Strategies for Getting a Job | brokeGIRLrich
If you are unemployed, finances maybe or will quickly become a worry. Finding a new job can be difficult if you or under stress and competing against numerous people for limited jobs. See how you can increase your chances of landing a job through a number of effective job search strategies that should be employed in tandem as you search for a job. Too often the unemployed stick to one strategy for getting a job, which limits the overall effort. If you are out of work, think of job seeking as a full-time job until you actually reach your goal. Once you do get a job, if it’s not the one you were hoping for you can employ the same techniques, part-time until you land your dream job.
Be sure to take advantage of government benefits and advances or loans for unemployed people who are looking for work. This can help remove some of the financial stresses whilst looking for work.
Traditional Searching
Although many pundits eschew the traditional form of searching for jobs through job classifieds, it is still the single best way to find out what is available in your area. Make sure that you develop portfolios across multiple online job search engines and online classifieds in your area.
However, instead of just looking at jobs in your immediate area of experience, open up your job search and look at jobs slightly outside your area of expertise. This search could include geographic locations, keyword search terms that are industry specific and salary specific expectations. By expanding your field of search, you can really open up opportunities until you find exactly what you want.
Tailor your resume and cover letter to specific companies shows them that you understand their needs and will stand out from the crowd of job seekers that employ a standard template for job seeking. Speak to how your individual experience will be the perfect match for their posted position.
Modern Techniques
With the advent of social media, you can get in touch with prospective employers simply by leveraging these platforms to your advantage. More and more candidates are taking advantage of these sites to their benefit.
Instead of simply posting “Looking for a job” in your newsfeed, actually start looking for hashtags and keyword searches for jobs in your field or geographic location. Follow up these cursory searches with personal messages and site comments that offer your personal expertise on different topics.
You could also run an ad campaign on these platforms, like Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter that pose the question “how to get hired at X company”. You can target your ad directly to employees of the company and start connecting with those people that respond to you ad.
There are many opportunities for networking both in person and on social networking platforms, just remember in order to be professional you must be able to offer up something during the networking, not simply asking for a job. Offer value in order to receive a referral for a job.
Great points Mel. In search myself, I’m leveraging my network a much as possible and trying to expand my network. Having a personal recommendation or a hand delivered resume will go much further than just applying online like 100’s of other people.
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Personal recommendations are like gold, but I’m always also a little wary of hand delivering anything. We’ve turned into such a texting society, where you can respond when it’s convenient to you, that little disruptions to our day that we can’t control often come across as annoyances even when they’re just effective means of communication.
I’m all about expanding your field of search. I never failed to be surprised at the kinds of companies seeking out my expertise. Skill sets are far more far reaching than we give them credit for.
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It’s so true. I think it’s a good idea to just make a list of the skills you have rather than the exact job you’re looking for and then broaden your search to see where those skills can apply.
Great advice. Working your network is the most important thing ever. A friend of mine was just made redundant, she found a replacement job within 2 weeks through her network. She’d hardly even begun looking!
Sometimes a job loss can be a
good thing though
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Getting a job can be hard. Right now hubs is waiting to hear back on his residency applications and it’s nerve-wracking!
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I bet! Good luck!
I have found jobs in the past via industry sites as well as LinkedIn, but my most success has always been through networking. I literally had two jobs pretty much put in my lap by people that I knew. Those relationships took years to develop and cultivate but it just highlights exactly why networking no matter where you are in your career makes sense.
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Absolutely, the longer I stage manage, the easier it is to get my foot in so many more doors because of knowing someone who works there or someone who knows someone.
Initially, I was sceptical about the ideas of using social media to get a job until a friend proved me wrong. As it I clearly modern, it needs getting used to and before you know it you are in your dream job.
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Networking has been essential for my past few jobs. I spent years volunteering my time for professional organizations, socializing with different groups, and trying to get to know as many people as possible. It’s been about helping others constantly, without expecting anything in return.
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I think that last line is the magic key to successful networking!
Pieces like these make me very glad I don’t have to search for a job right now. But if I were, the hashtags and ads are definitely novel ideas I’d want to try.
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Having a personal connection is an advantage in the job search because employers get overwhelmed with resumes from online postings. I always reach out to my network when I am hiring.
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Definitely. I always check linked in before going on an interview so it will tell me if I have any common connections with the interviewer.