quick tip regarding Craigslist - TechHui2024-03-28T23:26:27Zhttp://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/quick-tip-regarding-craigslist?commentId=1702911%3AComment%3A55566&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLOL! That sounds like a SNL s…tag:www.techhui.com,2010-01-24:1702911:Comment:555662010-01-24T20:09:10.643ZMika Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/MikaLeuck
LOL! That sounds like a SNL skit.<br />
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<blockquote cite="http://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/quick-tip-regarding-craigslist?xg_source=activity#1702911Comment55562">dawn webb said: Some actually do. I remember an article in the honolulu advertiser about a family moving into a kailua townhome after getting a locksmith to replace the locks. Boy was the owner surprised.</blockquote>
LOL! That sounds like a SNL skit.<br />
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<blockquote cite="http://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/quick-tip-regarding-craigslist?xg_source=activity#1702911Comment55562">dawn webb said: Some actually do. I remember an article in the honolulu advertiser about a family moving into a kailua townhome after getting a locksmith to replace the locks. Boy was the owner surprised.</blockquote> Some actually do. I remember…tag:www.techhui.com,2010-01-24:1702911:Comment:555622010-01-24T19:58:37.584ZDawn Wachi Webbhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dawnwebb
Some actually do. I remember an article in the honolulu advertiser about a family moving into a kailua townhome after getting a locksmith to replace the locks. Boy was the owner surprised.<br />
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<cite>Gus Higuera said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/quick-tip-regarding-craigslist#1702911Comment50517"><div>Yeah, always gotta be vigilant when dealing with Craiglist. When I was looking for an Apt in Hi I found a great place in Waikiki and contacted the person. I got an…</div>
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Some actually do. I remember an article in the honolulu advertiser about a family moving into a kailua townhome after getting a locksmith to replace the locks. Boy was the owner surprised.<br />
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<cite>Gus Higuera said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/quick-tip-regarding-craigslist#1702911Comment50517"><div>Yeah, always gotta be vigilant when dealing with Craiglist. When I was looking for an Apt in Hi I found a great place in Waikiki and contacted the person. I got an email back saying that the owner live in Nigeria and if I sent them the deposit they would Fex-Ex me the keys to the place. Hahaha..do people actually fall for those scams. So yeah, beware of what you post and what is posted.</div>
</blockquote> Been using CL for over 10 yea…tag:www.techhui.com,2009-11-10:1702911:Comment:530662009-11-10T09:03:53.874ZKeith Powershttp://www.techhui.com/profile/KeithPowers
Been using CL for over 10 years and have hired many great people from it. Also rented all of my property through it.<br />
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Great advice above. Just to add..,<br />
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* post early and often- use 10 different emails and anonomize them with CL and just change content of posting enough do it passes filters.<br />
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* get a google voice account.. Don't leave it in postings -/- just use it when responding ... Been using google voice # as my main number since grand central launched<br />
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* when posting a job adv... Make…
Been using CL for over 10 years and have hired many great people from it. Also rented all of my property through it.<br />
<br />
Great advice above. Just to add..,<br />
<br />
* post early and often- use 10 different emails and anonomize them with CL and just change content of posting enough do it passes filters.<br />
<br />
* get a google voice account.. Don't leave it in postings -/- just use it when responding ... Been using google voice # as my main number since grand central launched<br />
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* when posting a job adv... Make first pass candidates answer a very detailed 25-50 question survey questions relevant to specific role.. Before ANY phone interviews... Amazingly easy and efficient way to get to best picks ( video responses even better )<br />
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Keith<br/><br/><cite>Ryan Hohnbaum said:</cite><blockquote><div>Some of my best position were jobs where the company found my resume on Craigslist. In particular, CL SF. In the largest cities of Craigslist adoption (like SF and NY), posting anything will get shuffled to the second or third page by the end of the day. A perfect example is trying to sell a laptop in New York; you basically only get an hour or so before your ad is buried.
