San Francisco job searching? Ideas and experience to benefit you!

Will I find a good job in San Francisco?

Five job search resources for San Francisco
by Jonathan Kraft

Some of you have probably been doing an online job search for a job in San Francisco, for a long time.

Some of you have been job searching more than a year. This really isn't much fun. You can make the job search fun though! I sure have!
Others have been job searching for only a month or so. At this point, you may be wondering if you should be looking outside of San Francisco.
Still for others, you don't mind finding a job outside of San Francisco. In fact, you really don't care if your job is on some remote planet, or in Egypt, or online in cyberspace. You'll take a good job anywhere, as long as it means money coming in to the bank account, and as long as the job is fun, or interesting, or rewarding financially.

Whatever the case may be, you will (most likely) find what you are looking for on this page.

I have looked at jobs in San Francisco, and done a variety of searching online, for at least 12 different jobs over the past 7 years.

I have already changed jobs a lot, even though I am young. I have been a massage therapist, photographer, mail clerk, data entry person, Web designer, Internet advertising Consultant, Phone salesperson, singer, writer, counselor, researcher, German Teacher, Theater teacher, and stage loader. I've found that no matter what job I have, and no matter what city I'm in, I inevitably get restless, or bored, or the job isn't a good fit for me. So, for a while, I have became a professional online job searcher for jobs in San Francisco.

(Some people may think that this means I am not a good employee, or a good citizen, and that I don't belong in San Francisco. (Somebody actually told me that once, that I wasn't a good citizen for my city, San Francisco, or any other city, because I changed jobs so much. Isn't that funny? Some people are just odd.) I am a good employee though. I've always worked hard in whatever job I've been in, and I have never been fired from any San Francisco job (or a job in any other city). I have earned everything from less than $5/hour, to a very nice salary, with commissions on top of it.)

The issue I face is this. I just am always looking to build my dreams. I have found that within the context of traditional employment, something happens in most jobs where I realize that the job I'm in doesn't allow me to accomplish my goals in life.

In my last official "job" as a high school teacher, I found that I loved teaching theater. The problem was that I was working at least 75-80 hours/week during the school year, which left very little time for doing anything else. I was rewarded emotionally from helping kids, but I was VERY time poor, and relatively money poor as well.

I'm as energetic as most, and I thought, why not find a different route, other than the job route. I could do something different. This is probably why I started my own business, which I have a goal of expanding not only in San Francisco, but also in every city across America. (It's not another job, and I'm loving it! If you'd be interested in how I am earning great income through my business, I would be happy to share with you how. Click on not another job)

Enough promotion about my business though. I have decided to put this San Francisco job search page together to help you find the job of your dreams.

My personal opinion is that you would do a lot better, and be taking on a lot less risk, to start a business in San Francisco part time, and have a part time job in San Francisco. This would give you stability and leverage, should one or the other (the job or the business) not work out. But that's just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth (from some guy on the Internet who you've never met, but who hopefully seems helpful and nice).

So I have provided links to many places for San Francisco job searching, and then also given you the ability to request more information about how I'm earning money through my own business, and how you might be able to use that as well.

First, here are some job searches and job searching statistics that I found very interesting.

Job searching is the second most popular activity online...
My thanks to UPenn for this information
(These job statistics are used with permission from https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)

Consider the following:

M onster, the largest online job board, has more than 20 million registered users; on a typical Monday afternoon from noon to 4 p.m., six million people are conducting job searches.
In a recent survey of employees by WetFeet.com, more than one-third of the employees polled said they are very happy in their current job; these same employees also said they are interested in finding out about other job opportunities and would be willing to move within six months.
In a survey of MBA students worldwide conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, students said what they wanted most out of their first job was "a good reference for their future career." In the same survey, only 20% of those polled said they expected to stay with their first employer more than five years.
General Electric last year announced that from now on, half of their new hires would be people the company had already employed as interns, co-ops or work study students.
In April 2001 employers said they expected to hire 19% more college graduates than the year before; by September 15, they expected to hire 20% fewer graduates.

Two quick job search and interviewing tips for San Francisco and anywhere else.

#1. In an interview for a job that you really want, you will inevitably be asked the question, "Why should we hire you for this job?"

Your answer should ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS be "because I am the best person for this job." Answering the question this way accomplishes a few things:

If you can honestly say that you feel you are the best person for the job, then you should say so.
Also, by answering this way, you demonstrate that you are confident in your ability to perform the job's tasks.
It also gives you an opportunity to re-state the reasons why you are the best person for the job, which you should restate right after you answer the question.

#2. Don't apply for a job that you're really not qualified for.

