This  doesn't have anything to do directly with ham radio; except that if
you have a good source of income, you are more likely to be able to afford
ham gear. Generally I have found  that resumes seldom get you a job. The
best way of getting a job, especially if you are blind, is through personal
contacts, networking, and referrals. The resume is simply supporting
documentation or used as collateral information. Of course, the best
approach to use is always subject to the economic conditions in the specific
area in which you are looking for a job and the type of position you are
seeking.  

Ron, K8HSY 


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 7:10 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: hard work

I'd say on average I apply for 20 jobs a month and of that, I might get 3 or
4 a year, usually the same 2 places but not the same jobs at those places
who actually email when you don't get the job. All the rest, nothing. It
makes me wonder if they even get my info sometimes but the times I asked
they said the first screening is not usually even seen by a person so they
couldn't tell me. Then there's my last interview where the interviewer told
me flat out if they did interviews the old way, talk to the person a bit and
make a decision, he'd have hired me. The way his company wants it, ask
canned questions then send that through HQ and then comes the personal
interview as round 2 after the computer filters people out, the computer
didn't like me and there wasn't much supposedly he could do about it. Talk
about frustrating.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Gillen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: hard work


> I'm afraid I don't buy it. With everything being done online all the 
> company= has to do is drop the email they received in to a watch 
> folder when they de= cided they don't want to interview that person 
> and have it automatically sen= d out a form letter. No more work then 
> dropping it in the trash folder.=20
>
> I had an interview in London for a job that had 1100 applicants and 
> this was= a specialist position.=20
>
> Scott
>
> Scott
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 28/09/2014, at 6:27 AM, Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> the reason there is less aknowledgement of a submitted resume/CV, or 
>> job=20=
>
>> application is because in those countries with higher unemployment 
>> rates, a=
> s=20
>> in the very countries you mentioned, they get absolutely deluged 
>> with=20 incoming resumes and applications for every single position.
>> I was talking with an Irish fellow a year or so ago, and he had been 
>> in=20=
>
>> canada for 2 years working as an electrician.  He said back in 
>> Ireleand, h=
> e=20
>> applied on a Manager job at a local Burger King.  he said they got 
>> 400=20 applications on the position, and over 200 people showed up 
>> for the meet a=
> nd=20
>> greet session.
>> That gives you an idea of how bad things are when a licensed 
>> schooled=20 electrician is applying for a fast food job, and also 
>> that 400 people=20 applied for it.
>> So, think of it this way: you are the store or perhaps district 
>> manager fo=
> r=20
>> Burger King.  You need a manager at one of the stores.  You advertize 
>> onli=
> ne=20
>> and maybe in the local papers if you have the budget for it.  You get 
>> 400=20=
>
>> applications in the space of say 3 days for that one position.  You 
>> have=20=
>
>> yourself, and perhaps 2 other people who can process those 
>> applications an=
> d=20
>> make decisions on who to call back and who to ask in for an interview. 
>> Yo=
> u=20
>> then have to schedule interview times, and in that industry the hours 
>> are=20=
>
>> rediculous so you have to schedule interview times with the 
>> appropriate=20=
>
>> staff who can conduct the interview and do it around their 
>> particular=20 schedule.  So, you can have an automated system, again, 
>> if your company ha=
> s=20
>> the budget for that because that requires an IT department to 
>> maintain and=
> =20
>> keep working...and all this for a slightly above minimum wage position.
>> There is a cost analysis here that asks why am I paying 2 or 3 people 
>> to=20=
>
>> hire one person who makes less than any one of them.  Imagine trying 
>> to se=
> nd=20
>> out 400 email replies and how much actual time that would take.  You 
>> have t=
> o=20
>> look at the application, copy down the email address and then create 
>> an=20=
>
>> email...even if it's a standard scripted reply, it still takes time.
>> One person would have to work for over 13 hours with no break just to 
>> repl=
> y=20
>> to that many emails directly.
>> Anyway, just food for thought and perhaps a hint as to why you often 
>> don't=
> =20
>> get a reply if the company doesn't have a fully automated system.
>>=20
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Scott Gillen ZL1CHM" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 12:30 AM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>=20