Back in the bad old days, finding new employment seemed to revolve around scouring the want ads in the daily newspapers, visiting the Canada Employment Centre or Unemployment office and asking one’s friends, neighbours and associates for job leads.
That’s all changed today.
For one it’s Employment Insurance not Unemployment Insurance. Now we can debate the meaning of this expression along with the foul line semantics in baseball.
And we have the Internet with its job search sites, government websites and all of the self-help information you can shake a stick at for resume writing Cover letters and if you’re lucky all the tips for a successful interview.
But it’s not all roses in this brave new electronic world. While some job applications allow applicants to simply email their resume and cover letter, more and more of the employment big boys make you jump through some complicated hoops in order to apply for a newly advertised position.
First you have to sign up, log-in create a user name and password and remember those elements for future use/perusal. Then you need to upload your bits (resume, cover letter, head shots, etc). Then fill in all of the same information in their somewhat easy to fill-in-the-blanks.
Welcome to Redundancy City!
So with these streamlined systems, all of that effort to create a stylised resume is lost in the one text file fits all format these mega job sites require, which defeats the advise those job hunting books are dishing out.
Well the battle continues and tomorrow’s another job hunting day.
Wish me luck!!
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