Tips in finding new employment

Job opportunities are find quicker if you take charge!

In my profession I help many in need of higher education and new employment.  They seek for advancement in their profession, better pay, and a better life.  I offer precise direction, result-oriented ideas, and inner strength motivation.  I work to change people lives.  I try my best to discover who they are, what they have done and what they want to accomplish.  When I begin to discover who they are and what they have done, speaking in terms of finding new employment; I ask questions like, "Where have you looked for a new job?" or "What websites have you look at?"  The number one reply I receive is, "I have been working with Workforce Services."

Let me give a bit of advice - some precise direction.  First, understand Workforce Services is a place to receive help when looking for a job.  You are assigned a case worker who will aid you in seeking employment, and they have a website you can visit to look up job postings.  It can be a great resource in finding a job.  However, many times I have seen people hand over the entire job seeking responsibility to workforce services...and months later they are still looking for a new job.

Below is my advice, in three tips.  

Tip of the day #1 - Be responsible and in Charge!

If you want a new job it is you who looks and prepares for that new job.  Career coaches and headhunter services are great resources and I suggest you use them, but you have to take charge because you are in charge!  You will be the one who will be interviewing not your headhunter.  Take a vested interest in looking for new jobs and the jobs you apply for, understanding the companies you want to work for, and educate yourself before an interview to answer questions your interviewers may ask.

Tip of the day #2 - Use the Internet!

The Internet is a great tool for you to be responsible and in charge (Tip of the day #1).  There are many websites you can have access to that list job openings.  You can check out company websites, online job sites (I can think of five online job sites right now), and government websites.  I have come across many people who do not realize this.  It might seem common sense in today's internet savvy world, but there are many who still do not realize how helpful the internet is.  Get on Google and enter different key words that relate to the job you seek.

Tip of the day #3 - Follow up!

Follow up with everybody and every opportunity.  Do not be the average Joe and wait for someone to touch base with you about a job.  Take charge!  If you follow up you will find: 1) You are not the person caught off guard by an unexpected call asking to do a three minute phone interview, 2) You place yourself in front of the line of many other candidates, first-come first-serve, 3) You will eliminate jobs you do not really want or qualify for faster, and 4) You find a job faster.