Now there are a lot of sites and apps that make this much easier than browsing the local paper and circling likely candidates with a pen, which I distinctly remember doing in 1987 and 1988. I've been through the headhunter/recruitment firms, I've talked to people directly. I don't flip companies much. Once I find a place I'm usually inclined to stay there for a while, unless it isn't a good fit.
So I'm looking out there. Basic search parameters are something as a Microsoft developer/architect, and something very close. Believe it or not, there is a lot within 10-15 miles of me. Richardson used to have a strong telecom presence, and Plano and Frisco both have a number of places along the tollway. But one place stuck out to me. It is a small firm that I had never heard of, and the location was just down the street from me. So I sent them my resumé.
My resumé is not short. While it lists only two companies I have worked for, it is over four pages in length. I've done a lot in the past fifteen years, and the standard "designed, developed, and tested software in a Microsoft environment for multiple clients" just doesn't do it justice. It's long enough that your typical recruiter will weigh it and toss it because anything that size has got to be padded. But mine isn't. Each of the projects mentioned there is a story. Each has different facets in what I do, what I am, and how I do things.
I included a short cover letter telling who I was, and I was on a sabbatical. And it got their attention. I actually got a call the next day from the company president, and agreed to talk to them the next day. Him and I spent a pleasant hour sizing each other up, answering each other's questions, and finding out what got each other's attention. I got there attention with an honest cover letter and a resumé, they got mine by being down the street and being a viable company.
Before going any further with this firm they wish to make sure that they hire the best, and they believe in using a standardized test for a baseline. While in some respects this type of testing doesn't really tell the whole story, accompanied by other things it will give a good baseline to measure candidates by. I'll take the tests this week and see how I do.
So back to the sites that you can look at for jobs. There are quite a few, and that is not even counting the direct company sites. They are populated with more head hunters than a South American jungle, and there seems to be quite a lot of insurance places looking for sales people. A lot of these places also have corresponding apps. I'm not familiar with the Android apps, so you'll have to hunt those down on their own
Place to look if you're looking
Dice.com
Monster.com
CareerBuilder.com
TheLadders.com
GlassDoor.com
Indeed.com
And others can be found at
iOS apps
Monster
Glass door
Career builder
Job aware
And if you know of more, send them over.
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