I Kept Answering Local Ads - see msg Posted: Aug 10th, 2015 - 9:19 am In Reply to: Congrats on getting out! - Val
I live in a smallish town, and I simply checked my Classifieds in my local newspaper. I also signed up with flexjobs.com (I think there was a discussion about them). I am not into Monster or Indeed---they just take any Tom, Dick or Harry job they see posted anywhere and post it.
Anyway ,between my local classifieds and flexjobs, I ended up with a few job prospects. I chose one out of the many offered, and ended up picking the one I saw in my local newspaper.
I work at an RV dealer, answering phones, greeting customers and getting their ads up on various on-line and paper publications. No complicated bookkeeping with complicated software programs (the owners do that). I just love it. It's just me, my boss and a salesperson (small operation), and they are both nice. No offices b*tches to deal with---been there, done that, quit them.
I am by far not a loner, but in the work place, I like being alone, save for a couple of people. The more people in an office, the more complicated the dynamics become.
I am just a couple of years from retirement, so this is perfect for me. I made my killing when MT was good, invested all those bucks, and am now in a position where it's okay to work part time at $10.00 per hour. If they offer me full time, I would take it.
You can do it! But it won't come to you. I can't tell you how many applications I filled out, how many "cold calls" I made, how many rejections I had, etc., but it just worked out great. Again, definitely start with your local newspaper, especially if you're in a fairly small area. The small local places looking for people don't generally branch out far looking.
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- Do not give up hope - Out of MT finally (Views: 780, 2015-08-09, 8:11 pm)
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- I Kept Answering Local Ads - see msg
- Ah! - Jen (Views: 497, 2015-08-15, 2:50 pm)
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