So you are looking for a job or even a career in 2012? Here's seven fresh tips!
1) Look for careers at manufacturing companies or healthcare organizations that are doing well as far as their annual reports.
2) Check their online vacancy lists at least every two weeks. The best jobs are flooded and closed within two weeks or less. Checking vacancies daily for three of your top places to work is actually a great idea! Within a month's timeframe, you can miss out on a lot of jobs. The companies may not hire quickly, but if they get 40,000 applications in one week, then they are going to remove the posting from the vacancy list before interviewing anyone. They figure that at least one of the 40,000 applicants should be a good fit.
3)If you can get "wind" of a job BEFORE it is posted, then you will be ahead of the curve. The beauty and barber shops sometimes can be a good source for job leads. If you overhear a conversation where someone got promoted or fired, then that means an opening or an organizational shift is slated to happen. Research it.
4)A paper resume or just your name specifically passed on directly to a hiring manager on top of your applying for the position online is a sure way to land the job.
5) Internal applicants and external applicants are fighting for the same positions. Just because you already work for the company does not give you any real advantage unless you have someone talking to the hiring manager for you.
6) If you take a position with a company, I suggest that you really, really like that position as a permanent career choice. Moving up from the "mailroom" to the "President" of a company is a thing of the past. If you do not have a career track on day one, then it may be a dead end job. The job search will start all over again when you are ready for a change. Seniority does not seem to be as impressive anymore. Progressive movement within your career seems to be the desired trend to look for amongst employers.
7) Human Resources recruiters are being told to look for recent, relevant, industry-specific experiences. Meaning: if the job is a courier for a healthcare organization, then a courier applicant from a "non-healthcare" organization is not industry specific enough. You can apply for the job, but if other couriers from other healthcare organizations are also applying, then you are not going to stand a chance unless someone walks your name into the hiring manager's office.
Well, Best Wishes on casually networking and listening out for leads. You can not get leads by staying home and job searching all day online! Go into a Panera Bread or a Starbucks and apply for jobs. Listen to the conversations that are going on around you.
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