Job Search Success Tip - Narrow the Scope of Your Exploration

You're working in a job that doesn't offer you the kind of personal and professional growth you've been searching for. You're left unfufilled, and even worse, you're beginning to dread going back to the office each day. You've been working with several headhunters, without success. You've been spending several hours a day reviewing job leads, submitting your resume, and trying to follow up on a timely basis. It seems like you're doing everything right - so what's going wrong?
Many job candidates who find themselves in an unfavorable situation like the one described, often begin to widen their search. They feel like perhaps if they are open to a variety of positions, they will be more likely to land something.....anything, that will get them out of their current situation. The truth of the matter is in order to gain faster results in your job search, you must narrow the scope of your target position.
What is a target job? Prior to looking at any prospective employment opportunities, it is important to set up the parameters of the search. To complete this task, the candidate must create a list of between twenty and thirty prospective employers that have an excellent reputation in their industry, and whom they would personally want to work for. After completing the list, the next step is to obtain the contact information for each of the hiring authorities responsible for staffing your area of expertise.
Why not just submit a resume through a website? In order to stand out from your competition in the market, it is imperative that you take additional steps to set yourself apart from "the pack." It is far easier to visit the HR website and perform a copy and paste of your resume. The problem with this is that every uninformed job seeker is doing exactly this. Your resume has between five and ten seconds of screening time with any recruiter or hiring authority. Considering the brief time frame you have to "wow" the employer, it's obvious the successful job seeker has to take steps above and beyond, to maximize their candidacy.
The secret is in the follow-up. By setting yourself up for a successful job search, you're placing yourself ahead of other employment seekers. Since you took the time to research the companies you are targeting, and obtained the hiring manager's name and contact information, you can easily follow up until you get either an invitation to interview, or a rejection letter. Never assume that because you have not received a call from the company, they are not interested in interviewing you. Your resume could have been on a secretary's desk, and she misplaced it. Perhaps Human Resources' computer system crashed, and they lost all of the submission data on the date you sent your resume. Something could have happened that prevented the call, and your resume got lost in the shuffle. For this reason, it's important to remain diligent in your follow-up efforts, and they will pay off in the long run.
Manage your job search like you will perform on the job for the employer. When you're serious about obtaining your next position with one of your target organizations, you will naturally articulate this through your words, preparation, and actions. Likewise, when you take a half-hearted approach toward a career search, you will not obtain the intended results, and consequently, end up spinning your wheels. Make every effort to effectively manage the employment exploration process through strategic planning and action steps, and you will ultimately land your next job in the most expedient manner

Interviews - Staying Positive After a Disappointment

So you have taken on board all the advice and acted on it. You created a great CV and wrote a powerful cover letter that did the trick and got you an interview. You researched the company as the books and websites advised you to, turned up looking smart and confident. You overcame your interview nerves, answered the difficult questions and built up a great rapport with the interviewer who congratulated you for a great interview. Then a week later you are informed that unfortunately you have not got the job.
Your natural reaction might be to blame yourself and ask yourself what you did wrong. Don't!
No matter how seriously and thoroughly you prepare or how carefully you plan, there is no guarantee that all your hard work will always end with a happy ending. The honest cold facts are there are going to be times when you are not successful. This is when you have to be your strongest and most positive. Do not think that you were unsuccessful, but that another candidate was successful. That might seem like no comfort, but remember the time will come when you will be offered the job ahead of someone else.
Separate Yourself From Rejection
The most important thing to remember is that you have not been personally rejected, someone else has made a decision that they believe is right. It is a judgment call that you can only start understanding if you accept the news in a positive manner. Did you know the other candidates? Did the person who got the job have better qualifications or more experience than you? Was there an internal candidate who knew the company inside out? There are too many possibilities for you to consider. Rather than spending your time pondering, contact the company or interviewer and politely ask for positive feedback from your interview and any suggestions they may feel could be beneficial to you. This will be a great help to you for any future interviews.
Maintain A Positive Outlook
Even though you have just received bad news, believing in yourself and maintaining a positive outlook is the best way forward. It might seem easier said than done at this frustrating time so perhaps think of your favourite film star, sporting star, model or entrepreneur. Most will tell you of the rejections they have faced and overcome and how it made them stronger. The novelist J.K. Rowling is the perfect example, she wrote a book, was unsure whether she could get it published suffered rejection on more than one occasion, but finally someone recognised her skills and believed in her. The rest is history. Adopt the same approach and you too will succeed.

Are Looking For a Job in 2010? Did You Know Employment Recruiters Are Eager to Help You Today?

