Here are some suggestions and tips for job hunting success.
10 Job-Hunting Tips From People Who Found Jobs (Forbes.com)
1-Reach out to companies you admire. Amanda, an admissions officer and teacher in New York City, wrote a letter to a school where she wanted to work. She included her resume and described how much she valued the school and its programs. She got an offer three weeks later.
2-Focus on quality, not quantity. Recent college grad Kym Lino got no responses to her mass e-mail blast until she focused on a specific job she found on Craigslist and submitted exactly what the employer requested: a cover letter, resume and three writing samples. Within three weeks she landed an offer.
3-Use a blog to show off your expertise. Lino also got an offer from a PR agency after she told them about her three blogs.
4- Tap online job sites. Paul Gilmore used TweetmyJobs to land a recruiter position at the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., branch of Synerfac Technical Staffing. Look beyond the usual mega-sites like Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com.
5-Use your network to make you look good. After submitting her resume, Amanda gave her future employer two references. The employer didn't call either of them and instead asked a mutual friend about Amanda. The lesson: Have your network do your personal PR. If a friend knows the person who's in charge of hiring you, ask him or her to reach out to the hiring manager and preemptively sing your praises.
6-Clean up your online profile. Self-Googling is a smart way to determine whether your online personality jives with how you want the world to view you. Once Amanda submitted her resume, she searched her name to make sure that she had a clean online profile.
7-Use a headhunter. After Stephanie Cranford lost her job at a health care manufacturing company, she spent a few weeks searching job boards and tapping her network. Then she sought professional help. She submitted her resume to Ajilon Professional Staffing and landed a job offer two weeks later.
8-Pound the pavement. After the recession weakened the South Florida economy, Paul Gilmore lost his job as a technical recruiter. He printed out a stack of resumes and drove around depositing them at offices. "When you walk in the door you can assess the company," says Gilmore. "If they didn't have a receptionist, it's a clear sign that they didn't have enough money."
9-Be persistent. Stephanie Cranford says that she called or e-mailed prospective employers at least twice a week. "I tried to do it on Tuesdays and Thursdays," she says. "Mondays are often crazy and on Friday people are starting to gear up for the weekend."
10-Stay organized. "Keep track of everyone you talk to," says Gilmore. "Create a tickler file to remind you to follow up with people."
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One of the most frustrating aspects of job hunting is believing you’re doing everything you can and still finding yourself out of work. That’s why it’s empowering to realize you haven’t tried everything, and that new, assertive approaches will help you expand your network and land a job. Here are five action items to help job seekers land an opportunity:
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