You’ve finished college.  You’re done with your student teaching.  Maybe you’ve been subbing, or maybe you’re a teacher’s aide.  Ready to get your full-time teaching job?

The Guide to Getting the Teaching Job of Your Dreams is written by Tim Wei (a veteran teacher and experienced teacher interviewer), to help you get your teaching job.  He’s worked in two different school districts and has many years of public school teaching experience.  He’s also been on many interview committees, where he helped to seek out and hire the most qualified candidates.

Tim wrote this eBook to share his experience and ideas to give you an advantage over the many other teachers gunning for the (all too few) teaching vacancies.

In this guide, you’ll discover:

• The 50 Most Common Teacher Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
• Insight into the Teacher Interview Process
• What to Include on Your Teaching Resume
• Secrets to Making your Cover Letter stand out
• Sample Resume, Cover Letter, and Thank You Letter
• All About References and Letters of Recommendation
• Seven things you should avoid saying at an interview
• How to Prepare and Present your Teaching Portfolio
• Go inside the minds of two interviewers as they describe what an interview committee looks for, what they notice, and how to impress them.
• A candidate describes her struggles and successes throughout the job hunting process. She explains what worked and what didn’t!

Who is it for?

If you’re a teacher at the start of your career – e.g. if you’ve just completed your teacher training – then this book is for you.

I also recommend this book to teachers who are also struggling to get back into a teaching job following a lay-off, a break for raising a family, or any extending absence from the profession. Like in any job or industry, the game changes, often subtly, so equip yourself with the latest insight and tools here.

Buy Guide to Getting the Teaching Job of Your Dreams. At just $19.95, and with the 60-day satisfaction guarantee, it’s a great investment into your teaching career.

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

Hey folks I’ve just been given a link by my buddy David Perry, author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0. It’s a FREE preview of the book. Find out more right here.

David has kindly let me share this link with you! And guess what; I appear again in this latest edition as a guest writer.

Check out David’s video to learn more about this awesome book…

Here’s what David has to say about his latest edition:

Every year, 50-million jobs are filled in the United States — almost all without a job posting.  This is happening because today, employers are relying on a brand new digital suite of tools and tactics to find the handful of “most qualified” recruits that they want to interview.”

Because of this, we put a booster rocket on our earlier book, going beyond ‘where to look’, to include “how to be found”.  The secret to finding a suitable job today lies in mastering the digital search environment used by employers which includes, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and ZoomInfo – and we’ve simplified this for you.

And David is also throwing in a prize – a $1000 home study kit – for the lucky winner who registers for the preview and is picked out of the hat.

So go and download your FREE preview right now…

Ready to Pre-Order?

This book is an absolute must for savvy people looking for their perfect job. Pre-Order this book now by using this link!

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

Does increasing your salary by 75 percent or more in just a few short years sound like a dream? It doesn’t have to be. With a little creative thinking and a few simple steps, you can transfer your skills into a more rewarding (and higher-paying) career choice. Check out these five career plan examples of the best future career choices below, then make your career change.

HUMAN RESOURCES

From Human Resources Assistant
Average salary: $31,732

Job description: Record data for each employee, such as address, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports on ability, and date of and reason for termination. Compile and type reports from employment records. File employment records. Search employee files and furnish information to authorized persons.

To Compensation, Benefits, or Job Analysis Specialist
Average salary: $48,670

Job description: Conduct programs of compensation, benefits, and job analysis for employer. May specialize in specific areas, such as position classification and pension programs.

Make the Career Change: The first step of a career change to an HR specialist is earning a bachelor’s degree. Then, ask your employer if you can shadow a specialist and work on projects in a particular area, like compensation, benefits, or job analysis. Do a little research to see what HR software your dream employer uses (like ADP Resource or PeopleSoft), and study up on important HR-related laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

HEALTHCARE

From Medical Assistant
Average salary: $26,096

Job description: Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.

To Registered Nurse
Average salary: $53,628

Job description: Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management.

Make the Career Change: As a medical assistant, you likely have a basic understanding of anatomy and are comfortable around patients, both of which will help you make a career change to becoming a registered nurse, says Marian Erler, program facilitator for Nursing 2000, an educational organization that promotes careers in nursing. The two most popular education options are an associate of science in nursing and a bachelor of science in nursing.

