevent employers from misleading applicants in this regard. No one is compensating me for my time in applying for your non-existent position.
I know firsthand that a company has to meet a certain quota and in order to save the revenue of the salary, they will advertise and make it seem like hey we are looking, we just cant find the right person. That’s especially true for the medical field, which I was involved in for 9 yrs.I
I feel the same way there is always a person saying that they are hiring and reallly not I get so excited at times then when i put in my application i never get a call back even when I call them to check on the status of my application
i totally agree & its so frustrating!!!!!
i really hate when you try so hard and some jobs email you and tell the position is full i mean what the hell .
I am really broke and I don’t have the bus money to go to jobs I’ve applied for and talk to a manager or anything. And plus, aren’t they only going to tell you, just fill out the application on line and if we need you we will call you? And plus how do you get a job like a hotess or maid that is so easy to do even Helen Keller could do it, when all they see on the application is office work? I get an E-mail saying, you didn’t have the qualifations we were looking for or we hired somebody more qualified. How hard is it to be a host at a reatrunt and when people come to the door you smile and say, I welcome to … How many please? And then seat them at the table and hand them all a menu and say, enjoy your meal, your server will be right with you? How hard is all that to do? I mean I wouldn’t even be applying for these jobs if the ecomony wasn’t so bad and I didn’t need a job so bad. And then if people do call you and they ask you, why do you want to work here, or why do you want to work here when you don’t have the experience? I can’t say, I need the money. So what do I say?
i apply to jobs all the time from this site and whenever i call to get some type of insight on whats going on they say their not hiring. they really need to check with these employers an see if they are actually hiring. i know for a fact of one job that has been expired 2 years yet they still repost it giving people false hope
Actually what you are saying might have some truth to it because there a lot of companies selling our personal information for cash while we are honestly struggling looking for employment but i must say i have been out there also looking for work with 10 yrs solid work experience and did not find anything at the time. It had nothing to do with snag a job because all the companies i followed up with had my application and the company i applied threw that was snag a job. it’s just the companies them selves. nothing to do with snag a job there are merely assisting you in your job search.
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Hi there! Can you send a link of the posting you are referring to to facebook@snagajob.com? I would like to look into it. Thank you!
You need to take down any ads from Toys R Us in the Orange County area…the jobs are “No Longer Available”, in other words, there were never any jobs. You guys seriously need to go through and verify how many of these places are hiring, and those that aren’t, pull their ads, because this is ridiculous
how do i apply for a job? i click apply and it takes me to a page where i have to make another account can someone help me please..
I HAVE OVER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE -I AM HONEST-RELIABLE-DEPENDABLE .MULTI-TASK -TRUSTWORTHY –NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND -NEVER DID DRUGS -NEVER SMOKED -TWO DRUG TESTS -SAY I AM CLEAN .I HAVE RECEIVED MANY OUT-STANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDS –10 YEARS -MONTGOMERY WARD -10 YEARS -NORMANDY LIQUORS -14 YEARS -CORTHIAN LOUNGE -.GREAT REF ., -I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WORKING -I WOULD NOT LET HELP ME CUT LAWNS -AND THEY ARE IN THE PUBLIC ,. MAYBE -I AM TOO WHITE FOR THEIR COMPANY ,. TWO WOMEN MIGHT AS WELL SAID THAT TO ME ,. I NEED TO GET SOME PT WORK AND GET BACK TO MD,. EVEN THE CHINESE -PAKASTIAN RESTAURANTS TREAT ME BETTER PLUS I CAN GO BACK TO REAL PEOPLE .THANKS BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF US .
It would be interesting to learn exactly how Snagajob and the other so-called “job sites make any money. It’s obvious that the people who use these sites are not being hired for actual jobs. It’s all too easy to get the impression that everyone in this wide-spread “employment” racket is engaging in some sort of fraud.
My dearest fellow jobseekers, have you try craigslist? I’ve been getting called and interview from a few employers. I just started looking for a job 2 weeks ago.
Hi Gloria! Contact our Support Team: http://www.snagajob.com/contact/ and they can get you set up
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im a jack of all trades master of none any one with common sense can do this job what is experience do u have to be book smart or ignorant ive been paintn 18 yrs worked on ships hydrolics electrian plumber sheetrock 10 yrs motor buildn small engines handyman i have a ninth grade education im gon to college when i can spell
That’s SO TRUE about SEARS ! THEY ARE UNREAL!! THEY MAKE YOU FILL OUT A APPLICATION THAT TAKES TWO HOURS !! I GOT AN INTERVIEW.. O.K.. WHEN I SHOW UP (ON TIME ) THE PERSON BEHIND THE DESK ACTS LIKE I WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ! THEN SHE SAYS, ” OH, THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. ” SHE MORE OR LESS DISMISSED ME — IN A FLAT AND COLD MANNER !!