If you really like a company, and would be a good fit for a position not currently available with that company, then call the HR person, introduce yourself, and say that you really like the company, but that you don't want to waste their time because you know that you're not a good candidate for the positions they currently have open. Let them know then that you're sending a resume' over, and that you hope they will keep it on file for future positions in the job/position/department of (whatever area you're interested in). This way you begin to establish a relationship with the HR person, and get your foot in the door. Keep the initial conversation short.

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So here are my most prized resources for San Francisco job searching.

Jonathan's San Francisco Job Searching Sites

Monster Obviously, this job search is very well known. Blue Collar. White Collar. No Collar, it really doesn't matter, because Monster Works. One of my favorite things about it is that I can just post my resume there and people can find me very easily for whatever job they may have. You can look for a job by category search, location search, income search, etc. Go ahead and look for your San Francisco dream job on M onster

ResumeZapper It's a cool "search" service because you don't really search. With just a few clicks of your mouse your resume gets emailed (zapped as they say) into the email boxes of 1000s of America's search, recruitment and job placement companies. Job recruiters love resumes from qualified individuals who want to move their careers forward with a new job in San Francisco. ResumeZapper takes care of this, by letting you select the geographic area you want to send your resume to. Say, for example, you would like a job just in San Francisco, you can select to exclude all other cities. ResumeZapper calls themselves the fastest way to a better job, and it seems to be pretty true for a lot of people looking for jobs. My experience here was very good. ResumeZapper

Career Builder. This is more of your traditional job search site, but they have about a bajillion (How many is that exactly?) job postings to choose from, which is very cool when you are searching for jobs in San Francisco. It's great for people like me too... professional job searchers. It allows me to go in and find out what jobs are available, I can find out online what income I could make in San Francisco or other cities, and I can do it all in one place. Search Career Builder

FreelanceWorkExchange
The San Francisco Freelance Work Exchange isn't really a job, but might hold you over, or start you on the path to a new career. Try a freelance job search for San Francisco today. F reelanceworkexchange

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Not Another Job in San Francisco
This is the Not another Job Section of this page. In other words, this is the section of the page where I talk about having your own San Francisco business.

Are you tired of the San Francisco Job Search? Want to make more money, and do it on your own terms?

Having your own business, and not another job, is not only about money. It's about associating with positive people who want to escape the rat race. It's about having more time and money to travel, to be with family and friends, and to grow as an individual, and as a person of impact.

I have realized that I can have what I want from life, and the business I work with is so great because it's about making a positive contribution, and a significant contribution, which betters life for people who I've never even met.

So, that having been said, if you're still reading, then we're probably on the same page about goals, and I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Jonathan. I'm someone who, in the process of all of the above jobs, was always looking for alternatives to jobs. I've worked with a lot of businesses and a variety of companies, and have finally found one that pays me what I'm worth. I really love that!

Right now, as you're looking for job information in San Francisco, you are meeting me. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to meet you, because my goal is to expand my business into your area. Maybe you can help me accomplish this goal, while starting your business as well. I don't know, but it's worth a shot.

Here's the deal: I earn money from my business, and I know it will sound cheesy, but if I can earn money from an income source that is not another San Francisco job, then you can too.

I've started helping other people to realize how they can work to make more money from home, and if you enter your information below, I will share that information with you. Please know that I hate SPAM, and you will not receive anything from anyone but me.

So this is my top 5 San Francisco job resources I have come up with after doing about 200 hours of online job searching. I hope that in the above, you can find what you're looking for.

I would definitely recommend looking at other ways to earn income outside of jobs, due to the nature of the job market. Also, your ability to get what you want out of life in terms of income and personal satisfaction seems, to me, to be much better by starting a business with no employees, no liability, and no overhead (like the one I outline above).

If you're interested in that, do select not another job, and I will send you more information.

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Here's something I got in my mailbox that I thought might help with your job searching.

If you're currently in the job market, here's the little known secret to tapping into the most lucrative, yet hidden jobs available.

Even in this economy, there's still millions of great jobs out there. It's just that many of the best ones never make their way to the classifieds. Instead, they're taken by people who know about them before they're ever advertised.

Imagine having thousands of friends who always tell you about unadvertised jobs you'd be perfect for?

As they say, it's not what you know it's who you know. The secret is to make friends out of really good recruiters. And not just a few of them, but lots of them. The ones who care about getting you a job and have several jobs they're trying to fill. Then you need to get your resume to all of them fast! One way you can do this is with the above resume service.

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Below, you can find some great information (not job related) from sites which have good information about San Francisco. Hopefully you will get something from those as well.

Otherwise, I hope that the job search sites I've listed will provide you with the ability to get whatever job it is that you're going to love, and I wish you all the best success in the world!

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