FINANCE

From Payroll Assistant
Average salary: $31,464

Job description: Calculate, key, total, and balance substitute payrolls. Communicate with employees regarding changes in salary and benefits. Handle voluntary and involuntary deductions. Enter changes to employee payroll records. Create reports for information pertaining to retirement and payroll.

To Accountant
Average salary: $41,803

Job description: Analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within an organization.

Make the Career Change: Your attention to detail and math skills will translate to a career as an accountant, but, according to Randy Multack, a CPA in Bellevue, Wash., an accountant “needs to be able to see the big picture as well.” If you have what it takes, go for a bachelor’s degree and look for further certifications to advance your career.

EDUCATION

From High School Math Teacher
Average salary: $41,084

Job description: Instruct students in secondary public or private schools in one or more subjects, including mathematics.

To Electrical Engineer
Average salary: $65,276

Job description: Design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use.

Make the Career Change: According to Paul Kostek, vice president of communications for the US chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE-USA), backgrounds in math and technology provide good foundations for career choices in electrical engineering. Your next step is to get a bachelor of science in electrical engineering.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

From Barista
Average salary: $18,153

Job description: Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.

To Retail Store Manager
Average salary: $41,151

Job description: Retail store managers supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.

Make the Career Change: There are some high-paying careers that don’t require a degree, and if you  have great customer service skills, you could be a perfect candidate for a retail store manager, says Roberta Chinsky Matuson, president of Human Resource Solutions in Northhampton, Mass. If you think you might be interested in retail, Matuson suggests shadowing someone in the field. And, although a bachelor’s degree isn’t a requirement for all retail store manager positions, it could still put you ahead of the competition and provide more opportunities.

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

With the economy struggling, many job-hunters are looking for a new career that can last. They need to find out what are the best jobs for the future. Here are the careers that are forecast for strong growth over the next decade, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics projections through 2016.

Robin Ryan, career coach and author of 60 Seconds and You’re Hired says, “I look at where you can make good money, where employers are looking for people and saying they can’t find them.”

She notes that the federal growth forecasts are a couple of years old, and some fields are undergoing rapid change. Be on the lookout for emerging opportunities, especially those that involve Internet skills. With the cost of education soaring, we asked our experts to focus primarily on careers you can get started in without a four-year degree. Based upon salary and career growth, here’s our list of best jobs for the future.

1. Physician assistant – The economy may be down, but people still get sick and need to go to the doctor. As the population continues to age, healthcare fields will continue to see strong growth, says Ryan. Health care is one of the top growing job fields. The majority of physician assistants complete a two-year master’s degree course and need to pass a certification exam. Then, they assist doctors in hospitals and clinics or in rural areas they may provide care if a doctor isn’t always available. 27% projected growth. Median annual salary: $88,575

2. Database administrator – One thing’s for sure in this uncertain economy – companies continue to pile up data and need experts to make sure it’s properly organized and securely stored. Computer security is another one of the top growing job fields. Some database administrators get started with just a two-year degree – and if you enjoy computer programming, this is one of the best-paid areas in computer tech. 28.6% projected growth. Median annual salary: $73,388

3. Video game designer – The gaming field is exploding, notes Ryan. There are hugely successful, massive, multiplayer online role-playing games, casual games to play on computers, PDAs and cell phones, as well as games for Xbox, Nintendo and other proprietary game systems. If you’re a game nut, consider learning how to create games to cash in on this trend as the gaming industry tend to offer jobs that are fun and pay good money.

“These skills are often self-taught,” she notes. “And programming jobs pay extremely well, for anything where you know how to write code.” 35% projected growth. Median annual salary: $66,664

4. Medical equipment repair – As medical equipment uses more complex technology, there are more parts that can malfunction – and more need for repair technicians. You may need a two-year degree, but the BLS reports most training is on the job. 9.4% projected growth. Median annual salary: $62,115

5. Media planner/buyer – Though the official BLS data doesn’t show explosive growth here, the Internet is causing rapid change in this industry that probably isn’t figured into federal forecasts yet, says job-trends expert Debra Yergen, author of Creating Job Security: The 2009 All-In-One Workbook. While the traditional advertising industry may be shrinking right now, online skills are in demand, she says. Many online-media pros are learning on the job.

