Yesterday I wrote about Hollywood internships where you can get your foot in the door and meet some people and "network" with those who may be willing to give you your first paid position.
Today we're going to talk about the other end of the spectrum. Searching online for your first job. Now many of you are familiar with Monster.com, Yahoo's HotJobs.com and Craigslist.org. These sites are great in that they have tons of jobs but they are also very well known which means that there are a lot of potential job seekers looking at those ads.
To you that spells COMPETITION. And what you want is to increase your chances of getting hired which means less competition. So here's an idea. Try the smaller job websites. Those sites have less visitors and perhaps less jobs but that means less competition for you! And we've already agreed that this is what you want. To increase your chances of getting hired.
So today, you might want to check out snagajob.com. Snagajob.com is a well put together site that focuses on hourly (read perfect for someone without alot of experience) adventures. Simply enter your zipcode and they will neatly list the positions available.
They have some great articles about summer job hunting and have good advice articles. Good luck and drop us a line to tell us what you think of the site.
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