Problems in Applying a Job Online

Many of us, was unemployed for a long time last year. But things have changed dramatically since the last time I was once unemployed. And from my experience if I could only one piece of advice it would be this: You’re NOT wasting your time hunting for jobs on the Internet. 

When I was a novice online writer, the database was a good and useful tool to have. And I still use an online spreadsheet to keep track of my articles. But IT geeks have taken the database to new, sinister levels right now.

Recently, when you looked for a job on the Internet, there not only would be an actual job available but they would ask you to electronic mail to send your curriculum vitae or cover letter to a specific person or company you want to apply. That appeared most effective way and convenient for everybody.

Then something happened and I'm not sure what. But in my eight months of searching jobs online, the only purpose for the agency's long and tedious online applications seemed to be to gather as much data on as many as people as possible. While this online application seemed closer to home, it really wasn't: you still didn't know whom you were applying to, could not customize it, and could not determine if there really were any jobs available or in what category.

In applying online, there are two major problems you must bare in mind. One, since you can send a resume, you're not left with much a chance of standing out. Far worse however is the application nightmare. Looking for a job online requires you to spend hours upon hours every day filling out similar forms with the same personal information for jobs that may or may not exist, in programs that may be buggy or incompatible with your web browser forcing you to quit midway through, and leaving you feeling that you are swimming in an endless maze of forms that lead to nowhere and to nobody. It is a shameless abuse of a great technology. Don't waste your time and your future!

Right now, I finally got two jobs. A full time article writer in a company, and also a part-time article writer online. I am so lucky and thankful to have this. Good luck!

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