Today, it's all about networking and making contacts. Making phone calls and/or knocking on doors in person as a way to make connections with people face-to-face certainly helps get your foot in the door for ANY kind of job. Social networking is big - find people who know people who can help you get an "in" with a particular business/company.
It's a lot about who you know or who you can connect with.
Congrats to you and your wife, cappyjon!
Bill
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Hi,
When a job gets posted online,the online auto submission systems kick in. The poster recieves hundreds sometimes thousands of resumes and applications and their inboxes shut down, they just delete them. In some cases the job already has serious canidates and they are posting it to cover their legal buts by making it open to all ages, races etc.
If you look in the posting and pull out buzz words that match the posting which you then include in your resume sometimes you make it through the pile to the top as some companies have purchased keyword auto sort software to deal with the problem.
I have done the following with success. If you can detrermine through contacts the name of the hireing manager or HR person handling the position, call the switchboard or office assistant and say you need their fax number as you are trying to fax them something and must have the number wrong. Write a cover letter addressed to them and fax your Resume to their fax machine. It will land on their desk with their inhouse mail and they are more likely to read it.
In my area, I use contract temp agencies now mostly as I am sick of going to an interview and getting the when did you graduate college question (IE how old are you anyway) and that look. But I don't think temp agencies work in the villages much if at all.
Hope this helps,
TrudyM