“This is an emerging area where talent is going to be rewarded,” Yergen says. 11.7% projected growth. Median annual salary: $47,149

6. X-ray/Imaging technician – The medical field is increasingly relying on X-rays, MRIs and other imaging technology to diagnose and treat patients, notes Yergen. As new types of scans are invented, and become covered by insurance, the demand for trained imaging technicians will continue to grow. The BLS says technicians can get started with a one-year certificate or two-year associate degree. 15% projected growth. Median annual salary: $42,749

7. Plumber – Robin Ryan calls plumbing, “A classic job most people don’t want to do.” Which is why it pays well. And bad economy or good, pipes burst and need replacing. If you enjoy working with your hands, look for an apprenticeship program where you can get paid while you learn on the job.  10.6% projected growth. Median annual salary: $42,001

8. Graphic/Web designer – Like Internet advertising, anyone who can make companies’ Web sites look better will be in demand, Yergen says.  “This field will blossom as people find creative ways to help clients.” About one-quarter of graphic designers are self-employed, the BLS reports, and may get started with a two-year degree or be self-taught. And at 44.6% projected growth, design careers offer some of the best jobs for the future. Median annual salary: $41,215

Source: All salary data is from PayScale.com. The salaries listed are median, annual salaries for full-time workers with 5-8 years of experience and include any bonuses, commissions or profit sharing.

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

Working in paradise. Sure, it sounds too good to be true. But as the working world becomes more mobile, and the web makes job information easier than ever to find, more people are taking extended breaks to sunny winter destinations – all while getting paid.

Case in point: Tierza Davis, owner of Pura Vida Adventures. She took the plunge and opened a surf camp in Costa Rica in 2003. What’s her advice to anyone contemplating whiling away the winter in warm weather?

“Do it,” says Davis, who has no regrets about chucking her corporate life back in San Francisco. “Once I came here, I realized what I wanted from life.”

The opportunities for both seasonal jobs and permanent jobs in warmer climates are almost endless, says Nancy DeCrescenzo, director of Career Services at Eastern Connecticut State University. It just takes a little creativity (if you’re self-employed) or confidence (if you have to convince a boss you’re ready for a new challenge).

Let’s take a look at just a few of the opportunities out there:

Healthcare Workers: This field is perhaps one of the most ideal fields for finding permanent and seasonal jobs in any location. Sick people are sick people, no matter where you live. A shortage of healthcare workers also makes it easier to find seasonal jobs in locations you consider “paradise.”

Example: Registered Nurse Salary – Miami, Florida – $63,700/year*

Service Industry/Tourism: While the pay won’t be terrific, you don’t need a lot of specialization to work as, for example, a bartender in the Florida Keys. More skilled workers, such as massage therapists and yoga teachers, can obtain seasonal jobs in high-end resorts all over the world.

Example: Concierge Salary – Los Angeles, California – $27,000/year*

Teachers: Certified teachers can find jobs almost anywhere, and sometimes “teacher swaps” are possible, too, says DeCrescenzo. For people who don’t have an education degree, it’s relatively easy to teach English in foreign countries – and you don’t have to worry about a traditional fall-to-spring school calendar.

Example: Elementary School Teacher Salary – San Antonio, Texas – $41,600*

Law Enforcement: Because workers in this field usually retire after just 20 years, and new positions are being added all the time, demand for workers is high, says DeCrescenzo. “The U.S. Border Patrol can’t hire fast enough,” she says.

Example: U.S. Border Patrol Salary – San Diego, California – $64,500/year*

Retirees or Near-Retirees: E. Scott Wingerter, COO of www.retireeworkforce.com, says companies like CVS Pharmacy, Borders Bookstores and Home Depot have developed “snowbird programs” for people who want seasonal jobs in sunny climates. “Typically, the mature employee works only part time at both locations, which is what (both the company and the worker) want,” Wingerter says.

