Originally Posted by nns
This has me wondering, who here owes their job to networking? Who here got their job through the "old fashioned" way? EG: responding to job postings, Craigslist, dropping off resumes, etc.
The job I have now was not achieved through networking, or having "an in". I saw a posting on Craigslist, tailored a resume/cover letter, got a phone interview, followed by an in-person interview, and was then hired. Mind you, this is the extremely simplistic order of events. I was a BCIT graduate for well over a year, having applied to dozens of places, interviewed maybe 3-4 times, scouring job postings day after day, before I finally got the job I have now.
Was it frustrating? Absolutely. I worked some crappy kitchen PT job before I went to BCIT, during my time at BCIT, and after graduation from BCIT. I hated my life. The whole time I was at post-sec, I sucked it up and tried to look forward to after graduation. "Oh, it's ok if my school life sucks, when I graduate, I'll have a nice job, some good money coming in, buy a car, blah blah quit being a bitch".
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