New Study Reveals Secrets to Finding a Job

discipline

I'm sure that if you do not have any discipline, your chances to find something decent are really low and your attempts will hardly be rewarded. Besides, if yiu are not systematic in your job search, it will be obvious, for example, in your profile on some network or even in your resume. So, you'd better think twice about your responsibilities and results.

job search of DC @ Oct 27, 2009 11:35:25 AM

Great New Free Tool For Job Seekers

Great, helpful article.

These days, job seekers need all the help they can get to rise above the crowd and get noticed first by prospective employers.

Toward this end, I thought I’d share with you a new, free tool I’ve created and launched to help job seekers: www.preverify.com

PreVerify is a free tool with which job seekers can conduct their own accurate and professional employment verifications. Following the quick and simple registration process, simply send your PreVerify request to your former and current employers to complete online at a time that is convenient for them to do so. No more interruptive phone calls, just an employment verification that can be used over and over again, forever.

Rather than crowd this email with a bunch of words, attached are two recent articles that talk about PreVerify:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2645354.htm

http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/preverify-com-preverifying-employment-histories

Please feel free to View My PreVerify Profile: http://www.preverify.com/profile/michael-levine/1

Michael Levine of CA @ Oct 18, 2009 17:13:06 PM

Job Search

It takes time even if you do all these things for a few years maybe you will get a really god job and a big salary and connections maybe. Good hunting!

Brandi Carr of KY @ Oct 13, 2009 09:34:19 AM

Ahhh, rational thought for once

People don't think about a job-search as a process that can be mapped, measured, and managed. For most, the job-search is a loose connection of tasks that are, for the most part, basically worthless.

Here is the basic job-search template:

1) Spin a resume, and re-write, x100, then hire someone for $800 but that doesn't get you the job, so you are thinking about the $1,500 resume re-write.

2) Post and respond to openings on job boards, as previously pointed out - 6-10% effectiveness (but likely less than that now) AKA spend eighteen TIMES more time than you should on job-boards.

3) Waste time with social media. Self-explanatory

4) Network because people tell you 'networking is important' but it makes you uncomfortable and you aren't really sure what to do even though you read every internet blog.

Now what we really need is a way of program-managing your job-search in a way that leads people to plan, set goals, measure progress .... oh wait, I built that - www.virtualjobcoach.com

Will R of MA @ Oct 07, 2009 20:33:33 PM

Job Search Nemesis

Great article. Many job seekers approach their job search as a reaction vs. a plan of action. Relying on job boards as the foundation for your job search is a rough road. Only about 6% of open jobs are filled through job boards. Conversely, about 66% of open jobs are filled through networking and referrals. But, by far, the key to job search success is your emotional foundation. If you can put out good consistent energy you will yield good energy coming back, resulting in job search wins. Yes, I agree that having a coach/manager in your job search can help you manage your emotions. They may also be able to identify and help you seize opportunities and add weight to your job search bar until you finally push yourself over the edge into a great new gig.

Adam Reiter

CareerKungFu.com

twitter.com/careerkungfu

Adam Reiter of CA @ Sep 29, 2009 21:18:30 PM

OMG! I'm conscientious . . .

I'm not a researcher or an expert in career advice. I'm a job seeker in a market where the unemployment rate is currently 13.2% and I can tell you that Susan P. Joyce's advice has worked for me. I admit, I reinvented the wheel a bit, but the results have paid off. Not only are my prospects looking good, but I'm in a position where I can absolutely succeed in a mid-life career change.

1. Include target jobs and target employers: Susan is right on target here-let prospective employers know what you can Do not just what you WANT.

2. I went from using Twitter to let friends know what I was doing ( and basically talking to myself) to a networking tool. It works!

3. Job hunting buddies: Thanks in part to Facebook, I have buddies all over the place. Encouragement comes in many shapes and sizes and its been great to be able to motivate others, too.

4. A volunteering opportunity I'm involved with now will very likely turn into a full time position within the next 90 days-and to think I resisted this recommendation the most. Resistance is futile. Opportunities are out there. Open mindedness and open heartedness open doors.

PeteK of NV @ Sep 28, 2009 21:46:31 PM

Accountability Groups work

Taking part in a Search Team, Job Club, or similar "project management" group also drives positive, forward moving actions.

Don't go at job search alone and isolated. It has to be a full time job and being solo can be discouraging.

Everything Susan recommends is right on track. Read her blog and follow her advice!

Career Sherpa of NY @ Sep 25, 2009 18:30:10 PM

4 More Job Search Success Secrets

1. Include target jobs and target employers.

Have a 25-word "elevator speech" that tells people what you want to do and where you want to do it (when they ask). Rambling, unfocused oh-I-could-do-anything or, worse, desperate I'll-do-anything responses are USELESS!

If you don't know what you want, read and do ALL the exercises in the classic book "What Color Is Your Parachute?" and the visit JobHuntersBible.com Website.

2. Expand your networking efforts.

NOTE: Networking is NOT "using" people. Networking is people helping each other to succeed. Networking is what works 70%+ of the time.

Find good networking opportunities here:

* College/grad school alumni networks. Contact your school(s) to find them.

* Corporate/company/military alumni networks. Find them on LinkedIn, via Google/Bing, and on Job-Hunt.org.

* Around your town. The PTA, the local food bank, your local Chamber of Commerce, your neighbors, family, friends, former colleagues and co-workers.

* And, of course - LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

3. Get a few job search buddies.

When you have a "down" day, hopefully at least one of them will be able to offer words of encouragement, suggest another way to do something, have a contact or information you need, etc.

Author Barbara Sher's "Wishcraft" book, available for free as an ebook at Wishcraft.com, shows you how success teams are organized and run.

Job search support groups are everywhere right now:

* Visit your local state employment office branch

* Check with your local library, community center, house of worship (regardless of religion)

* Find links to hundreds of groups, by state, at Job-Hunt.org

4. Volunteer!

Find a cause or an organization which fits with your beliefs, helps your community, and/or is related to your job/industry/profession and your goal jobs. Great for both your morale and your job search!

Go to the meetings. Read the literature/Website.

Then, join it and volunteer to help with:

* Tasks or projects that will allow you to show how good you are.

* Tasks or projects that will keep your skills up to date.

* Tasks or projects that will provide you experiences you want to add to your resume.

To meet other members, be the person who checks people in at meetings, handing out name tags, and welcoming them. Painless way to meet everyone at the meeting!

Susan P. Joyce

Editor, Job-Hunt.org

Susan P. Joyce of MA @ Sep 25, 2009 11:41:23 AM