Example: Retail Sales Associate Salary – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – $8.70/hour + $421.06 annual bonus**

Computer-Based Jobs: If the bulk of your day consists of sitting in front of a computer, chances are you can do your job in any place there’s an internet connection. Mike Ragsdale, a former vice president of marketing for a software company in Birmingham, Ala., is now a consultant for the town of Alys Beach, Florida. He works at home on the computer, leaving in time to take noon-time strolls on the beach and ice cream trips after his kids get out of school. “We’ve been living here for two years and it really still very much feels new, like I’m on an exotic vacation,” he says.

This shift from cubicle to home (or to a cabana in Mexico) is known as “alternative workforce strategies” and, according to a survey by Microsoft and CoreNet Global, is only expected to grow in popularity as companies look for ways to creatively cut costs without hurting their bottom line. New technologies like web conferencing and voiceover IP are helping fuel the trend and convincing more companies to stop paying for office real estate.

Example: Software Engineer Salary – Phoenix, Arizona – $87,800/year*

Professional Development in Your Current Job: If you’re not ready for a permanent move, some companies – especially those that are multi-national — may offer off-site (or even out-of-country) education, training and “job swaps” for committed employees. Why not pitch studying a language in another country? After all, one of the fastest ways to learn a new language or regain your fluency is through short (three months or less) immersion programs in foreign countries. “It’s a very marketable skill,” DeCrescenzo says. “If someone’s willing to fund you to do that, then heck yeah: go for it.”

Websites Offering Language Instruction for Business People:
http://www.cactuslanguagetraining.com/en/

http://www.berlitz.us/web/html/Default.aspx

* Salary data are from PayScale.com and show median salary or hourly rate for each profession for workers with 5-9 years of experience.

** Salaries are from PayScale.com and show median salary or hourly rate for each profession for workers with 1-4 years of experience.

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

Recruiters, managers and HR professionals receive a lot of resumes each day. Very little time is spent reviewing each resume so you need something which will make you stand out above the crowd. Here are ten tips which will make your resume pop.

1. Follow the instructions

When you read the request for applicants, are the recruiters asking for a resume and cover letter? Do you need to send your resume in a specific format? Are there specific words that you need to have in your cover letter to reassure the hiring professional that you have read their advertisement? The applicants which do not meet standards are not even considered.

2. Don’t be boring

When you read your resume, do you find that you are falling asleep? If you are falling asleep then you can be assured that the person reading it finds it boring. Focus on the things that will make your audience excited. Are there any words that can be used in the place of ‘responsible for cash handling procedures?’ Your resume is a reflection of yourself.

3. Use numbers

Tell the hiring professional what you have done. You want the recruiter or HR person to know exactly what they are getting. If your sales numbers increased by 300% or your customer base increased by 10%, write it in your resume. Let the manager know that you served over 200 customers a day as a bartender.

4. Use an original layout

Countless applicants use the resume template that MS Word offers. HR professionals and recruiters have seen it so many times that they can probably write these resumes in their sleep. If you do something different with the layout, you will set yourself apart from the crowd. Try placing your name vertically upon the page. Be different.

5. Talk about your strengths

Your resume is designed to tell people what you can do. Managers need to know about the strengths that you offer. If you are an excellent listener, talk about that. Do not be low key when you are writing your resume. Put your strengths right above your experience.

6. Read about copywriting

Copywriting is the art of using words to sell products. In this instance, you are the product. Learn some new tactics which will make your resume dynamic and appealing. There are plenty of copywriting manuals on the market.

7. Testimonials

If your manager has written a glowing recommendation, put it at the top of your resume above your contact information. This will make you stand out above the crowd, because you are immediately showing what you can give your prospective employer.

8. Proof, proof and proof again

Technical errors are sloppy and show that you are not paying attention to detail. Let your friends proof your resume. Read it over and over again to make sure that it places your best foot forward. Remember that spell check only catches those words which are misspelled, not the ones which are improperly used.

9. Use bullets and short phrases

Huge paragraphs turn people off. The recruiter does not want to read a tome, they want to get an idea about whether they should hire you. If they are having to slog through a narrative, chances are they will not read to the end. Use bullet points to draw attention to your work. Use short sentences to get your point across.

10. Tailor your resume

There were key words and phrases placed in the advertisement. The employer might be looking for an executive assistant. The employer might be searching for an administrative assistant. Tailor the words in your resume to meet the criteria specified in the advertisement. There should be no question about your abilities.

