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| If you're out of a job, treat job-hunting as though it is a full time job. Invest time and effort in your search just as you would a typical work week. If you need to change your job, but have time restraints (your current job), carve out time, such as during the evening or very early in the morning, to work on specific job-hunting tasks. Try to schedule interviews for lunch hours, early mornings, or late afternoons so you take little or no time away from your job. But you should put as much time as possible into it. If you're only spending a small portion of your time on job-hunting activities, you aren’t taking the hunt seriously. |
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| The best job-search efforts are ones that are focused on specific jobs with specific industries. Employers prefer candidates whose resumes reflect the qualifications and accomplishments they seek. Many job searchers think the best way to find a new job is to apply for as many jobs with as many employers as possible. Some even apply to multiple positions within the same company and for jobs they are not really qualified for. The numbers game logic doesn’t play well here. |
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| It isn’t wise to rely only on job advertisements to apply for a job. It is advisable to go directly to each company's Website and search its career or human-resources section. Some employers have an amazing amount of information available on their sites, including job application procedures, job openings, career paths, corporate culture, and much more. You can then have your resume and cover letter tailored to suit a particular company’s job description; even using some of the company's own buzzwords (this doesn’t mean you should distort your profile). |
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Networking is another great way to connect with past colleagues, get advice, references or share set backs. If you're doubtful about networking because it feels like using people, you've got the wrong notion about networking. Successful networking doesn't mean draining your contacts for all they're worth; it works on a give and take policy. Networking is most effective when both the networker and the contact mutually benefit from the relationship.
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| Networking doesn't mean asking everyone you contact if they know where you can find a job opening. It means establishing contacts so that you can get support and comfortably ask for advice, ideas, and referrals to those higher up the ladder. |
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| Prepare yourself for job interviews by anticipating questions and doing some in-depth research on the company. One of the worst things job-seekers do is sabotage their job search by not preparing enough for the job interview. On paper you might meet or exceed the employer's expectations, but it's at the interview where you can create a great impression and beat others to the position. Mock interviews with a career professional or trusted colleague can be a great way to prepare. |
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| Treat your resume like your personal marketing document and load it with keywords and accomplishments. Your resume should not be a dry recitation of every aspect of your job history, duties and responsibilities. In fact, your resume should be like a marketing document that entices employers to invite you for an interview. So make sure that your resume focuses on the highlights of what will sell you to an employer -- information that tells the employer your capabilities and how those capabilities will contribute to the organization. |
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| Overwhelmed by resumes from job-seekers, employers are increasingly relying on digitizing their resumes, placing them in keyword-searchable databases, and using software to search those databases for specific keywords that relate to job vacancies. In other words, if you apply for a job with a company that searches resumes for keywords, and your resume doesn't have the keywords the company seeks, your hopes are pretty much dashed. To meet all these criteria most candidates have to either research online extensively or turn to a resume writing service. |
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| You must follow up with each employer after sending in your resume and cover letter. Never think your task is complete once you send in your cover letter and resume to an employer. In reality your work has just begun. You should state in your cover letter that you will follow-up with the employer/hiring manager at some specified time, usually within a week or ten days. If you think this type of follow-up is too aggressive; it is not. Following-up with a prospective employer to check on the status of your application conveys interest and enthusiasm on your part – but do conduct the follow-up professionally. |
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| After you've had an interview with an employer, you must not only thank the employer for the time spent interviewing you, but continue to follow up professionally; there is a fine line between persistence and enthusiasm. |
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For a successful job search, combine all your job-hunting techniques so you do not rely on any one course; be it answering ads, posting resumes on the Internet, networking, making targeted contacts, or cold-calling.
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