Does anyone else think Monster.com is pretty much crap?

[tenguzero]

I can't stand that site. As a matter of fact, I have trouble stomaching just about all of these job search websites. I just pick on Monster in particular because it is always advertising itself as a great place to find a job, when really all it provides is a near wasteland of worthless recruiting companies and "make big bucks" schemes. Any jobs that DO seem valid, are for things like "Oracle Database Programmer IV" and "Inside Sales Rep Wanted for so-and-so Telecommunications Company" with some sort of ridiculous experience required. I also like ones such as "Entry level Customer Service Tech Support", which seems like it's promising for an up and coming IT hopeful (like I USED to be,) only to disappoint with stupid things like "3-5 years of Citrix database experience required, A+ certification required, MCSE a plus." Now, I know companies usually tend to put a wishlist of what they would like to see in an applicant, rarely expecting to actually get it. But with MILLIONS of people viewing the listing every day, I can GUARANTEE there is at least one person out there who does have said requirements. My point? Once one picks the all the useless crap posted out there, and actually finds something that interests them, they STILL have to compete with a hundred other people just as hungry for the job, any number of which are probably far more qualified. Oh yeah, and I've heard the old "Nothing beats walking into the place and giving them your resume in person" line, and believe me, after busting my ass on numerous occasions to follow up on this act with them, I never got ANYWHERE with ANYONE.

So, how the hell do you people find your jobs!? I can't help but feel that (despite the fact that I graduate with my Associate's degree in the spring, having other certificates already) I'm destined to spend the rest of my life behind a friggin cash register, or stuck in some half-assed job that I don't enjoy. And I WILL have a job I enjoy (which I realized was unattainable before when going the computer geek route- I couldn't make a career as just the rung on the corporate ladder of some company, spending 8 hours a day in front of a computer monitor, or stuck in some 95 degree wiring closet troubleshooting ethernet connections, all while taking it from "the man.") Those of you who have more open-ended jobs, like Journalism/Author, Musician, Artist, Researcher etc., and make good money at them, I want to know your secret! I'm not striving to make tons of money in my career, just enough to keep me comfortable while looking forward to my occupation. Is that too much to ask? It seems like in today's job market, if I don't want to be an "Internal Communications Consultant" or a "Pricing Administrator" or a "North American Intermodel Operations Manager" or any other of a thousand jobs that put me to sleep just reading about them, I'm up a creek. This is obviously something that this wonderful internet thing can do little to help me with.

[taranaki]

Pay is usually inversely proportional to job satisfaction.The more tedious the job,the better the pay.

[Zcaithaca]

^^^^what he said....but i would say look around your town for places to work

[quarter_mile]

yes, look around local places, see what your friends say, local newspapaers and stuff, cuz I would never use the net to look for a job anyway.

[dayna240sx]

most people coming out of college want to go straight to the top just because of their degree. About 90% of the time, your not going to. You need to start towards the bottom and work your way up while proving yourself. Most people dont reliese this and complain when they arent making as much as thier co-workers who've been there 10 years. So they leave their job to look for something better and all that does is fuck them even more because it looks like they cant hold a job.

A degree is just a piece of paper that gets you in the door.

[damir831]

Originally Posted by quarter_mile

yes, look around local places, see what your friends say, local newspapaers and stuff, cuz I would never use the net to look for a job anyway.

Hey, sorry it's off-topic, but are you from Bosnia?