To make your resume pop, you want to show the employer that you care about the position that they are advertising. Use care in your words and tailor them to meet the expectations of the hiring professional. A resume that stands out is more likely to get the interview

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

If you don’t know what being ‘underemployed’ means then join the club because it’s an emerging term since the recession. Simply, it’s when you’re working in a job way below your pay-level, capability or capacity. Is this you?

Are You Underemployed?

If you have been forced to take a lower-level job, or have accepted a cut in hours, or possibly even a drop in salary to stay in work, then you are in the ranks of the Underemployed.

I probably don’t need to tell you how it happened though: as employers have come under financial strain through the recession, they cut costs which normally mean lay-offs and, more recently, cutting down the number of hours or pay they offer to their employees.

Tough, isn’t it?

Now I must come clean – I have written before about the subject of taking a lower-level job, and it’s still the only option for some people (see ‘Should You Take a Lower Level Job?‘)  I believe that the people who do the hard work, intelligently and diligently will regain balance in their job and salary when the economy is booming again. It’s a simple fact that the best people will move into the best sustainable jobs. I put sustainable in italics as we all know that, sometimes, idiots are often promoted out of a role. I don’t mean that!

Will the underemployed stay underemployed?

If I didn’t answer that question in my last paragraph, let me say this. When the economy picks up, and business begins to boom, then organizations need people to do work. All the automation in the world doesn’t change the fact that business is reliant on people. So when companies are ready to grow they will seek out good people in order to fill roles to help them do so. This should only be a temporary effect.

Has the employment landscape shifted?

Of course it has – employers have now seen the benefit of more frugal human resourcing, despite my last comment. So we should expect to see more temporary staff and greater use of outsourcing to freelancers. So the world has moved on to increased mobility of it’s labor pool. So don’t be surprised if the face of employment doesn’t go back to exactly how it was before.

Is there anything to learn?

Hell yeah! What I’ve learned is that we all need to keep growing, learning and developing ourselves – and to take responsibility for it. We can’t control the economy directly, but we can control our personal ‘value proposition’ to employers. If you want to take just one thing away from the last couple of years, look at how you made yourself attractive to your employer (I was going to add that I don’t mean in the physical sense, but if that’s how you earn your income then that wouldn’t be true!)

What can we do now?

I advise hanging in there and keep looking for a job – try a weekly job scan just like I discuss here in this post Who Said that the Top Jobs Weren’t Advertised on Job Sites? And I also recommend that you try to make the absolute most of your current job because you’re in there, you’ll spot promotion opportunities as they emerge, and you have an audience of people who will listen to your ideas, your experiences and plans. It’s much easier to find your dream job whilst you’re connected inside the organization where you want to work.

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

Well, actually, I did. But the world of jobhunting and recruitment is changing which ultimately gives us more choice. Let me show you what I mean…

I launched a product called JobGuerrilla last year to help jobhunters take control of their jobhunting campaign – as I believe that the best job you can indivually find is one you find yourself and even help create. I still believe that this is true. However, if you have looked on any quality job site lately, you might have noticed a growing number of highly paid, senior or even C-level (CIO, COO, CEO, etc) jobs posted there. This is a marked change from the recession days of 2009.

Don’t believe me? Enter ‘President’, ‘CIO’ or ‘COO’ into the job search box at the top of this page and see for yourself!

More and more senior roles are being advertised on job sites now, which is evidence that the economy can withstand new growth in the job market.

Your Regular Scan

Since last year, I have regularly scanned job sites to identify changes in the kind of roles being advertised. I like to do this not just because it helps me share information like this with you, but it also (selfishly) helps me identify any new jobs that might be suitable for me. Do you do this? Well if not, I thoroughly recommend you to regularly scan the job market, perhaps once a week or so. This will keep you in touch with the changes in the job market and it also helps you identify growth in certain industries or regions. And it takes only a few minutes too.

I added the job search box at the top of this page just for that reason. When you come back to my blog to check out an article, why not check what jobs are being advertised whilst you’re here?

Still, Personal Control is Best.

