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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 4051772" data-attributes="member: 41321">I found my first "career" job through a friend of my mother.  As others have said, sometimes it's not what you know, it's who you know.When I got laid off from that job I sent LOTS of "cold call" letters.  My college gave me access to a database where I could search for businesses based on a variety of credentials (I was mostly looking for the location and industry I wanted).  From the large list of companies in that database I systematically went through each one, examined their website and looked for any sign of job openings.  If there were job openings I tailored my resume and cover letter to the opening, and if there were no openings I sent a generic resume and letter.  I sent out ten letters a day.  These were physical letters, not emails.  I got maybe one or two responses back a week.  But then I got one phone interview that stuck.  It wasn't in quite the career area I wanted (I was looking for a programming position and got tech support) but I've now been there for three and a half years and just began managing my department.In my case, brute force worked best.  The idea was just to get your name out to as many places as possible and to get in before the job opening was advertised.  I learned that for jobs listed on big websites like Monster or CareerBuilder you have to be an absolutely perfect match because they are getting hundreds of applications for their jobs.  If you can sneak in your resume just as they realize they need somebody then they may decide you fit well enough and you can save them the effort of sifting through all those apps on Monster.This method can take months, and may cost you a lot in resume paper, stamps, and saliva (get a sponge - don't lick the envelopes and stamps if you want to keep you tongue intact), but it works.  Well, I should say that it worked for me.Of course, you can keep doing your regular job searching in the meantime.  Who knows, eventually you may see that job on Monster for which you're an absolutely perfect fit.</blockquote>

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