How to Get a Job on Craigslist. I recently ran a help-wanted ad on Craigslist. The position was a photo-editor job for a site that I dare not mention because some people will complain that I promote it too often. Here’s what I learned a lot from this experience—much of which you may apply to a job search if you respond to a Craigslist ad: Apply fast. I posted the job at 11:19 pm on Thursday, August 2nd. The first response came in thirty-one minutes later. Fifteen more responses came in the next day. Therefore, 43% of the responses came in the first day or so. Quintessential Careers: College, Careers, and Jobs Guide.
Industry-Specific Career Books. Fast bikes, slow food, and the workplace wars. In 1974, Robert Pirsig—a Korean War veteran, a philosopher, a former writing instructor, a survivor of shock treatment, and, by all accounts, a talented author of technical manuals—published “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values.” It is a novel, but only barely (Pirsig didn’t bother to change the names of his friends), and it follows the narrator as he rides West with his young son, from Minneapolis to San Francisco. Readers hoping for advice about motorcycles, or about meditation, found something else entirely: picturesque anecdotes and ominous reveries, interrupted by dense seminars on the “self-defeating” nature of technophobia, the malignance of inferior workmanship, the “ugliness” of Immanuel Kant’s aesthetics, and the importance of a quality called Quality.
The book, gnomic but good-natured, eventually sold about five million copies, spurred on by some extraordinarily positive reviews. But how do you serve craftsmanship without serving the market? Guide to Researching Companies, Industries, Countries. Where job-seekers will find all the best research tools and resources for conducting all types of critical career and job-search research -- including researching companies, industries, countries, and people. A key resource for job-seekers is information.
Job-seekers will not succeed in your job-search without knowledge of the companies you are interviewing with or information on the industries and countries where these companies do business. The materials you'll find in this section are designed to serve as a resource for anyone trying to conduct research and find more information about companies, industries, and foreign countries. Take advantage of all the online and print resources. Where do you begin? Read our Step-by-Step Guide to Researching Companies. (To find sources for researching careers, go to: Career Exploration Resources.)
Key Tools for Conducting Company Research The Best Research Sources? Key Tools for Conducting Industry Research Key Tools for Conducting Country Research.