( I’M THINKING—- “WHAT ? YOU CALLED ME TO COME HERE AND WAIST MY TIME ? ! ) O.K. .. THEY LATER CALLED ME A COUPLE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD… (YOUR NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS ! ) I GET THERE A SECOND TIME AND ACT LIKE I GOT THE DATE AND TIME WRONG TO BE THERE AND I EVEN SHOW THEIR LETTER THAT THEY SENT ME! ” OH, THAT’S NOT RIGHT.. WE’LL HAVE TO SET ANOTHER TIME ..” I REPLY– ” I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON HERE… DON’T BOTHER.. I DON’T WANT TO WORK HERE.. THIS IS A JOKE..”
I had a similar experience. Interviewed for electronics position, and the HR person said that they would call to let me know the outcome either way, and they never called back. I tried calling several times during normal hours and all i got was an answering machine that said something like you have reached the business line at sears please leave a message, so i hung up.
I hear that,but I have applied to many jobs and am beginning to think it’s not worth it, I have just been going places myself .My unemployment goes away in Dec and I got laid off in April 2011.
I don’t care who the employer is do not give out you social security number on an online application.
i feel the same way i feel that these employers meed to update their job offers.
Learn to spell yourself, there, sweetheart. And why use both “job” and “employer” when the former is implied by the latter? What else would you employ someone for other than a job?
Hello everyone,
I’ve been sitting here reading all these comments and all I have to say is wow grow up stop blaming the site for your downfalls maybe you dont fit the criteria their looking for. I applied for a job on this site a few years ago and I got called for an interview and guess what I got the job. You must make sure everything is correct your resume is full of what they want to hear, your app is error free, you look nice over dressed for job, you speak well.. i always do a little practice interview before i go to an interview so i can be sure of what i’m gonna say without a lot of ums or idks i want to be able to answer thier questions rigth away and i am always dressed professionally , not lots of makeup,jewlery, perfume (big no-no) and i’m a smoker but i make sure that as soon as i get ready i do not smoke till after interview so i dont spell like smoke.. I’m not gonna give all my secrets but if you really want a job you will do what you have to do to get it
And yet you misspelled “resume”. Don’t knock someone’s encouragement, even if they’re not up to your lofty grammatical standards.
LOL
Maybe you should have read a lot longer.
What exactly is a “racial” person? Don’t blame your inability to land a job on other groups that are struggling just as hard to get a job. You seem very bitter and that bitterness is misdirected.
I live in the bottom city in Texas. I am not bilingual, I have been here two years and have not been able to find a job. I have applied to walmart five times since I have been here and no reply. It is 98% Mexican in this city and because I am not bilingual I am not able to get a job. I have had so many mployers tell me that I must be bilingual or it has it in the job discription. I do not qualify for TANF because I make over the family alotted income by just a few dollars. I have been living off of $200.00 from my sons ssi. I don’t know how many places i go to or call and the person I speak to does not speak english, yet I can’t get hired because I don’t speak spanish. And not to mention I have gone to a lot of these places and because they don’t speak english and I spanish I don’t get helped. AND I AM IN AMERICA!!!! NOT MEXICO!!!!!!!!
There are a lot of people here that are not legal but because they have there babies over here that makes the children legal to be here and these people are granted so much help from the government. They are allowed TANF and medical for themselves and for the children and they get foodstamps… ( and I don’t qualify) Go Fricking Figure!!!!!!!
TELL THEM ITS THEIR LOSS -THATS WHY THEY ADVERTISE -EVERY 3-4 MONTHS —INSTEAD -OF HIRING -PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK –THE QUALITY EMPLOYEE.
ME TOO 2 YEARS GOOD LUCK
I applied at walmart .I go every 3 days to walmart and they keep telling me that they have not started reviewing the applications that they will call me. It’s been 4 months and the sign is still up and they are still hiring and tell me the samething that they have not reviewed any application yet. I tell myself when are they gonna to start reviewing applications its been 4 months and the sign is still up.
do they do this to just waste people’s time.
I’am with you Pam. I have 15 years as a cafeteria cashier & I thought I would be a shoe-
in with retail, it’s very discouraging giving your application to a younger face & they
just put it aside or probably just trash it. I”m also to young to retire. They should
devolope places for older people to work. I have 3 target stores within a few miles of
each other, they could at least make one preety much older workers?
It’s also didn’t not did’nt. lol
thats common sense!
I applied for Old Navy and Payless Shoes in July after seeing they were hiring and talking with a supervisor. I went to both stores about 2 weeks after applying and they said the same thing! I go back a week later and once again they said they were still reviewing apps and would call me if they were interested. It’s almost the end of September and they still have the signs up!
