Job Callbacks

Okay, so I found out why the fax exists, and it makes sense. Yesterday, when I was faxing, I wound up talking to three people, each of whom I told that it was only my second time faxing. Each one said passionately that the fax should be obsolete, other than when sending your signature.

Apparently, you can't send your signature by email... I don't know, isn't scanning and sending an image via email even the same basic procedure as faxing? Oh, I don't know...

Anyway, I actually did get two callbacks from my 40-application sendoff. Both were from temp agencies, though, and one of them I landed an interview with before leaving for Katimavik... When temp agencies call, it's not quite as good as a direct call from a company, not just because it means you have to operate through a middle-man, but mainly because they'll often call in response for a position they don't think you're qualified for, but they want you on their list, anyway. That happened to me twice before leaving.

I hear it's good not to be on too many lists, because an employer might reject you if you're associated with the same agencies he is, and you both have them connected with the same opportunity, because that would mean he would have to pay two agency fees.

On the other end of things, it is good to be associated with multiple agencies because each agencies pulls in different opportunities, and it's good to widen your net.

I'm associated with two temp agencies right now, but I should update my files.

One of the agencies that called back called back from a different city. They've got opportunities in Guelph but they want to meet over there. Well, we'll see if I can arrange that or not.