What sources have you used to to get work in your area?

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I've gotten some work from putting ads in our free papers handed out at shopping centers. I usually received one job from each ad. The last time I put in an ad, I didn't receive any work. I didn't put an ad in our regular newspaper because that's around $95 dollars per day versus $25 for three weeks. I've gotten work from word-of-mouth. A friend told a friend and then I found work that way. I called a couple of ads in our regular newspaper that I received work from. Most of the time, the jobs are already spoken for and they just have to put them in because the law says they have to in order to get public money (county/state/federal). But out of all the jobs I applied for, I did receive two positions that way. I have tried looking for work on the internet. Most search engines don't have any positions within 300 miles of here. A really good job search site might have something just outside of 100 miles. Some Craig's list stuff looks interesting, but I either can't get the email to work or someone already has the position. I've taken tests and out of 20 tests, I only received 2 positions for work over the last umpteen years of taking civil service tests. That's two positions I wouldn't have had if I hadn't kept trying. VESID, the Vocational Educational, etc heled me get a couple of positions. So how have you gotten work?