How Do People Look For A Job?
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Im talking about last time la...
Now, you can find jobs online, job agency and call them up through phones...
What about last time? Do they have to go out and walk around to search for any job openings? -
last time as in how long ago??
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ermm...before the height of technology?Originally posted by NuTcRaCk:last time as in how long ago??
k laa.. maybe for this thread... abt 30 to 60 years ago... -
fwah...
wasn't even borned yet...
erm...
thru networkin?? as in ask frens to intro?
companies that require staffs put advertisements on newspaper or on their door? or by word of mouth? or on radio?
door to door interview??
LoL...
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walk into shops or lobang
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Long Long Ago....
Job seeker go wander around the street and ask stall by stall, shop by shop
job seeker: xian sheng, ni qing ren ma? (Mister, are you hirin anyone?)
man: zou zou zou!! (Go go go!!)
job seeker: wo she me dou yuan yi zuo de! ni kan wo, zhe me zhuang! (Im willin to do anything! Look at me, im so fit!)
man: ZOU! wo men ren shou gou le, bu xu yao qing ren le (GO! We have got enough assistants, do not have to hire anyone)
job seeker: xian sheng qiu qiu ni.. ni jiu xing xing hao ba.. ni jiu shi yong wo yi tian ba.. bu xu gei gong qian.... (Mister please, how bout try hirin me for one day for free?!)
man: ....
man: hao ba hao ba (Alrite alrite) Ba zhe xie mi ban guo qu! Shou jiao kuai yi dian! (Carry those rice bags over there! Act faster!)
job seeker: xie xie, xie xie! (Thank you, thank you!)
Thats how people look for job in the past. -
lobang...or cold-calling companies.Originally posted by mhcampboy:ermm...before the height of technology?
k laa.. maybe for this thread... abt 30 to 60 years ago... -
jobsdb.com is my friend
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google was my friend
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newspaper lor.. or thru frens gai siao..
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Last time people would use their network of friends to find work and also through the newspapers...Originally posted by mhcampboy:Im talking about last time la...
Now, you can find jobs online, job agency and call them up through phones...
What about last time? Do they have to go out and walk around to search for any job openings?
Often they would just go shop-to-shop basis to ask the shoopowner if they are hiring... -
oh ic...
so in papers... if no phone...then got to go all the way down to the place... only to see no more vacancies left...
so hard... -
Newspaper, friends, shop to shop....
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walk in?
from frens?
hmm...
call n ask -
Maybe last time people not as educated, so the way they find employment is through the hard way...Originally posted by mhcampboy:oh ic...
so in papers... if no phone...then got to go all the way down to the place... only to see no more vacancies left...
so hard... 
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look at the papers
use red markers to draw circle ard the post u wanna apply for
call or walk-in
if unsuccessful or unsuitable, strike it off -
I now recruit people to work...
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Is that how you looked for a job yourself??Originally posted by FireIce:look at the papers
use red markers to draw circle ard the post u wanna apply for
call or walk-in
if unsuccessful or unsuitable, strike it off -
Last time, they do their own business one... they go out into the jungles and fields to hunt for animals and pick fruits.Originally posted by mhcampboy:Im talking about last time la...
Now, you can find jobs online, job agency and call them up through phones...
What about last time? Do they have to go out and walk around to search for any job openings? -
Originally posted by cyberr1981:Is that how you looked for a job yourself??
i tink tht last time they actually walk outside shops, then some shops will have the sign that say looking for workers