Although the shape of job postings is improving, I still believe there is nothing better than to take control myself. Jobs posted on these sites have still been through at least one phase of recruiting from the ‘hidden job market‘ – so they’re only there because they couldn’t be filled by guerrilla job hunters who are offered them first. I prefer to be one of these people. Do you?

The JobGuerrilla method shows you how to become one of these people who take control of their jobhunting campaign and develop job opportunities before they are advertised. This is becoming the new model for jobhunting. The great thing is, you can trial this new method for 60 days and if it doesn’t work for you for whatever reason, you can ask for your money back!

So I will sign off by saying Good Luck if you’re beginning your job search. The good news is, the outlook is improving. Use job sites to search for the roles you deserve, but if you want to find the very best jobs before they’re advertised, then try the JobGuerrilla method risk-free.

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

If you’re conducting a job search, I’ve added a new job listing widget, which should be showing you job vacancies from your area. Question is, does it serve your location well?

Job sites are getting a lot cleverer in how they present jobs to you. Like this one, they’ve worked out that they should show us jobs available close to our location. Does this work for you?

They should be spot on if you live in NYC or a densely populated metropolitan area. But what if you live in a remote area?

Job hunting using jobsites requires slightly different strategies, depending on whether you’re located in metropolitan areas, or not.

If you’re in, or closeby to, a city, then you should notice that the ads tend to have an abundance of vacancies close by, especially sales jobs. But this isn’t always positive: it does mean you have to sift your way through pages and pages of job postings to find one that suits your needs. Using an advanced search is perhaps the best way of narrowing down the results to a set that you can scrutinize closely. This means you have to be competent at using all the search parameters to your advantage. How confusing do you find advanced searching, or is it easy to navigate? It takes practise I guess. The more we practise at using search, the better the results. This is true of Google too.

If you’re in a remote area, then volume of vacancies isn’t always your first problem. Finding ANY vacancies in the job listings is the first challenge (although you probably still see a lot of sales jobs!) People who I have helped find jobs in remote areas have found that using a number of job sites in niche job categories works best. ‘General’ job sites can be too vague. We’ve also found that the job pages of local newspapers and TV stations are also very effective. Have you looked on these sites too?

Take a Look Below…

Check out the job ad below. How close is the vacancy to you? It’s distance from you will tell you which of the above strategies will be most effective.

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

If you’re looking for a job, then we need all the help we can get, today.

If becoming a Job Guerrilla isn’t for you, then job sites are the best channel for casting your net wide to search across thousands of jobs quickly. Here is a collection of job sites and tools that I reccommend:

• SimonStapleton.com Job Search
• The Riley Guide: Sites with Job Listings
• Top 100 job board niches
• The Top Ten Job Search Engines on the Web
• Monster.com
• Totaljobs.com
• Jobsite.com
• JobShouts.com
• TheRecruiterNetwork
• Headhuntersdirectory
• Onlinerecruitersdirectory
• Findarecruiter
• Recruitersdirectory
• Free Tools for Job Seekers
• Online Job Search Tips, Tools, and Strategies
• Tech and online tools for your job search
• 100 Useful Job Search Tools for Recent College Grads

Happy Job Hunting!

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

Did you know you can use Twitter to find a job now? Thousands of job postings are entering the twittersphere, if you know where to look and who to follow.

If you haven’t discovered it yet, there is a great service that specializes on this channel – it’s called JobShouts.com and it’s free to join. Job postings are streamed onto their Twitter feed. I think it’s a cool application of the technology.

There is a downside. In this sense, Twitter’s strength is its weakness; job postingd must fall within the 140 character limit. As Peter Gold says on his blog Hire Strategies:

I did a quick search on a big job board for a few jobs and still find that the job advert content is as dull as ever. I’m not sure if the job boards should limit the amount of characters similar to the way Twitter does so that content would need to be VERY focused on the key message. Or are job adverts never going to change?

Because this limit means that less information is shared, you (perhaps) have to drill into many postings before you find something of interest.
JobShouts.com is a good intermediate application as links go through to their site to give you the extra detail. They also provide an RSS feed, if that’s your bag.

You could also try the JobGuerrilla Job Search site which gives you job vacancies in your local area, as well as nationwide – and that’s true for the US, Canada, UK and Germany.

