Publié le: Tue, Mar 1st, 2011

Job Seekers Face New Hurdles — and That’s Before the Interview

Job Seekers Face New Hurdles — and That’s Before the Interview

Article by onthesource

Hannah Reed, 22, applied for a part-time administrative position with The New Teacher Project in Oakland, Calif., over the summer. Within a day, she heard back. They thought she was qualified, so they were putting her to work.

“They gave me a project and 48 hours to complete it,” she said. “If I completed it successfully, they’d bring me in for an interview.”

Reed answered mock e-mails from potential clients, which required research into the organization. Then she had to create a plan for an educational event. She outlined a five-week strategy for pulling it off; it took her half a day.

“I talked it over with my roommate,” said Reed, now living in San Diego after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley. “How much time do I spend on this, rather than writing new cover letters for other jobs?”

Before long, she had her answer: The effort she’d devoted to the assignments had

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