Comments on: Blind Box Ads: Bad-Ass or just Bad?

By: Almostgotit.com | Rejection letters should not be emailed

Almostgotit.com | Rejection letters should not be emailed — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:08:29 +0000

[...] been beating this point half to death lately, but I need to make it one more time. Ann Bares at Compensation Force has made it even [...]

By: almostgotit

almostgotit — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:09:52 +0000

Ann: thanks so much for the comment, and your post today was fantastically interesting, and, in more than one way! I’ve left a longer comment, there. Much food for thought, indeed.

WG, you are absolutely right. You get jobs through connections. I just keep trying to find the sort of jobs that don’t fit any of those normal, sane sorts of job-finding rules…

By: Working Girl

Working Girl — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:23:35 +0000

Wow, blind box ads. They’ve been around forever, actually. And I’ve always wondered about them.

It always seemed like a dumb way to advertise for employees. Also, yes, a little creepy. As if they had something to be ashamed of.

Help wanted ads in general are not a super way to get jobs, imho. Of all my 59 jobs, only one was through an ad in the newspaper. And it was a Horrible Job! The boss was psycho! He refused to learn the names of any of his employees (we were addressed as “hey you” and worse). Plus he despised women, and all the employees were women. I wonder whatever happened to him…..

I lasted two weeks (until I found another job).

But if you want to try playing the player, why not? Knowing what you know, of course….

By: Ann Bares

Ann Bares — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:42:04 +0000

Hey, see my post today for yet another angle.

http://compforce.typepad.com/compensation_force/2008/07/heads-up-high-p.html

Maybe employers COULD use being a little more fabulous, particularly in the eyes of their best performers….

Happy Friday!

By: almostgotit

almostgotit — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:21 +0000

Oh, how lovely, it's you. Thanks for clicking on my "comment" section and weighing in!

By: Kathy M.

Kathy M. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:00:31 +0000

I am really enjoying this series of posts and learning A LOT about how miserable job hunting has become. There’s such a climate of arrogance surrounding those with any power these days; could the climate in Washington have a trickle-down effect?