Despite your resume getting buried, companies do look and search for keywords simply because it's free. When I've hired for positions, I know that CL is the first place I go. Here are a few tips that have worked for me:<br />
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1. Repost your resume daily. do it at a time of day that you think the potential employer would be looking (9:00 might put you at the top of the list on a search ran at 10:00 AM)<br />
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2. Post in HTML format. If you are HTML savvy, you can create a web version of your resume which will stand out in the crowd of dull black and white CL resumes. Especially if you are going for something in the online arena, its nice to have a resume that's formatted similar to your .doc or .pdf version.<br />
<br />
3. Change the background color! This is a bit of a hack and ties into #2 but is very useful. You can put your HTML in a table and set the background color and borders so your post looks like a document (I've set my background to a manila color to resemble resume paper.) Here's some code you can play with:<br />
<br />
"<table border="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<tr><td>[add your HTML resume here]</td>
</tr>
</table>
"<br />
4. "Anonymize" that e-mail address. Use CL's alias e-mail so all those Nigerian Scams don't scrape your e-mail and spam you for the next 3 months. What better place to build an e-mail list than pulling @xxx.com addresses from CL's resume section? These guys just build scripts to spam you. The latest technique is they send a one line message to your anonymous e-mail and try to get you to reply like "Are you in debt?" Be smart and just hit delete on these messages.<br />
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5. Add your LinkedIn profile badge. LinkedIn gives you several options to create a small and non-intrusive button that you can put in the bottom of your resume. It looks slick and gives the potential employer a quick link to your profile which hopefully only says great things about you :)<br />
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With any luck you've made yourself more visible on CL and less vulnerable to the spammers. I've attached a snapshot of what my resume looks like on CL (Honolulu) as an example.</div>
</blockquote> LOL...This sounds like the ev…tag:www.techhui.com,2009-11-06:1702911:Comment:528922009-11-06T21:15:16.443ZKevin Luttrellhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/KevinLuttrell
LOL...This sounds like the evil twin to my recent post about craigslist Hawaii in the Tech Hui web design forum section
LOL...This sounds like the evil twin to my recent post about craigslist Hawaii in the Tech Hui web design forum section Yeah, always gotta be vigilan…tag:www.techhui.com,2009-10-01:1702911:Comment:505172009-10-01T22:58:32.252ZGus Higuerahttp://www.techhui.com/profile/GusHiguera
Yeah, always gotta be vigilant when dealing with Craiglist. When I was looking for an Apt in Hi I found a great place in Waikiki and contacted the person. I got an email back saying that the owner live in Nigeria and if I sent them the deposit they would Fex-Ex me the keys to the place. Hahaha..do people actually fall for those scams. So yeah, beware of what you post and what is posted.
Yeah, always gotta be vigilant when dealing with Craiglist. When I was looking for an Apt in Hi I found a great place in Waikiki and contacted the person. I got an email back saying that the owner live in Nigeria and if I sent them the deposit they would Fex-Ex me the keys to the place. Hahaha..do people actually fall for those scams. So yeah, beware of what you post and what is posted. excellent posttag:www.techhui.com,2009-10-01:1702911:Comment:505042009-10-01T21:11:16.590ZRoger Dunnhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/RogerDunn
excellent post
excellent post Nice info, Ryan. I was going…tag:www.techhui.com,2009-03-30:1702911:Comment:371472009-03-30T17:05:07.597ZNate Sandershttp://www.techhui.com/profile/NateSanders
Nice info, Ryan. I was going to post here anyway, as I got a good lead recently from none other than CL :)<br />
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I definitely should have used the CL email address anonymizer in the body of my post.<br />
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Thanks for the tips.
