Need a new job!!!

So yea due to hiring too many ppl in the customer service department, me, being the least experience gets a kick on the ass and fired in the spot on Thursday night right at 6:00pm. All they told me was".... I'm sorry to say this but, your services will be terminated as of tonight. Our company is going through some changes and we decided to allocate some of our expenses. " YEAH RIGHT!!!! I started the job at 9/27 and it was 'terminated' on 10/28.

I guess I kinda saw it coming because I never had much to do since I got started and when they hired one more person...I knew one of us had to go. The management is really gay there, but the people working there are relatively cool. They told  me the turnover rate was very high and they've seen many come and go within weeks and months. Those who had work there are either very new(months) or very old (years).

On Friday, I contacted the job agency I've worked with and the person there didn't seem too enthusiastic to help me. Apparently, asking for $30,000  annually is just too much I guess.  I've gone outta state to let loose of this upsetting fact and thanks to a friend, it really helped. So Once again, my job search has just resumed!

New Job Scams - Using Your Last Name

I tried applying through Yahoo hotjobs last night and I received a new and smart job scam.

The email is from 'office@edmisongroup.com' and it read the following:

______(my first name) I read your resume and would like to interview you for a possible position with our company.

If you are still available please go to http://airpcs.com/ to schedule an interview and to receive additional information on our company.

I look forward to discussing this with you further.

Marsha ______ (same last name as me)
http://airpcs.com/

Due to the lack of details, I was a skeptical but I decided to check out it's website and in truth it did have a form for you to schedule and nothing else. So I decided to google it and found a forum of people talking about this scam: http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/8013100437. 

Apparently, the name of the contact is always Marsha but the last name is changed to fit the emailee's last name. So for my email, they used my last name. 

I think it was something different from the usual scams and is quite clever simply because the use of your last name seems to lure you into thinking this person is real. (Especially with a Chinese last name as mine.)

All you scammers out there... do you spend like hours thinking up this stuff?

Craigslist.org: Job Listing 101

After about 2-3 months of job hunting mainly on Craigslist.org (I know it's not the best site for jobs but I feel most comfortable with it and it was where I found my last job), I've learned a few tricks:

1. Any listing with salary that is above what is expected is a scam!!!! I can tell you for a fact that 20% to 40% of the job listings are not really job listings. For example:  They're offering $25 per hour for an Administrative Assistant position. It will be a dream come true.... if it were real..... 
2. Ignore the job listings one the first page and the last page of each day. The reason is because those listings are posted during the A.Ms or non typical office hours. Majority are scams as well. 
3. I tend to not click on job listings that are listed 3 times in three different categories. I'm unsure if they're scams, but I don't think companies are that desperate to pay for 3 listings 1 after another. I've never actually tested the theory. Perhaps they are job agencies. 
4. When employers receive emails from applicants, they usually receive it in list which show the most recent email first. In the midst of tons of applicants applying for the same job, you'll want to be one of the first that they look at. So try to send it in the early A.M hours, so you'll be one of the first. I do it usually around 2-3 am because I'm unable to get up at 6:00am while jobless.

My goal is to ensure I use the least amount of time looking through jobs.
However, these are just the things I've learned. But I'm unsure if it is 100% true, so please don't take my word for it.

Also, what do I mean by scams? Usually, they are false job listings to get information from everyday people. You might receive an email that has about 5 paragraphs of information regarding the details of the job. Many of them are very detail with numbers and company names. But do not get tricked. If an employer is interested in you, they would contact you for an interview first through your email or phone. These emails will ask you for your name, address, phone number and sometimes it'll ask you for follow a link to do a credit report of some sort.

This is a copy of an email I got after emailing one of the scams. 

This is an email I received after applying for "File Clerk" As you can see, they ask for a credit report. Why would a job need your credit report?

Interviews

Job search has been hard since I've graduated in 2008 and it is still just as hard. I've had about 12 interviews so far (includes about 4 agencies interviews) since the beginning of June 2010. Two had actually offered me the position but....I rejected them because I wanted better. Now, I'm unsure if it was the right choice or not.

1st job that accepted me:
Position: Office/Admin Assistant
Pay: $30,000 annually (14.4 hourly), 12 day vacation (includes sick and personal days)
Con: Very small and unorganized office.
I accepted it after a few days of thinking about it. But when the recruiter ( I got it through a job agency) called the company, the executive assistant keep saying that the boss is traveling and she isn't able to get in contact with him. After 1 week or 2 of this and seeing their Ad on Craigslist.org (offering less than they offered me), I decided that they no longer want me. VErY PrOFeSsIONaL COmPaNY!!!! -.-

2nd job accepted me right on the spot (they liked me very much):
Position: Receptionist
Pay: $14.00 hourly.
Cons: Have to be standing all day, hours 11-7pm, they only covered half for medical insurance, I have to wear their uniform.
When they couldn't increase the salary and will not give me time to think about it, I turned it down. I was also waiting for two jobs that pay better.

I'm still applying for jobs though. I'm not giving up.