Keep your day job

[Robert M]

I posted a job listing on Craigs list for a shipping person last night. I'm up to 80 plus emails from interested job seekers. I have used Craigs list in the past and I have never seen anything like this. Now the question is what do i do with all these emails and resumes. If I spend 3 minutes a resume, and at the rate they are still coming in, well you get the idea.
It is tuff out there for some folks.

 

[GypsyGraphics]

i'd reply to each email with a questionnaire the incorporates a litmus test.
if they pass then allow them to send a resume.

then only read the ones that include a resume. that ought to weed out the unqualified applicants.

 

[btropical.com]

Must pass drug test for quality ?

 

[AUTO-FX]

quality?
drug test?
I bet that would work well...

 

[HulkSmash]

I posted a job listing on Craigs list for a shipping person last night. I'm up to 80 plus emails from interested job seekers. I have used Craigs list in the past and I have never seen anything like this. Now the question is what do i do with all these emails and resumes. If I spend 3 minutes a resume, and at the rate they are still coming in, well you get the idea.
It is tuff out there for some folks.

Robert, last feb. i posted for a designer on craigslist.

550 emails in 2 days. Never doing that again.

 

[signdoggy]

Yeah. poor smucks ......... lotta folks vying for them minimum wage jobs right now. But life does have it's balance.

 

[GoodPeopleFlags]

Interesting fact: "Keep Your Day Job" is the name of a song by The Grateful Dead and the only song voted by fans to never be played again.

Now back to your original programming.

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

Robert, last feb. i posted for a designer on craigslist.

550 emails in 2 days. Never doing that again.

Come on Bro, who the heck can't use an additional 550 designers? Even @ 9 bucks an hour.

 

[TyrantDesigner]

At least the response is better than through the news paper ... I know when my position became available ... only 2 other ~semi~ qualified individuals applied ... 58 other people contacted the shop who had no computer or design skills let alone the application said "no phone calls" and i didn't even count the number that called ... i know it was atleast 4 or 5 a day.

 

[TyrantDesigner]

God, and I'm afraid to use craigslist if I ever need help with anything ... I posted a craigslist ad looking for some sunday help moving some garbage from the allyway about 40 feet to the dumpster ... got atleast 50 e-mails in a couple hours before I killed the ad ... and that was for $30.

 

[AUTO-FX]

Wow. Well, you know, consider the source. If you make it easy, you will get those who are the laziest. (Or Lazyest. not sure about the spelling! does this make me lazy?)