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The Traditional Method
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In order to have a
competitive advantage in today's market, you will need to use numerous
search methods simultaneously to uncover as many job leads as possible.
The new online job search method made possible by the internet facilitates
landing your preferred job, but do not forget about the tried and tested
Traditional Methods: |
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| NETWORKING |
| Whenever a
job position opens, many employers will first ask referrals from their
family, friends, clients, employees--people whose judgment and good advice
they value. A good way of getting that opening is, of course, to have your
name come up when that referral is being solicited. You do this through
networking.
Networking is
collecting contacts to keep you posted regarding available positions in
the job market. It is an approach that puts you directly in contact with
people who can recommend you on job positions rarely advertised. It is
from their advice or influence that you are able to find doors that are
open for hiring, to people who can assist you in looking, or to link you
with other persons who may give you more job leads. |
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| PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES |
| Public
Employment Agencies facilitate matching of different companies' job
openings to applicants. These agencies file job listings and resumes to
assist employers and job seekers alike by giving the companies the needed
manpower and landing the seeker an earning job. Some employment agencies
get a cut/percentage of salary for helping a person find a job, and some
profit from companies instead for the rendered service of finding a worker
for them. |
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| NEWSPAPERS' CLASSIFIED ADS |
| Even in this
day and age, browsing the Classifieds is still popular way of job
searching. A newspaper can list hundreds of job positions where you can
scan companies that announce their requirements. The good thing about
these listings is that the contact info is usually complete, and you don't
need the internet to search through them. |
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| WALK-IN
APPLICANT |
| It is an
approach where you just actually show-up at the company without an
appointment, dressed for success and resume in hand. Even if a job has not
been posted anywhere yet, visit the company you are interested in and ask
any employee inside if there are any job openings in the company, or
better yet, to direct you to the HR department to inquire regarding this.
Try to obtain names of people you could talk to, and be prepared for an
immediate interview. This approach is not so easy because not all
companies you visit may have job openings, so have several copies of your
resume in hand and a pocketful of perseverance, so you can continue the
job hunt as a walk-in applicant. Even if they don't have an opening at the
time, you can still get a chance of getting ahead, especially since most
companies file the resumes of walk-in applicants for future reference.
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| TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN |
| If
you're not too keen on walking door-to-door to different firms, inquiring
about openings and dropping off your resume, why not call them instead?
After all, this'll save you time, money
and effort in searching for job vacancies. The thing is, IF you DO find a
job opening; many companies, after all, don't entertain these inquiries
openly and at best, will just ask you to drop off your resume for "future
reference." If there is no job opening, at least, you wasted nothing but a
phone
call. |
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