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Don’t Forget! You Saw it in the
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December 2019 #11245 Page #80
Hiring Zone
Job Search Blues Thomas McAnally Publisher
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s a recruiter, I see the geneses of job dissatisfaction and turnover. You start a job with hopes of being there forever, or at least 10 years, and within a year or two you are back looking at the job market. While the internet has made it easier to search for and find a new job, it also has been responsible for decreasing retention. In the past, before internet and services like Indeed and Zip Recruiter, people had to network using referrals, resumes mailed or faxed to employers or recruiters who advertised in magazines, newspapers, trade publications, or through word of mouth. Enter the connected age. While Monster.com may have been the first internet job mega site, subsequent additions of Zip Recruiter, Indeed, Glass Door, and Career Builder have made job searching as easy as pulling up a channel guide on your television. You can set automated searches, search for jobs or locations, and compare compensation with a click of your mouse. While this is a leap forward for job seekers, it is also having a darker side. Every job has its ups and downs, and emotions can go from loving your job to hating your employer in a few seconds, or over time. The solution was to stick it out or start looking for a job. In the past, looking could take weeks or months, which sometimes gave you enough space to realize the problems that had you in tears last week didn’t seem to be that big of a deal today. You could have had a bad day, or your boss could have. Over time, you may have gotten over the problem or maybe your boss was replaced. The key element for resolving many issues was time. Time to think, time to see more good days, and time to let problems work themselves out.
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