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Can I get some help from some experienced job finders?

I hold a BS Degree in computer science. It seems my only option is through contracting companies. I don't want to contract anymore. How do you find direct hire companies? Career boards are not cutting it, and these jobs usually are not posted. I live in Kansas City.

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1. No, your icon is a guy with his shirt half off. No help for you.
2. I'm also looking for a job. I've been looking for the last five months. I wish you the best of luck.
3. I used a combo of recruiters and a common sense approach. Most recruiters are offering jobs already out there - so be careful or you could be losing money that the company would pay to a recruiter for doing the legwork you could have already. I got my current job by contacting my comany directly, through a listing on their site. I thought of all the companies I knew in the area, went to their website, and looked at what they were advertising. You will definitely make more money doing it own your own. I used a fairly standard template and applied over a month's time for everything under the sun. I got several interviews and a job within a few weeks. I relate job hunting to fishing, the more times you throw your line in the water, the more likely you are to get a bite. For every 100 resumes sent, 5 response, 3 solid interviews, and usually a couple of offers. Good luck.
4. I was out of work from late October through this week. I posted my resume on CareerBuilder, and a recruiter called me for this job. Have you tried looking in other towns or cities?
5. After posting your resume on craigslist, careerbuilder and other sites..... Get your yellow pages and simply call up every single company you think may need your skills. Ask if they have an HR department, if not, introduce yourself to whoever you get on the phone, give them a very brief summary of your skills/field and ask if you could fax in your resume. They mostly say they don't have any openings, which is fine, ask if you can send your resume anyway because sometimes they'll have a sudden opening out of nowhere. Most jobs never get posted to the public. Don't be too pushy like a salesperson but be pleasantly persistent in wanting to fax it in. You will get rejected, some will be annoyed, others will be rude, but there will be those who will tell you to fax it in. This is how I found my first job after grad school. You can't be shy or afraid of rejection, you'll never see or speak to them if you get rejected, so don't get caught up with that. When it comes to your career you simply have to be aggressive and go for what you think you deserve with confidence. And you never know where the opportunities are. Good luck!