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
>
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