Have You Found a Job Using Twitter?

Share your success story and tell us how you discovered your job using this emerging channel – provide encouragement to others!

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

We all want enjoyable, lucrative and progressive work, right? So how should we go about finding that kind of work?

You know, I admire people who take a job and then leave shortly afterwards because the job turns out to be way different from the one they applied for. It’s a huge risk, but if a job is going to make one miserable, or to a disadvantage, why continue with it? Journeymen can pay a huge penalty for this behaviour – if they repeatedly move from job to job until they find a sweet-spot then they ultimately find getting any job difficult. What’s needed is a tried and tested method of finding a great job before one even enters the workplace, without wasting the time and cost of enduring long recruitment processes. Both employees and employers welcome such a thing, right?

It’s the advent of Web2.0 tools that now makes such a thing possible.

Have you heard of the ‘hidden job market’? It’s exactly as it sounds – jobs that aren’t advertised. This is because they don’t exist yet, or are in the formative stages of being defined. It’s the people who can search this market who are in the position to influence the shape of jobs to their own needs and desires. In other words, they help create their dream jobs, rather than walk into a job that has been defined by someone else.

Web2.0 tools enable us to search this hidden job market by building relationships with potential employers and identifying job opportunities as they emerge. It’s a matter of getting yourself on their radar and building trust and credibility upfront. Business networking sites such as LinkedIn provides us all with the facilities to connect, engage and nurture a relationship with people within organizations that we want to work in, and it’s scalable and repeatable. Never before was such a thing possible at this magnitude.

Once relationships have been initiated, it’s now possible to provide demonstrable evidence of your potential by building authority in your subject area, using the Web2.0 tools. For example, LinkedIn Answers is a great platform for showing others your dominance of your subject, and be recognized for it.

The Hidden Job Market is there – if you look for it!

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You can now search from thousands of job vacancies in your country, state, city or even zip code with a new job search site: JobGuerrilla Job Search . You’ll find many thousands of employers currently hiring in the US, Canada, UK and Germany.

It’s easy to find jobs in your local area using keywords specified by you – e.g. ‘Project Manager’ or ‘Java Developer’. It’s free to use too.

What I like about this service is that it looks just like Google, so you can search and navigate with a familiar interface. The other thing is that there are jobs posted from across all industry sectors and all job types, including freelance posistions.

http://jobguerrilla.com/jobsearch.htm

Use it, and Tell Us!

I’d like to know how this service works for you! Try this job search site and out tell us about your experience… did you find jobs that you’ll apply for?

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Do you know what the unemployment rate is in your State? Here are the results of current research. It could reveal to you the extent of the challenge you’re facing in your job search.

I found a revealing article on blog Applicant.com which shares the current employment rates across US States.

The range is between 4% to 12.9%, with Michigan being suffering the worst rate of unemployment and North Dakota enjoying the least unemployment.

If you’re statistically minded, you’ll also spot in these numbers that Oregon has suffered the worst jump in unemployment since 2008 to 12%, up 6.4% from last year.

Are YOU one of these statistics?

Have you found yourself to be one of these numbers? How does it make you feel, and what are you doing to become more than a number? Tell us YOUR story…

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It’s become the de facto means for people to tell each other what they’re having for lunch, or which movie they’re about to see. Not just that – it’s become a hotbed of activity for business and commercial purposes, favored by Internet Marketers, Bloggers and product developers to spread the word about their vittles.

A growing use of Twitter is in the domain of job hunting. The capacity for building relationships using Twitter is phenomenal, and this is why your job search can take a new angle.

The essence of Twitter is the establishing of followership – long term, inobtrusive relationships. These relationships are based on relevance, i.e. people follow each other because they’re saying something interesting, and it’s this basis of relatedness which builds trust and authority.

And guess what – if you’re looking for work in a specific industry, niche, or role, then it’s likely you will have tweeted about that subject in the past.

So what better than to leverage your followership to seek job opportunities?

If you’re looking for work, then why not tweet the fact?

Tweet what projects you’ve worked on, or what you’d like to work on. Tweet about the challenges you’ve faced and overcome in your work. Tweet about your aspirations. As long as it is relevant, people will listen. And maybe, respond.

