Although I have been looking casually for a new job for a while, my hunt has suddenly intensified. I was wondering what others here had found to be most helpful in finding a job.

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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

Company website's. Both of them...

What do you do, Austin?

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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

Knowing someone in the company with connections...

...better yet, being MARRIED to someone with connections!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

The only job I ever "looked for" was the first job out of university. The rest have been through referrals or where people who I've worked with in the past have approached me.

A friend now uses LinkedIn to post his resume and build his network as he is now contracting. It works well as you can view recommendations by people who you have worked with in the past and can trust.

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With best regards

Al

I am on LinkedIn, too. So far I have not found it tremendously helpful. I agree that referrals are the way to go.

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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

Ad in the paper.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Nepotism works wonders! It helped me immensely

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Alas! My ne-POT is empty. I worked for my dad in the construction business back in the 70's, but prefer some other route to that anyhow.

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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

A lot of people, friends included, think working in a family business is a piece of cake. At one point I worked for both my father and grandfather who had diametrically opposed views on how things should be done. When my father became Prez things improved for me at least, the generation gap was cut in half. In my case (and my brother's) I've had to jump through each hoop that my father did, that his father did and so on through 4 generations. He just turned 63 and is talking retirement (unlike my grandfather who worked until his death at 83, great grandfather until 85). After 10 years my salary is finally getting near commensurate to my work/hours. Generations of work ethic have been passed on if nothing else.

It's definitely trying at times and not for everyone. That's probably why most family businesses don't make it past the first generation.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

What is your family's business, Swamp?

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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

I have only had a couple of jobs, all but one were gotten through knowing someone.

The fastest was the store, I just walked in talked to the owner and he said sure tell me when you can work. 5 minutes. I have been their for four years, leaving in 4 weeks. Worked for him, I have never called in, had any issue with the customers or another empolyee, just do my job collect the check and leave.

The coolest, was Re/Max. Talked to the owner who I have known forever, she was my grandmothers partner in the business forever. She was like yeah lets talk sometime. So we talked over drinks on the fly bridge of her boat, what a great way to conduct business.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

My favorite job was found (out of desperation) from the Washington, DC yellow pages. Under "political organizations".

No amount of networking or ad searching would have allowed me to find it. Just in the right place at the right time and there were only two others applicants to compete with.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

I bought a company - now I hire myself.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I used to get all my job tips from sales guys.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman