His discovery raises the question of how often this happens at other companies and how ill-suited tech is to recruiting.
    • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I didn’t know anybody at the company i got hired at. I was giving them some business and asked them some pretty specific questions. The secretary joked wow you want a job and i said well maybe and went from there. Months of writing resumes and cover letters then i get a job the old fasioned way by walking in with a smile and a handshake.

      You are right in many ways still, there is some truth to the saying “it is not what you know, but who you know.”

      • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I got one job the real old-fashioned way: going through classified ads, printing resumes and cover letters, and mailing them out via postal mail.

        Both jobs since then were because someone I worked with found out I was looking.

        Same person each time. He has a lot of connections.