Effective Job Searching Techniques

Gundamtdk

How are people finding jobs in Toronto Canada?

I have already applied to dozens of job postings on the Internet with only one job interview.

I have contacted my friends and they have either gotten out of the IT business or moved away to a different province.

I get this feeling somebody is hoarding all the job positions.

This is getting frustrating what else can I look into to get an IT position?

jryantech

I have already applied to dozens of job postings on the Internet with only one job interview.

99.9% of people on these forums would say if this is true there is something wrong with your resume. Unless your like applying for something that requires 5 years experience with no experience.

kripsak

Keep on trucking buddy!

My resume to interview ratio 40/3.

You'll eventually land a job just don't give up.

dynamik

Strip the sensitive information out of your resume and post it up. You will probably get some good pointers for how to improve it.

undomiel

And for something completely different, you can try techniques from this guy:

http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/

iburrows

Just keep trying mate... Thats what i did and you do get somewhere in the end.

Ian

Gundamtdk

I feel I am bringing a knife to a gun fight.

In my job search I am missing something, but I don't know what it is.

How are people searching for jobs here?

MCPWannabe

Retool your resume to include a projects section under experience and make it span for years. Use the projects that you done from your Microsoft Press Books if you have nothing else. Put your certifications at the beginning of the resume right after the cover letter.

Then, apply like crazy to everything on Dice, Monster, Careerbuilder, Craigslist, etc.

After that, pull out your local yellow pages, and start looking for companies by category with websites.

Medical, Educational, and Software companies are gold mines for finding unadvertised jobs. It just takes awhile to go through the yellow pages, but it's well worth it.