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[chaoswolf]

LIVE Solutions Inc. has contacted me via my email. They have seen my resume and gave me a form to fill out. Not sure what it entails, will find out. Still have ever more questions for Bankers Life & Casualty, but eh. I couldn't sleep, so I am still up.

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[galtine1.livejournal.com]

Please be careful of this one as well:

http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?p=384885#post384885

::hugs:: I know the hunt is hard. I really, REALLY recommend going and talking with Manpower and all the other agencies. They have one-day jobs, part-time jobs, light-assembly, light receptionist, light-industrial, as well as sometimes sales spots. Take thair placement test so that you know your typing and 10-key and Office-software scores. Lookout for gunky keyboards and old versions of testing software. These will slow you down, especially if you have been using a more current version of an application.

Also, consider posting your resume here for your friends who have BTDT to help vamp it up. When I was your age, most of my skills were from being a Rainbow Girl (www.caiorg.org) and doing a bazillion findraisers and such. There's a way to spin that into a skills resume to avoid the lack of a Real Job(tm) history.

And if it is benefits that you are needing, some of the better agencies have them after 400 hours working through them.

[kshandra]

*nods* It was 1000 hours at Office Team as I recall it, but I had full benefits. (Speaking of Office Team, if you give them my name when you register, I get a referral bonus after you've worked 80 hours through them.)

[nanassi.livejournal.com]

There's some really nasty scam job things out there. I once got a call for a manager slot, but after doing some research I found that their "interview" was to drive the group 2 or so hours away and tell them to do door-to-door sales of office supplies, without lunch, for 10-12 hours, in order to get a ride back home.

So google search every company that responds to your posts.

Also, Manpower and Kelly are good, as are Spherion and others. Some are more likely to drop people into long term postions. (Otterbase, TekSystems, Allegis, others)

And consider going to the local unemployment office or community college placement office, they may help with resume revisions and mock interviews.

Oh, and don't just use Monster for your resume. It tends to be crawling with scams. I used Dice, but I have just enough technical background to do so. Hotjobs is good.

Oh, and even better. America's Job Bank, which has a excellent resume creator.

Luck!

[chaoswolf]

Right. Will do, once I have the time to look other places.

[chaoswolf]

Thanks. Will make damn sure I avoid them in the future.