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Hi - searching for a job for ages!
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ms-scarlette
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:29 pm    Post subject: Hi - searching for a job for ages! Reply with quote

Ok well not ages, but 1 month!

Im Holly, my boyfriend lost his job 30th May and has found finding a new job mega hard. hes had 5 interviews, didnt get any, as of the amount of other people applying. (one had 20 interviewies!)

We have wrote to near on all the major companies in a 20 mile radious asking for jobs... nothing.
been in all the local shops/pubs/resturants... nothing. like hes 'over qualified' to stack shelves?!

What more can he do?! hes on job seekers, but that money is not covering anything. he still has his own loan+bills to pay

im paying the rent/bills by myself, which i cant do much longer. we are going to have to move out, but god knows where to!

HELP
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lexa10881
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As weird as this sounds, if he is applying for basic jobs but has a huge, skilled background, tell him to 'dumb down' his resume. What I mean by that is to simplify the resume to make light of past job experiences so that he does not seem overqualified.

Keep searching, and try to not panic. Jobs are just hard to come by right now as the economic situation is not good.

http://www.cvtips.com/resume_employer_needs.html
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