So, did you submit your resume on-line to apply for a job opening? Did any Employment Recruiters call you back yet? If your answer is no, you are not alone.
With increasing employment layoffs throughout the United States, it is becoming very competitive for new job seekers to find employment. Everyone uses the 3 major search engines being Google, Yahoo, and Bing to look for new employment opportunities. Most wind up at one of the major Job Board listing websites.
How many other people are seeing the same open job postings that you come across? How many of those same people including you, are submitting resumes to the same potential employers?
The answer could be thousands, or even more. So, what do think will set you apart from all of those resume submissions? Your competitors most likely have the same degree, or professional experience that you have.
So, how do you stand out in the crowded world of resume posting boards? How do you get an employment recruiter to find you, and even consider contacting you for an interview?
In a recent study, up to 85% of Recruiters use the search engines to recruit and research potential candidates resumes to fill employment vacancies.
Did you know having employment recruiters in your corner would greatly improve your opportunities to get a new career?
If there was a way for you to get a head start on your competition, would you be interested? Would you like to get access to Recruiters eager to fill open job positions with some of the top companies in the United States.
Are you aware that a lot of job openings that Recruiters have access to are not posted on the job boards available to masses? Yes, it is true.
If you've been struggling to find a new job in these tough times, I have a solution that will help you if you are having trouble finding a new career. Everything you need to get hired can be found one place on-line.

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Old Style Job Hunt Versus New Style Job Hunt - Which One is 12 Times More Effective?

The old-style traditional job hunt sets out to match your resume with an existing job. The new style job hunt is a life changing enterprise and sets the job hunter on an exploration. The latter is 12 times more effective getting you a job than the old way of sending out resumes, hoping to land a job like a fisherman trying to snag a fish with a bare hook.
Old-style job hunts use the five worst ways to get employment. Here they are:
I. Trying to get a job through private employment agencies, research firms. Effective rate: 5 to 28%.
II. Working the local newspaper ads for openings. The higher the salary for a job, the less likely you'll find it in the newspaper. Success rate: 5 to 24%.
III. Answering ads in professional and trade journals in your field. Rate of success: 7%.
IV. Shotgun mailings of your resume employers at random. Success rate: 7%.
V. And the worst way is to use the Internet to find a job. There are 40,000,000+ resumes floating around on the Internet. Success rate: 4%.
Here are the five best new style methods to find a job. The person (and hopefully that's you) who uses these methods is open to change, a new lifestyle and the rewards of exploration.
I. Going about the job hunt using as many methods as possible to explore as many options as possible even if that means knocking on doors and cold calling on the telephone. Success rate: 86%.
II. Working with a group of other job hunters who use the Yellow Pages to call up employers listed in a particular field and asking them if they're hiring. Rate of success: 84%.
III. Using the technique above to identify jobs in selected industries and calling employers in that field for possible openings, but in this case, working by yourself. Effective rate: 69%.
IV. Identifying employers, offices or specific factories that you'd like to work in (whether they have known vacancies or not) and physically knocking on the door, introducing yourself and asking for a job. Success rate: 47%.
V. Talking to family members, people in the community, your friends and staff at career centers especially in your high school or college where you graduated and asking them all for job leads. Fulfillment rate: 33%.
Of course, use as many of these methods, regardless of their success rate, that you can, knowing that there will be an accumulative effect in your favor.
The difference between old-style and new style job hunting is how you go about it. The most successful job hunts are done by people who are willing to use new style techniques, embrace life changing opportunities and get off their duffs. You can do that as well.

How To Conduct Job Search In The Hidden Job Market

Candidates spend an excessive amount of time searching for advertised jobs when they could concentrate their efforts on the unadvertised job market. What do I mean by this?
25% of all jobs get advertised in the media or over the net. 75% of all jobs are filled without advertising. This means that job search activity should also include 75% of the job market rather than be confined to 25% of jobs for which there is immense competition.
How should one search for work in this area? To be successful in the unadvertised job market one needs to:
• Identify the organisations they want to work for.
• Conduct extensive research into such organisations to understand:
o The products and services of the organisation
o Identify the future direction of the organisation.
o Determine who the key decision makers are.
o Determine any other relevant information about the organisation including its structure, staff, etc.
• Engage in extensive networking with friends and others to gain introduction to decision makers in organisations.
• Prepare resume targeted to "spot" jobs and to other positions within the organisation. "Spot" jobs in this context are jobs of the future.
• Forward applications to key decision makers rather than targeting job applications to Human Resources.
• Conduct regular follow-up on job applications.
• Get introduced to recruiters recommended by friends to obtain maximum benefit from searching in the unadvertised market.
In the advertised market a candidate should:
• Identify the skills required of the advertised position.
• Analyse their skills to determine if they match 95% of their requirements.
• Modify their resumes to ensure that job requirements are addressed.
• Develop a cover letter to address gaps.
• Develop a follow up action plan and conduct regular follow-up.
A number of resources adequately cover each aspect of the above. As candidates who are searching for the right job in the market, you should take time to purchase adequate resources which can assist you in your quest to search for suitable roles.