TweetBro, you know that I've been looking for work as well and I completely agree with you. You fill these apps out online and send in your resume, but who the hell knows if anybody even sees them? My girlfriend does the hiring at her place and she's also told me about people she knows that hires at other jobs and she said that they are much more likely to hire somebody that comes in with an app in person than one who fills one out online.

Tweetit can be absolutely frustrating. as you note, the worst part is "not knowing"! "Not knowing" whether they received your app, whether your being considered to be contacted, whether the job is still open... Nothing....For piece of mind just give me some info.

Tweetdamn that sucks...can you go in to a place and say "Who does the hiring around here?"

TweetI know how you feel. There is a better paying job I applied for online and sent my resume in. Since I meet the qualifications, I have to go next week to take a pre-employment test. After that they will call for an interview. Hopefully it's not a bunch of wasted time. At least I'll find out at the testing session how many people I'm up against.

Tweetanother prob is you cant even go in. much of the time, when its at a larger company, they dont tell you who your applying to!! what dept! what area...just a general discription of the job needing done....my wife has put in apps at a few local hospitals. she's going to school for hospital admin, but she'll wash toilets, she dont care. she put in her resume and fill out an online app. we stopped at one of the hospitals nearby and they didnt even know what dept put in the ad!!! its so fukin frustrating!!!

TweetI know how you feel Dave. And that scenario is the least frustrating one. How about all those companies that want you to cut-and-paste all the information in your resume into the little individual fields on their own customized resume "builder" or whatever they call it. Basically re-type your resume, and then you have to answer page after page of questionairre . . . try doing that every time you want to apply for a job. It gets old fast. And you're right about all the jobs that may or may not be available. I'm talking to a couple people that may want to hire me in the future (whenever that is) if/when this project comes on-line. But nobody knows if/when that might happen. I keep hearing "check back with me after our big meeting on ___ afternoon," and then "we didn't actually finish the meeting because it ran over and we all had other things to attend to," and "I really hope we can have this decision wrapped up in the next 10 days - hang in there," and "its been really hard for my partner and I to find a time when we are both available to talk about all of this..." They keep hinting that there will be an opportunity, but nothing ever really happens - I've seen it so many times. And then there's the ones you mentioned that will ask you to come in and then tell you that they don't really have anything now, but want to have candidates lined up when things turn around for them. Ha! I'm glad I arranged for my kid to stay in the after school program and had my suit dry cleaned for that. In other news, I was rejected for 2 call center positions today as well - I was sure I would at least get an interview for that. Even call centers have the luxury of selecting from a group of job seekers with several years of experience doing that exact job. I'm either eliminated by being over qualified for a low-level job in my own profession , or by some kid who has experience as a customer service rep from his summer job. I get it, but it is an insane world right now. Something's gotta give.

Tweetbefore I started at the airlines 14 years ago I always walked into a company to fill out a application I never applied for anything online back in the day. Plus if I didnt hear anything back I would always go into the company instead of calling them. I would never call them and say has the job been filled always go in person.Dave the hospitals should have a human resource dept mabey its different then chicago. But dave I think you should really think about moving dude. Ive toid you in the past that the ford dealerships by my house are booming and if you say you have all that experience I see no problem you working at these here. Just think where you live it sucks and no jobs preety much everywhere,but the car business by me anyway is booming man and even in chicago with all those car dealerships there doing very well. I say start taking rode trips and go to the dealerships and see what happens.

TweetAs you started out with Dave, the computer (internet) has provided so many advancements. However, with every advancement, there is a price.

We are becoming a "faceless" society that is driven by impersonal communications which lack any of the sences.

Pretty sad when you think about it