I think the fruit hangs lower now that we have these huge job websites and voip. Now all anybody really needs to do is get an employer account on monster/etc and grab some skype/etc minutes to make cheap cold calls from anywhere in the world. In talking to my neighbor the whole thing sounded like a concept ripe for one of those late night "internet millions" infomercials.
-Mike Michael Butash wrote: > I guess for me I've been long enough removed from being exposed to the > job meat markets to see things have progressed to such behavior. It got > to the point that they became like gnats quickly just waisting my cell > phone minutes, especially when 99% of what they were calling me about > wasn't even relevant. It's equatable to voice spamming for their > income, which makes my want to work with them even less. > > After dealing with it for a few weeks, I began considering the margins > of profit they're making and considered what it would take to do so > myself as a hobby, but I'd just feel like a shoe salesman, telemarketer, > or other equally undesirable employment. At least how they go about > it... > > Agreed about DIY, any job worth having really has come from my own > scouring, referrals, or social networking of some sort. I figured it > couldn't hurt to float my info out there to see what came to me, but > geez was I wrong. Quite the sad state of affairs. > > -mb > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
