Module nine where to look. A good job means nothing if you don't know where to find it. This module will give insight into sources to consider when searching for employment opportunities. Some people say looking for a job will be the hardest job you will ever have the obvious places, employers make their positions and job openings known many times through classified ads in local newspapers. They also post openings on websites such as www.koco.com and www dot monster calm. These easy access advertisements are a good place to start.

Because of their obvious nature, they also attract the high volume of responses and make the competition for these positions even more intense, the hidden job market while the classified ads and other mass media provide a place where companies can draw a large sample of lower skilled workers from the labor pool, many more desirable positions are not publicly advertised. companies seeking highly skilled workers to fill specific areas of responsibility may employ recruiters and headhunters. To find talent. by contacting the human resources department of companies in the industry you would like to work, you can gain access to the internally communicated list of job openings, you may ask to send your resume directly to the HR department of a company for whom you would like to work about cold calling. Some job seekers in order to keep active in the job search resort to cold calling companies and ask if they are hiring.

This practice is highly ineffective and should be discouraged as a part of a successful job hunting strategy. For the company receiving the call it cost them time and money to answer your question whether they may be interested or not. It makes you appear desperate and less desirable of a candidate. Your time is much better spent networking with people in the industry and building up social contacts that will lead to a job more naturally when one opens up. Which of the following ways would be more effective and starting a new relationship with you? A person of the opposite sex calls randomly and asks if you were single, you get an email from a stranger asking to meet for coffee.

You receive a package in the mail with a video from a stranger talking about themselves their favorite activities and what they are looking for in a partner. A friend introduces you to someone who he believes you would be interested in. Companies are no different. a referral from a friend is the best way to get an interview. Cold Calling rarely ends in a lasting professional relationship. The power of networking.

Networking is clearly better than cold calling when searching for a job. Here are some advantages of networking. increases your confidence, saves time and energy going to interviews with low potential helps you find a job with the kind of people you already know and enjoy. helps you get more interviews in less time multiplies your efforts by having a team of people looking out for your interests. Hey study mode searched and searched but was not seeing any great leads for a new job. Where they're thinking cap on she scrolled through page after page of job openings.

Eagle eyed Christine opened up her laptop and joined in on mod search and offer to help her in the job search. Monetary the two heads would be better than one. They both sat there for hours but still could not really find anything promising. Christine then suggested mod to just call businesses in our area, but thought about it and decided all she had to lose was time and she had lots of that. To her surprise, she ended up gaining three promising leads and was set up for three interviews next week.