With the advancement in Information Technology and quality of education there’s stiff competition in the job market than ever before. The demand has also increased with the chances for better paying jobs getting slimmer and slimmer, people are ready to rob, fight, give their bodies, bribe or kill for a job.
Finding a job is a horrible experience as it involves waking up very early in the morning and going for ‘job hunting’. Sometimes having good papers and qualifications or working very hard in looking for employment doesn’t help, you need to be smart and know the right places, time and people to contact to get a job.
The internet has become the platform for job seekers and each day hundreds of thousands of resumes are registered daily in job sites, waiting for a call or a mail for any replies. The main reason why people use the internet for job searching is because it’s easily accessible, fast and saves a lot of hassle. It’s also easy because there are many sites that offer job consultancy therefore searching for a job that suits your qualification and expectation is simple.
Here are some of the tips that will help you find employment;
1. Create Resumes- write your resumes and always look for ways of improving it. There are many formats to write a resume don’t just stick to one so always try to improve it so as to please the employer.
Change your resume- if you get negative feedback about your resume change it so as to suite the job type you are applying for. You can research on the net, ask a friend or even books on how to write resumes for specific jobs.
Change your resume- if you get negative feedback about your resume change it so as to suite the job type you are applying for. You can research on the net, ask a friend or even books on how to write resumes for specific jobs.
2. Set your time-have specific time of the day that you dedicate for ‘job hunting’ this will help you in planning and managing your time so as you can have adequate time to search for employment.
3. Have Business cards-it gives you a competitive advantage to present yourself professionally. Even if you are employed and don’t have the money to design them, you can just download business cards templates from the internet, edit your information and print them. The interviewers or employers will use it to contact you.
4. Improve your skills- use your free time wisely by trying to specialize or add extra skills to give you an upper hand over the rest in your career field. Use the internet to research the skills required and try improve yourself by either downloading free tutorials or e-books because going back to school might be costly.
5. Build contacts- you need other employed people so as to guide you on how to job hunt, use former classmates, childhood friends or even family members who are in your career field of interest to tell you how they secured the job, dos and don’ts.
6. Accessing Message Boards- subscribe to newsgroups and blogs on the internet and become active so that you can get the relevant information, views and also know opportunities present.
7. Be friendly-be outgoing and open, try to meet new people who you know have the links or can help you in the job search, make friends, tell them you are looking for a job and even give them your business card so as they can get to you later.
8. Send Emails- it’s free to send e-mails, send to places that have job vacancies and those that don’t because they may need somebody in the future, always keep checking your mails for feedback and also replying them in time.
Online job searching isn’t an easy tasks but by applying these strategies you will not only be a smart job seeker but also save a lot of time for other activities.
