Virginia Hunting
Looking for work is an energy devouring ordeal, often leading to running in circles and not getting anywhere. A systematic approach can help you focus on its goal, avoid wasting the energy you need to conserve for interviews and employer contacts, and reduce your stress level.
Some resources that may be useful include:
1. Newspaper classifieds. Pro: you know that there is an opening or a company does not spend money for advertising. Con: can be thousands of candidates for a position. Value depends on type of job you are seeking and the uniqueness of their knowledge and experience. Certainly worth a weekend check, but can not be solely relied upon unless you have your heart set on a telemarketing position.
2. The registration agencies. Pro: only win money when you get a job so they are motivated to get jobs. Con: you need to have a job, any job, so they can earn their fees and working to keep their real clients, employers happy with the screen so often that the really good jobs if they have any doubt about how well it fits.
3. Internet Resources. There are some good resources-Monster.com and CareerBuilder and search the employment section of most pages. Be careful waste time in groups. While some (very few) are well managed and inappropriate ads discarded, others (many) choked with pornographic messages.
4. Lines of work. These are useful for a weekly check first, but are available with large employers and jobs are more likely to be with small and medium enterprises. The same warning applies to job fairs.
5. Cold calling. If your skills are within a particular industry in which employers generally grouped industrial parks, medical centers, retail – walking into offices cold, with a smile, a curriculum vitae, and a confident air, can sometimes identify an open position long before they begin the search for applicants.
6. Personal contacts. Listed by Last but of paramount importance. By networking – contacting everyone you know and get help, and keep track of your contacts – you might able to gather several hundred job-search partners, which increases your chances enormously.
7. Prioritize your activities. Evaluate each method it looks more promising question for a short period, and determine where you personally feel comfortable. He spends most of his time searching work there to avoid squandering your energy on useless activities.
Virginia Bola operated a rehabilitation company for 20 years, developing innovative job search techniques for disabled workers, while serving as a respected Vocational Expert in Administrative, Civil and Workers’ Compensation Courts. Author of an interactive and emotionally supportive workbook, The Wolf at the Door: An Unemployment Survival Manual, and a monthly ezine, The Worker’s Edge, she can be reached at http://www.virginiabola.com
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