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MY CURRENT LIST OF JOB PROSPECTS
The most successful methods for getting a job:
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Do a Life-Changing Job Hunt
- Use the Yellow Pages to identify subjects or fields of interest; then, call up the listed employers to ask if they are hiring for the type of position you can do, and do well.
- Knock on the doors of any employers that interest you, whether or not they are known to have a vacancy.
- Ask for job leads from family, friends, people in the community, staff at career centers, and especially at your local community college.
Most employers hunt for job-seekers these ways, by rank:
- Create a resumé. It is impossible to say what kind any one will like, but Net-Temps.com has some good advice on this.
If you want to write a cover letter, Net-Temps.com has some good advice on this too.
- Employers want you to come find them.
- Once your resumé is in the employer's hands, most see the next step as a process of elimination.
- Most employers will eliminate job hunters based on their behavior, especially their lack of initiative, and their lack of persistence. So do all of the following:
- Find the employer's advertisement.
- eMail your resumé.
- Mail your resumé on nice paper through the U.S. Postal Service.
- Make a followup call within a week to see if both resumés got to him.
- Many if not most employers will evaluate you on these grounds:
- Abilities or Skills
- What you know
- Years of experience
- Persuasiveness
- Initiative
- Who you know
- Persistence
How to find career information using Internet sites:
Below are the top 5 ranked sites employers use:
- Enter Monster Job Search Site
- Enter HotJobs Job Search Site
- Enter CareerBuilder.com
- Enter America's Job Bank
- Enter Dice Job Search Site
Enter ZDNet/Dice Job Search Site
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