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1) "Administrative Assistant" postings attract lots of job seekers. For some reason unemployed candidates like to apply for these jobs. 2) Scammers like to pos
by dennisgorelik 14y ago
1) "Administrative Assistant" postings attract lots of job seekers. For some reason unemployed candidates like to apply for these jobs.
2) Scammers like to post "Administrative Assistant" postings too. I'd say that at least half of "Administrative Assistant" postings are scam (scammers are trying to recruit people for money laundering or pyramid scheme).
3) Job postings looking for software developers are totally different story. There are plenty of openings chasing limited pool of available developers.
4) See how jobs/resumes ratio varies for different skills:
http://www.postjobfree.com/skills http://www.postjobfree.com/skills
- djeikyb 14y agoI was mostly unemployed for a year or so. Admin assistant posts were attractive because it sounds like a simple office job. Also, 10-13/hr in an office is incredibly better than minimum wage labour. But as you say, over half are scams. For my region, craigslist was worthless. Fwiw, my solution was to move to an area with lower unemployment (18% to 6%). I have no pro experience and no related education, but I got a dev job with a probation period to ensure I'm actually learning quick enough to be useful.