Have you, ehhh...blasted?

[achtungbaby]

Anyone here ever tried blasting your resume out? Most of the offers I've seen are pretty expensive and I was never sure how successful these types of things were.

[Arex]

What the hell is that? Hiring some company to create cover letters and mass mail resumes to various contacts?

Alex

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Arex@Jan 28 2003, 06:46 PM
What the hell is that? Hiring some company to create cover letters and mass mail resumes to various contacts?

Alex
No no no...sending a company your resume and they email blast it to a bunch of companies, sans cover letter.

[deez nuts]

What about finding an agent to help you search?

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Jan 30 2003, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by Arex@Jan 28 2003, 06:46 PM
What the hell is that?  Hiring some company to create cover letters and mass mail resumes to various contacts?

Alex
No no no...sending a company your resume and they email blast it to a bunch of companies, sans cover letter.
isn't that the same thing as sending it to recruiters?

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Jan 30 2003, 01:52 PM
isn't that the same thing as sending it to recruiters?
I'm not sure, that's why I was asking. I was under the impression that each recruiter was limited to his or her own respective contacts, whereas a resume blasting service just ejaculated your resume in one stroke...

:ph34r:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Jan 30 2003, 04:58 PM
I'm not sure, that's why I was asking. I was under the impression that each recruiter was limited to his or her own respective contacts, whereas a resume blasting service just ejaculated your resume in one stroke...

:ph34r:
oh you're talking about sites like ResumeRabbit.com?

[Craig]

I did send my resume up to a site (which no longer exists) which did a smaller blanket recruiter mailing (I don't know the exact number since the site's not up anymore). I only got one response back and it was a recruiter in Houston who asked for a MS Word copy of my resume. He said he didn't have any OO/C++/Java openings at the time, but that he had seen some about a month ago and hopefully some more would come down the pipeline.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Jan 30 2003, 02:32 PM
oh you're talking about sites like ResumeRabbit.com?
Yep.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Craig@Jan 30 2003, 02:39 PM
I did send my resume up to a site (which no longer exists) which did a smaller blanket recruiter mailing (I don't know the exact number since the site's not up anymore).
Hmmm...that doesn't sound too encouraging... <_<

[Craig]

Well, all it takes is one opportunity to go through. I had a friend who graduated with an MBA (BSCS undergraduate) who only had 1 interview like 2 months after he graduated. Well, now he's working at a decent salary in a relatively stable position with long term prospects.

[jimbo]

I apply through recruitment agencies online and get them to blast my c.v through.

I don't think I've ever got an interview through blasting my c.v to companies direct.

When they say they'll keep my c.v on file I'm always thinking yeah right, All they'll do is bin it.

[Rogmok]

i dunno.. i've never tried it but it doesn't seem like it would be effective.

when i had my resume posted on monster.. i had like 4 or 5 people call me about it. (thats not blasting right??) most HR people will go to monster to peruse resume's. Its all about making your resume stand out, so i think if it is a generic cover letter.. it would be more difficult