were you fired? Did you resign? Or just finished college? There are many reasons to find a job as quickly as possible. For example, it looks good to have a resume with no gaps. That is why it is advisable to start reviewing job advertisements as soon as possible. Be sure to adopt the following strategies to greatly increase your chances of being hired.
1) Network with everyone you know who should know about your Job search
If you see a shooting star or blow out your birthday candles, you can’t say your wish or it will never come true. In fact, that is a lie!
- Tell everyone you know that you are looking for a job. You never know who might know someone whose friend’s uncle is hiring.
- Don’t be too shy to ask people if the company they work for is hiring. Try to find opportunities anywhere.
- The more people you tell that you’re looking for a job, the more likely someone will be able to help you.
- Use the reach of your acquaintances by asking them to ask their relationships for you. Reach out to train colleagues, chefs, teachers, etc. and find out if they’ve heard of job openings.
- Post on social media that you need a job to communicate with acquaintances you don’t see regularly. Join job sharing groups and follow companies you’re interested in to see their openings first.
2) Apply anyway
In job advertisements, companies describe their ideal candidate. Most of the time they have to accept compromises like everyone else. It is very rare that you find your perfect job, the same goes for companies that are looking for their ideal candidate.
Dare to apply anyway, even if you don’t meet all the specifications they list. As long as you meet the core requirements, there’s a good chance they’ll hire you because they can’t find anyone better. You can probably learn the less important skills during the training period or take an additional course.
3) Take advantage of the classifieds
- Buy some newspapers and check out their classifieds section. They still have sections on the job market with job postings that you may not find online.
- Also check out classified ad websites. There you can find thousands of jobs generally grouped by location and career field.
- A third option is classified ad search engines, which collect and list multi-page job ads. They help you save time and effort because you don’t need to go through multiple pages. However, you should investigate if you can find other pages that have openings that are not listed on the classifieds pages.
Check out the following tip to learn how you can use job listing websites in the most efficient way possible.
4) Make the most of employment websites
Most aggregators offer features that make it easy to find the right search results. Use them by exploring the enhanced search options: for example, search by keyword, location, job title, etc. or try combining multiple parameters for best results.
It doesn’t matter if you’re on a job search website or a classifieds site, they usually offer free email alerts. There you can sign up with your email address, choose the right keywords or even save an advanced search and they will email you a new job listing. That way you don’t have to check pages over and over again. Instead, you get the latest job openings automatically delivered to your inbox.
With these features you can make sure you don’t waste time on job aggregator pages that don’t have the jobs you’re looking for. However, you can still stay up to date if they get matching openings.
5) Ask for feedback
It’s hard when your job application is rejected. It’s even more difficult when you put a lot of effort into your application and you really wanted that job. To improve future applications you should not want to leave it here. Get over your pride and ask them why they rejected you. The answer may hurt, but that’s the only way to learn from your mistakes. Perhaps the human resources representative can give you helpful tips to help you get the next job he’s applying for.
6) Just keep applying. Just keep applying.
This advice doesn’t just relate to situations where your application was rejected and you need to go ahead and apply to other companies. But you should also keep applying for jobs while you wait to hear from a company. Even if you are absolutely sure that you are going to be hired, do not stop applying until you sign a contract, because unforeseen events can always happen. The worst that can happen is that you are offered more than one position and you are in the lucky situation to choose.