I'm looking for a new job somewhere higher, cooler, and drier than the High-Crime Drainage Ditch, and I've posted my resume on Monster. Their commercials are easy to see through ("Double your chances of getting the job by posting on Monster.com!" Right; if you had 1 chance in 100, your odds soar to 2 in 100! Zowie!).

Have any of you found it really helpful? Found a real job? What can I expect it to help me with?
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-- Paul W. (The Benzadmiral)
('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino

Be prepared to get lots of calls from recruiting companies and that's about it.

I landed my current job through a recruiting company (not through Monster though), so they're not really that bad I guess. But they just don't get the hint, I never call them back and I've been at my current job for about 10 months, yet these damn recruiters call me practically weekly.

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

You may also start off geting about 3 emails a week from insurance companies looking for sales staff. We had a part time cleaner/prep tech here early last year who used our computer and email address when he posted his resume. We still get emails from Liberty National Recruiters and United American from time to time. They seem to come in waves.

He did move on (up, I’m happy to report) but with no thanks to Monster.com

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

We’ll be hiring for a few positions here in another month or two.

What type of work are you looking for?
Do you know anything about private jets/aircraft in general/helicopters/fine catering/mixed drinks/luggage/jet fuel/scheduling/travel........?

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

I've tried several routes like that and was surprised to have gotten more interviews from Careerbuilder.com than all the rest put together. No job offers I was really interested in yet, but a lot of interest. Try that if yu haven't yet. You might be surprised.

Good luck escaping the "crime-ridden drainage ditch." That's good, I'll have to remember that.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Dee8go, thanks for the nod on the line; I wish I could grab credit, but I think I read it here -- perhaps Botnst was the one who said it first. In any case, it's so accurate nobody could deny it.

WVOtoGO, I think I know what you mean. Wal-Mart's Data Processing Center in Arkansas just e-mailed me with a list of IT positions, none of which I'm qualified for (!).

My degree is in computer information systems, and I worked in the field as a programmer, systems analyst, and technical writer from 1995-2001. The bottom fell out of that, and I went back to my old homeland, New Orleans, and wound up as the Executive Secretary (read: "office manager") of one of the academic departments at a large private university. I use my computer background (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver, FireWorks) very heavily to organize the department's work.

Where is "here"?
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-- Paul W. (The Benzadmiral)
('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino