Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest When I started my job search in January I thought that there were a ton of resources at my disposal. And there were. The most obvious was the state department of workforce services (every state has them). Someone mentioned the career center from the university where I graduated (duh I hadnt thought of them at all I didnt think of them when I was in school, why would I think of them now?). And, I live in Utah, where the LDS church obviously has a huge presence. I didnt realize that they also had a huge professional employment program offering FREE workshops and resources to help job seekers get a job (it dont matter what faith you are, you may find a local office at LDSJobs.com (click on Locations at the top right). And of course, recruiters would be a great resource for me in my job search. When I started tapping into these resources I found that most of them had their own inherent problems. Id like to share a perfect example of one of these problems, and point out that a job seeker needs to go into this with their eyes wide open! I recently sent a request to the state of well, lets keep this confidential. It rhymes with Malimornia, and is apparently the WORST state to do business in (and they wonder why everyone there wants to incorporate in Nevada duh!!). Anyway, I sent a message to them asking if they would link to JibberJobber, and let their workforce services counselors know about this great FREE resource. Here is part of their reply: As a governmental agency, the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public and must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services. Members of the public have come to understand this role and may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage. It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products. This really made me mad! Not because they wouldnt link to JibberJobber (I usually expect that government places dont, for the above lame reasoning) but as a job seeker it is a huge disservice to me! Let me pick this apart: the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public yes, this is exactly what I would think my tax dollars are supporting, and in my time of need this is what I expect from my fine elected representatives must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services sure, you want to avoid endorsements, so we can feel good that you arent getting a kickback or something but doesnt this possibly conflict with providing accurate and objective information ? as I read on Members of the public have come to understand this role the role I understand you playing is helping me in any way get off of unemployment, which costs each state hundreds of millions of dollars each year! Dont you want me off asap?? Members of the public may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage read, some businessman didnt get one of these endorsements and lobbied for this incredible lame position. Why cant I expect the government to aggregate great resources for me, and pass those along? Oh wait, I know what is better why doesnt this fine state (I actually love it there, I lived there for 6 years and would move back in a heartbeat if starter homes didnt cost $400,000) spend tons of money to design, develop and maintain their own JibberJobber it could be great (well, it would be proprietary, not user-friendly and a money-sucking hole, but who cares about that at least they are protecting their constituents from the public!). It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products quoting from one of the funniest blog posts I read in the last few weeks, what I hear is blah blah blah were stupid blah blah blah. Did they just say they do marketing?? Sounds like someone is out to protect their own jobs and offerings with a huge unfair advantage. They have essentially unlimited funds and unlimited scope, and are supposed to help people. But they can only help people within their own boundaries and wont let anyone know about what is really out there. I can guarantee you when you walk into one of these offices theyll have you put your resume on their internal job board system and recommend that you put it on Monster. Isnt that against this policy above? So there you have it. They want to help you but wont help you. As a job seeker no one cares more about your job search than you do (well, maybe your wife, kids or mother-in-law). Dont go into any one resource and think that you have found the silver bullet. Recognize each resource for what is has to offer and find others to fill in the gaps. they all have their strengths and they all have their weaknesses. Conflict of Interest When I started my job search in January I thought that there were a ton of resources at my disposal. And there were. The most obvious was the state department of workforce services (every state has them). Someone mentioned the career center from the university where I graduated (duh I hadnt thought of them at all I didnt think of them when I was in school, why would I think of them now?). And, I live in Utah, where the LDS church obviously has a huge presence. I didnt realize that they also had a huge professional employment program offering FREE workshops and resources to help job seekers get a job (it dont matter what faith you are, you may find a local office at LDSJobs.com (click on Locations at the top right). And of course, recruiters would be a great resource for me in my job search. When I started tapping into these resources I found that most of them had their own inherent problems. Id like to share a perfect example of one of these problems, and point out that a job seeker needs to go into this with their eyes wide open! I recently sent a request to the state of well, lets keep this confidential. It rhymes with Malimornia, and is apparently the WORST state to do business in (and they wonder why everyone there wants to incorporate in Nevada duh!!). Anyway, I sent a message to them asking if they would link to JibberJobber, and let their workforce services counselors know about this great FREE resource. Here is part of their reply: As a governmental agency, the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public and must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services. Members of the public have come to understand this role and may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage. It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products. This really made me mad! Not because they wouldnt link to JibberJobber (I usually expect that government places dont, for the above lame reasoning) but as a job seeker it is a huge disservice to me! Let me pick this apart: the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public yes, this is exactly what I would think my tax dollars are supporting, and in my time of need this is what I expect from my fine elected representatives must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services sure, you want to avoid endorsements, so we can feel good that you arent getting a kickback or something but doesnt this possibly conflict with providing accurate and objective information ? as I read on Members of the public have come to understand this role the role I understand you playing is helping me in any way get off of unemployment, which costs each state hundreds of millions of dollars each year! Dont you want me off asap?? Members of the public may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage read, some businessman didnt get one of these endorsements and lobbied for this incredible lame position. Why cant I expect the government to aggregate great resources for me, and pass those along? Oh wait, I know what is better why doesnt this fine state (I actually love it there, I lived there for 6 years and would move back in a heartbeat if starter homes didnt cost $400,000) spend tons of money to design, develop and maintain their own JibberJobber it could be great (well, it would be proprietary, not user-friendly and a money-sucking hole, but who cares about that at least they are protecting their constituents from the public!). It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products quoting from one of the funniest blog posts I read in the last few weeks, what I hear is blah blah blah were stupid blah blah blah. Did they just say they do marketing?? Sounds like someone is out to protect their own jobs and offerings with a huge unfair advantage. They have essentially unlimited funds and unlimited scope, and are supposed to help people. But they can only help people within their own boundaries and wont let anyone know about what is really out there. I can guarantee you when you walk into one of these offices theyll have you put your resume on their internal job board system and recommend that you put it on Monster. Isnt that against this policy above? So there you have it. They want to help you but wont help you. As a job seeker no one cares more about your job search than you do (well, maybe your wife, kids or mother-in-law). Dont go into any one resource and think that you have found the silver bullet. Recognize each resource for what is has to offer and find others to fill in the gaps. they all have their strengths and they all have their weaknesses. Conflict of Interest When I started my job search in January I thought that there were a ton of resources at my disposal. And there were. The most obvious was the state department of workforce services (every state has them). Someone mentioned the career center from the university where I graduated (duh I hadnt thought of them at all I didnt think of them when I was in school, why would I think of them now?). And, I live in Utah, where the LDS church obviously has a huge presence. I didnt realize that they also had a huge professional employment program offering FREE workshops and resources to help job seekers get a job (it dont matter what faith you are, you may find a local office at LDSJobs.com (click on Locations at the top right). And of course, recruiters would be a great resource for me in my job search. When I started tapping into these resources I found that most of them had their own inherent problems. Id like to share a perfect example of one of these problems, and point out that a job seeker needs to go into this with their eyes wide open! I recently sent a request to the state of well, lets keep this confidential. It rhymes with Malimornia, and is apparently the WORST state to do business in (and they wonder why everyone there wants to incorporate in Nevada duh!!). Anyway, I sent a message to them asking if they would link to JibberJobber, and let their workforce services counselors know about this great FREE resource. Here is part of their reply: As a governmental agency, the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public and must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services. Members of the public have come to understand this role and may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage. It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products. This really made me mad! Not because they wouldnt link to JibberJobber (I usually expect that government places dont, for the above lame reasoning) but as a job seeker it is a huge disservice to me! Let me pick this apart: the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public yes, this is exactly what I would think my tax dollars are supporting, and in my time of need this is what I expect from my fine elected representatives must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services sure, you want to avoid endorsements, so we can feel good that you arent getting a kickback or something but doesnt this possibly conflict with providing accurate and objective information ? as I read on Members of the public have come to understand this role the role I understand you playing is helping me in any way get off of unemployment, which costs each state hundreds of millions of dollars each year! Dont you want me off asap?? Members of the public may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage read, some businessman didnt get one of these endorsements and lobbied for this incredible lame position. Why cant I expect the government to aggregate great resources for me, and pass those along? Oh wait, I know what is better why doesnt this fine state (I actually love it there, I lived there for 6 years and would move back in a heartbeat if starter homes didnt cost $400,000) spend tons of money to design, develop and maintain their own JibberJobber it could be great (well, it would be proprietary, not user-friendly and a money-sucking hole, but who cares about that at least they are protecting their constituents from the public!). It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products quoting from one of the funniest blog posts I read in the last few weeks, what I hear is blah blah blah were stupid blah blah blah. Did they just say they do marketing?? Sounds like someone is out to protect their own jobs and offerings with a huge unfair advantage. They have essentially unlimited funds and unlimited scope, and are supposed to help people. But they can only help people within their own boundaries and wont let anyone know about what is really out there. I can guarantee you when you walk into one of these offices theyll have you put your resume on their internal job board system and recommend that you put it on Monster. Isnt that against this policy above? So there you have it. They want to help you but wont help you. As a job seeker no one cares more about your job search than you do (well, maybe your wife, kids or mother-in-law). Dont go into any one resource and think that you have found the silver bullet. Recognize each resource for what is has to offer and find others to fill in the gaps. they all have their strengths and they all have their weaknesses. Conflict of Interest When I started my job search in January I thought that there were a ton of resources at my disposal. And there were. The most obvious was the state department of workforce services (every state has them). Someone mentioned the career center from the university where I graduated (duh I hadnt thought of them at all I didnt think of them when I was in school, why would I think of them now?). And, I live in Utah, where the LDS church obviously has a huge presence. I didnt realize that they also had a huge professional employment program offering FREE workshops and resources to help job seekers get a job (it dont matter what faith you are, you may find a local office at LDSJobs.com (click on Locations at the top right). And of course, recruiters would be a great resource for me in my job search. When I started tapping into these resources I found that most of them had their own inherent problems. Id like to share a perfect example of one of these problems, and point out that a job seeker needs to go into this with their eyes wide open! I recently sent a request to the state of well, lets keep this confidential. It rhymes with Malimornia, and is apparently the WORST state to do business in (and they wonder why everyone there wants to incorporate in Nevada duh!!). Anyway, I sent a message to them asking if they would link to JibberJobber, and let their workforce services counselors know about this great FREE resource. Here is part of their reply: As a governmental agency, the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public and must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services. Members of the public have come to understand this role and may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage. It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products. This really made me mad! Not because they wouldnt link to JibberJobber (I usually expect that government places dont, for the above lame reasoning) but as a job seeker it is a huge disservice to me! Let me pick this apart: the Department has a responsibility to provide accurate and objective information to the public yes, this is exactly what I would think my tax dollars are supporting, and in my time of need this is what I expect from my fine elected representatives must avoid the perception of endorsing commercial products or services sure, you want to avoid endorsements, so we can feel good that you arent getting a kickback or something but doesnt this possibly conflict with providing accurate and objective information ? as I read on Members of the public have come to understand this role the role I understand you playing is helping me in any way get off of unemployment, which costs each state hundreds of millions of dollars each year! Dont you want me off asap?? Members of the public may consider the presence of commercial advertisements as being an endorsement of one company over another, thus, creating an unfair advantage read, some businessman didnt get one of these endorsements and lobbied for this incredible lame position. Why cant I expect the government to aggregate great resources for me, and pass those along? Oh wait, I know what is better why doesnt this fine state (I actually love it there, I lived there for 6 years and would move back in a heartbeat if starter homes didnt cost $400,000) spend tons of money to design, develop and maintain their own JibberJobber it could be great (well, it would be proprietary, not user-friendly and a money-sucking hole, but who cares about that at least they are protecting their constituents from the public!). It is for the above reasons that it is the policy of the Department to not include commercial advertisement within our marketing or informational products quoting from one of the funniest blog posts I read in the last few weeks, what I hear is blah blah blah were stupid blah blah blah. Did they just say they do marketing?? Sounds like someone is out to protect their own jobs and offerings with a huge unfair advantage. They have essentially unlimited funds and unlimited scope, and are supposed to help people. But they can only help people within their own boundaries and wont let anyone know about what is really out there. I can guarantee you when you walk into one of these offices theyll have you put your resume on their internal job board system and recommend that you put it on Monster. Isnt that against this policy above? So there you have it. They want to help you but wont help you. As a job seeker no one cares more about your job search than you do (well, maybe your wife, kids or mother-in-law). Dont go into any one resource and think that you have found the silver bullet. Recognize each resource for what is has to offer and find others to fill in the gaps. they all have their strengths and they all have their weaknesses.