TheLadders Brings the Job Search to Grand Central

January 7th, 2013 by Patty

Amanda Augustine is the Job Search Expert for TheLadders, the online job-matching service for career-driven professionals. She is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) and Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) who provides job search and career guidance for professionals looking to make their next career move. Have a question for Amanda? Submit your question here for a chance to have it answered in her weekly column, and be sure to follow @JobSearchAmanda on Twitter and “Like” her on Facebook for up-to-the-minute job-search advice.

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  • Kevin

    Shame on you.

    That’s all I can say about #JobCentral today in Grand Central Station. What a chaotic mess you managed to create. I was one of the masses who was excited about this event.

    The Ladders had historically been a good online resource for career moves and I expected a professional event with value above and beyond the website. What I, (or dare I generalize), we all received was wasted time, expense and grief.

    I’ll try to keep this brief, you know, elevator pitch style: * we prepared, as per your guidance * we arrived on time * we dressed appropriately and * we had our resumes. Shame on you for not thinking this through, the logistics, timing, value and above all else, the acoustics.

    Shame on you for not having a plan. Shame on you for keeping your gaggle of green shirt staff behind the ropes milling about while hundreds of people queued up along 42nd Street, twice, then up Vanderbilt. Shame on you for not providing information. Shame on you for having 20 chairs for a speaking event in a loud public hallway. Execution was dismal.

    Did you think about all the people who would spend time and money to attend, early morning trains from unknown directions and unknown distances. Do you think about the psychological aspect of job hunting, being unemployed, the stress associated and the vision of hope when something like this comes along from a reputable source.

    Your event planning staff should be fired. Period.

    I like your website, I felt like this event would take things up a notch. I attended because I was considering upgrading my membership. This was your chance to pass very simple due diligence. You failed.

    The people I stood in line with were intelligent, friendly and seemed sincere on making this time work for them.

    What a Wizard of Oz moment.

    I feel foolish for making the attempt. Once I saw the NYPD arrive and once I “did the math” – how in the WORLD are all of these people ever going to make in into that tiny space? And once inside, how in the WORLD am I ever going to learn or gain anything? I walked away. I’m certain many others wish they had.

  • Dissapointed

    I was very dissapointed with how the event was handled; please work with an effective event planner next time you have one so that people who do make the effort to join (during a workday) have a positive experience. I had to walk away after waiting in the cold and seeing that I had no chance to get in today. You should send out an apology to all who registered for the event.