http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/07/16/please-bid-on-the-right-to-hire-me/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/07/16/please-bid-on-the-right-to-hire-me/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Mark Overmann Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:34:08 +0000 http://workingworldcareers.com/?p=1577#comment-360 You have a good point, Alanna. At first I found these efforts endearing in an odd sort of way---brave souls willing to give just about anything a try to succeed. And maybe if paired with actual networking and informational interviewing, these stunts might indeed be interesting and creative ways to try to get yourself "out there." But if done instead of the, as you aptly put it, "drudgery of the job search"--if done in the hopes that you won't have to do the networking and informational interviewing--then perhaps these stunts are just lazy. You have a good point, Alanna. At first I found these efforts endearing in an odd sort of way—brave souls willing to give just about anything a try to succeed. And maybe if paired with actual networking and informational interviewing, these stunts might indeed be interesting and creative ways to try to get yourself “out there.” But if done instead of the, as you aptly put it, “drudgery of the job search”–if done in the hopes that you won’t have to do the networking and informational interviewing–then perhaps these stunts are just lazy.

]]> http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/07/16/please-bid-on-the-right-to-hire-me/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Alanna Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:58:22 +0000 http://workingworldcareers.com/?p=1577#comment-341 Honestly, these kinds of stunts seem lazy to me. It's probably easier to hang a sign around your neck than to squeeze your network for leads and informational interviews. There is a drudgery to job searching, to putting yourself out there constantly, and I think that people use gimmicks to try and avoid it. Honestly, these kinds of stunts seem lazy to me. It’s probably easier to hang a sign around your neck than to squeeze your network for leads and informational interviews. There is a drudgery to job searching, to putting yourself out there constantly, and I think that people use gimmicks to try and avoid it.

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