On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 05:04:09PM -0500, Sean Michael Whipkey wrote: > Alfred Huger wrote: > > Does anyone here have experiance with large job boards like Kforce.com, > > Monster.com, Jobsharks.com etc? > > I've had some. > > > If so, we would love to hear your experiances in terms of security related > > jobs. Successes, failures, hassles and what have you.. > > Across the board they were extremely disappointing. Most of the people > posting seemed to not even know how to do so properly, e-mail addresses > bounced, and the such. Some recruiters refused to take a resume in text > format, insisting it must be in Word format. Many called me or e-mailed > me, promised the world, then disappeared forever. > > I would never go that route again. I'd check to see what companies are > hiring and go to them directly. > My experience with these boards has been universally bad. I've got almost 9 years of UNIX admin/security experience and I would consistantly get calls from folks who got my info on these boards asking if i wanted tech support and call center jobs. I've found that there are companies that all they do all day is troll these boards looking for folks to fill positions without any knowledge about either the positions or the folks they are looking at. I always go straight to the company I'm interested in working at, or through recommendations from friends and aquaintences.
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