This ebook helps you through the whole job search process; with advice on understanding your skills and values, writing a CV / covering letter, networking, preparing for interviews, and salary negotiations.
Effective job search strategy
Are you scouring internet job boards for your next position? Looking for jobs in trade journals? Answering local newspaper ads?
Then you’re probably having little success, according to the research findings reported in Examiner.com. The second and third methods might get 7 or 8 people in a hundred a job. The chances of landing a job from an internet job board are even lower: less than 1% are successful this way.
The absolute best way to get a job according to the article is to target the companies that require your skills, find the person who is in a position to offer you a job, then ask for an interview.
This advice is also backed up by a survey of HR executives, quoted in Hirediversity. The most effective use of your time is networking and making personal contacts. After that, social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Twitter are the most useful.
Although this research is US-based, it applies equally well elsewhere. Many jobs are filled through recommendations and word-of-mouth, so if you’re looking for work now, or simply testing the waters for future possibilities, networking is where you should spend most time and effort.
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