Nice info, Ryan. I was going to post here anyway, as I got a good lead recently from none other than CL :)<br />
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I definitely should have used the CL email address anonymizer in the body of my post.<br />
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Thanks for the tips. I just re-posted the article…tag:www.techhui.com,2009-03-30:1702911:Comment:371402009-03-30T12:04:28.239ZRyan Hohnbaumhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/RyanHohnbaum
I just re-posted the article w/ the code snippet here: <a href="http://alohanewmedia.com/hawaii-online-marketing/5-tips-making-craigslist-resume-stand-out">http://alohanewmedia.com/hawaii-online-marketing/5-tips-making-craigslist-resume-stand-out</a><br />
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<cite>Ryan Hohnbaum said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/quick-tip-regarding-craigslist#1702911Comment37138"><div>Looks like my code snippet didn't come out in the post for #3. IM me or tweet me @AlohaNewMedia and I'll…</div>
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I just re-posted the article w/ the code snippet here: <a href="http://alohanewmedia.com/hawaii-online-marketing/5-tips-making-craigslist-resume-stand-out">http://alohanewmedia.com/hawaii-online-marketing/5-tips-making-craigslist-resume-stand-out</a><br />
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<cite>Ryan Hohnbaum said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/quick-tip-regarding-craigslist#1702911Comment37138"><div>Looks like my code snippet didn't come out in the post for #3. IM me or tweet me @AlohaNewMedia and I'll send you the HTML table I use to hack the background color.</div>
</blockquote> Looks like my code snippet di…tag:www.techhui.com,2009-03-30:1702911:Comment:371382009-03-30T11:31:00.013ZRyan Hohnbaumhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/RyanHohnbaum
Looks like my code snippet didn't come out in the post for #3. IM me or tweet me @AlohaNewMedia and I'll send you the HTML table I use to hack the background color.
Looks like my code snippet didn't come out in the post for #3. IM me or tweet me @AlohaNewMedia and I'll send you the HTML table I use to hack the background color. Some of my best position were…tag:www.techhui.com,2009-03-30:1702911:Comment:371342009-03-30T11:28:08.378ZRyan Hohnbaumhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/RyanHohnbaum
Some of my best position were jobs where the company found my resume on Craigslist. In particular, CL SF. In the largest cities of Craigslist adoption (like SF and NY), posting anything will get shuffled to the second or third page by the end of the day. A perfect example is trying to sell a laptop in New York; you basically only get an hour or so before your ad is buried.<br />
<br />
Despite your resume getting buried, companies do look and search for keywords simply because it's free. When I've hired…
Some of my best position were jobs where the company found my resume on Craigslist. In particular, CL SF. In the largest cities of Craigslist adoption (like SF and NY), posting anything will get shuffled to the second or third page by the end of the day. A perfect example is trying to sell a laptop in New York; you basically only get an hour or so before your ad is buried.<br />
<br />
Despite your resume getting buried, companies do look and search for keywords simply because it's free. When I've hired for positions, I know that CL is the first place I go. Here are a few tips that have worked for me:<br />
<br />
1. Repost your resume daily. do it at a time of day that you think the potential employer would be looking (9:00 might put you at the top of the list on a search ran at 10:00 AM)<br />
<br />
2. Post in HTML format. If you are HTML savvy, you can create a web version of your resume which will stand out in the crowd of dull black and white CL resumes. Especially if you are going for something in the online arena, its nice to have a resume that's formatted similar to your .doc or .pdf version.<br />
<br />
3. Change the background color! This is a bit of a hack and ties into #2 but is very useful. You can put your HTML in a table and set the background color and borders so your post looks like a document (I've set my background to a manila color to resemble resume paper.) Here's some code you can play with:<br />
<br />
"<table border="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<tr><td>[add your HTML resume here]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
"<br />
4. "Anonymize" that e-mail address. Use CL's alias e-mail so all those Nigerian Scams don't scrape your e-mail and spam you for the next 3 months. What better place to build an e-mail list than pulling @xxx.com addresses from CL's resume section? These guys just build scripts to spam you. The latest technique is they send a one line message to your anonymous e-mail and try to get you to reply like "Are you in debt?" Be smart and just hit delete on these messages.<br />
<br />
5. Add your LinkedIn profile badge. LinkedIn gives you several options to create a small and non-intrusive button that you can put in the bottom of your resume. It looks slick and gives the potential employer a quick link to your profile which hopefully only says great things about you :)<br />
<br />
With any luck you've made yourself more visible on CL and less vulnerable to the spammers. I've attached a snapshot of what my resume looks like on CL (Honolulu) as an example.