2009
“SMS the Job” a New Way to Find Work
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Everyone on the planet has a mobile phone with SMS capability … right? Well, maybe that’s exaggerating a tad, but you know what I mean, mobiles are out there and almost everyone is using them.
When I lived in the United Arab Emirates a couple of years ago, mobile phones were the most commonly used form of communication. Not everyone had email, or a landline, but almost everyone, even the lowest paid people had mobiles. Why? Because they relied on them for daily business and personal organisation. The snail mail system wasn’t that good and mobiles were everywhere. Every year when my car registration was about to expire, I’d get an SMS message, in Arabic, telling me my registration had to be renewed. So, I always had to get one of my Arabic students to read the damn thing for me, but at least I got it.
Now, closer to home there is an excellent innovation called … yes, you guessed it, SMS the Job.
According to Rob Wise of SMS the Job, “SMStheJOB is a new way to receive and apply to job ads. Register as a Job Seeker, tell us your new job preferences and we will send you, by SMS, job ads that match your requirements. If you would like to apply for a job that has been SMS’d just reply to the SMS and this will cause an application for the job, including your resume, to be sent to the Advertiser.”
This is an excellent addition to your job search armoury. The only concerns I have are that:
- When you give someone permission to SMS you, you could get spammed with a lot of unrelated material
- If your keywords aren’t specific enough, you could receive a lot of SMS messages for jobs that aren’t suitable for you
According to the SMS the Job site, this service is free. Additionally, you can end your agreement with them by notifying them.
This looks like a sound opportunity and I recommend you give it a test run. As you should, with any agreement/contract you sign, always read every line to make sure you don’t sign up for something you later regret. Let us know what you think of this service after you’ve given it a trial.
Robin
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