I know how that works. I worked for walmart for three years and I wanted to more to a nother dept.They said that I was not quifiafide but yet they took my x friend off the street who had no experance and put her in the dept.
Hi Kevin! Our number one goal and mission is to help connect employers and job seekers. Check out advice from some of our hired members: http://pinterest.com/snagajob/hired-members/ and let me know if you have any questions!
Finally!
Proper grammar and capitalization!
I was beginning to feel bad that I haven’t been contacted when my competition doesn’t have a command of simple English.
…maybe they’re just not interested, move on.
How did you find a job at snag a job? How do i get a job here at Snagajob.com like you did????
Hi Lee! Did you get an automatic email saying you didn’t meet the employer’s qualifications?
Hi C.J.! You can view Snagajob’s open positions here: https://careers-snagajob.icims.com/jobs/search?ss=1&searchLocation=&searchCategory=&hashed=0.
You can’t blame them. Who wouldn’t want to work w/ friends. Only issue is misleading the public.
I hate when you see an ad at the mall in the window at a small store and they need help. You tell them you’d like to apply and they give you an application. You fill it out and all they do is put it under the counter and say thank you and you never hear from them and the help wanted ad is still in the window week after week. And another thing. All of my background is office work. That’s all I can put on a resume or application, but I need a job. Most people look at my resume or application and see my office work when I’m applying for host in a restrunt or a maid in a hotel or cashier and they think, “too far away” or “too far out there” from what they have to offer. But the job they have is very easy to do and I’m very dependable and reliable.
I get responses from Sears, but they go into my spam. I have no idea why. You might try checking your spam.
Think that someone will figure out how to ship Burger King burger cooking over seas? If they do something as dumb as that I am moving to Mexico. As Jimmy Buffett says, “it is five o’clock somewhere.
i agree with what you are saying, it could not be written any plainer. This whole thing started
with the illegals doing slave labor in this country, now they have learned the ropes from
them and intend to apply to us. SLAVERY…
Hi Travis – First, thank you for your service to our country. You have many valuable qualities as a veteran that employers are really looking for. Check out this article: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/why-vets-make-great-hires/ for some things to really push on your resume and at interviews. Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions.
If you notice to, most of the people that have had success from this website HAVE BEEN WOMAN. By no means am I a sexist, but look at the memebers who did get a job using the site THERE ALL YOUNG (around mid 20′s give or take) WOMAN.
Kevin i hear your frustration but you should no there are still opportunities for you as we speak.
First you need to evaluate your skills what are your trades and have you completed school or have any certifications. Also have you gone to outside agencies that might be able to steer you in a direction, such as local training programs with job assistance or temp , also there are other options being young and eager to work in self entrepreneurship. something to think about
Hi George! We hear from members of all ages and genders who get hired through Snagajob. It just so happens that the ones who send in pictures happen to be young women
i totally i agree
Right, like all those who are in management positions have command of simple English; these jobs don’t require that. For instance how hard can it be to stand by the entrance all day long and just put on a smile and pretend like you’re even somewhat friendly.
You are correct; many managers do not have perfect command of the English language. Guess what though? They have a job, you don't. When someone receives 40 applications for a greeter position (not uncommon), they need to weed people out. If you have numerous errors on your application or resume, you will be one of the plucked weeds, it's just a fact. There are too few jobs and too many people out of work. An employer is not going to interview 20 (also likely) people who have proper qualifications - they are going to pick a handful and throw the rest out. The best way to narrow your interview pool (after you've taken out the under qualified) is by presentation. If you can't put in the 5 or 10 minutes to check over your application, you probably aren't their ideal employee. It may not seem fair, but that is today's job market. Don't complain about being out of work when you haven't done everything you can to rectify that.
I’ve been working on getting a job again for a month and a half now, i’ve had a couple of interviews sure, but none ever call me back and say i’m hired, I’m getting pressed by my parents that i’m not trying hard enough when i’ve applied for every place within a 15mile radius of my home at least 5times already and still have not gotten hired. I started sending thank you notes(according to dad and a career website i go to) and i’ve still gotten diddly squat. I’m getting really frustrated and i have like five different career areas of which i have experience in but had to quit them because they gave me so little hours. I’ve driven and walked to the places i’ve applied and talked with the manager, i’ve called, i’ve even researched this company that i recently got interviewed for(which is starbucks) and still nothing. It’s getting MAJORLY ANNOYING to me and my parents. I’ve tried EVERYTHING.
I disagree, most of the time when i’m walking into a store they either say their applications is online or they’ll hand you a paper giving you an actual work finding site(like this one) to go to and apply through. And I’ve had 6interviews through this website so i don’t agree with you when you say all these lists are just fake. It’s just a tough time right now, especially in retail after christmas, people are more cautious of their money after holidays because they had spent so much for it.