This isn’t a deterministic strategy – there is no guarantee that this will land the dream job. But it is low cost and low effort. Having said that, just because it is low effort, it doesn’t mean you can be lazy. This strategy requires you to be selective about what you tweet. If you’re building up the interest and intrigue in a number of prospective recruiting managers (you’ll know this if they reply or retweet your own tweets) then you could destroy your progress by a careless tweet about what you got up to last night (and who with).

Of course, this only works if you have followers! How do you encourage followers?

There is an etiquette of a sorts (is that twitiquette?) where following is reciprocated (but not always). The most effective way of building your followeship is (you guessed it) to follow others. But only follow tweeters relevant to your interests and industry. It’s no good following a turnip grower if you’re looking for a job in fine art. Follow people, and they will probably follow you.

Just a point on the twitiquette – be aware of what rocks and what sucks on Twitter. You’ll be an outcast if you get it wrong.

So Twitter has great potential in searching the hidden job market ! Here’s a great article on the essentials of Twitter:

http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_thoughtful_user_guide/writing_my_twitter_etiquette_article_14_ways_to_use_twitter_politely.php

I’ll finish by including another link to the CIO.COM website which gives you more advice on using Twitter in your job search:

http://www.cio.com/article/482324/Twitter_Tips_How_to_Use_Twitter_to_Job_Hunt

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By combining your LinkedIn profile with Facebook ads, you’ll discover an effective way of getting yourself in front of potential employers who use Facebook (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?) It’s a guerrilla job-hunting tactic that enables you to search the hidden job market and find or even create the best jobs before they hit the job sites. 

How?  Here’s how – create an ad on Facebook that targets potential employers in specific countries, cities or organizations that leads them to your LinkedIn profile page.

Here’s how to do it:

1) Go to Facebook.com and make sure you’re logged in.

2) Click ‘Profile’

3) On the right-side of the page, select ‘Advertise’

4) Click the ‘Create an Advert’ button

5) You’re now going to create your advert: In the box labeled ‘What do you want to advertise?’ leave http:// selected and enter the URL of your LinkedIn profile – this will look something like ‘www.linkedin.com/in/<yourname>’ If you’re not sure of the exact URL, login to LinkedIn and choose ‘View My Profile’ and then note down the URL next to ‘Public Profile’

6) Then hit ‘Continue’

7) Now you’re going to create the text for your ad. This needs to stand out and grab the attention of your target audience. You’ll do this by entering a title for your ad and a brief summary.

I suggest for the title for your ad, you use a call to action. A call to action works best in the title for small ads, particularly as the title must stay within 25 characters. In the context of advertising yourself as available for work, I find that ‘Hire Me’ or something very similar works best (note: you cannot use an exclamation mark in the title of Facebook ads).

In the ‘body’ of your ad you have more room to play with – 135 characters in total. Here I recommend this mentions your desired role and provides a very brief synopsis about your  key strengths and characteristics. I’ve discovered that it is a great idea to use the summary statement you used on your LinkedIn profile if it will fit, as this preserves continuity between the ad and the target of your ad – your LinkedIn profile. Look on your LinkedIn profile in the summary information to cut and paste it in.

8 ) In my opinion, it’s vital that you add a photograph or yourself – if you don’t then recruiters will wonder what you’re hiding. It doesn’t need to be a studio-grade photograph but it should be a clear photograph of your face and make sure you’re smiling! Recruiters don’t want to hire miserable people. Regardless of the size of your original image, the photo will be resized to fit inside a 110×80 pixel box, so a standard size original image in landscape works best.

9) Ignore ‘Social Interactions’ unless you personally started a Facebook group that fits your professional image, and one where the ‘interactions’ (updates) are also professional. I don’t advise using this option.

10) Now, you’re coming onto targeting your ad. You can specify to target people in specific locations, either by country or specific cities. So if you’re looking for work in a particular city, then choose the ‘by city’ option and then enter the name of the city.

You can also specify other demographical information, such as gender, age, education and relationship goals – I wouldn’t bother for this purpose, unless you really need to. The two fields to consider are ‘Workplaces’ and ‘Keywords’. ‘Workplaces’ is a powerful option to specify as you can target your ad to people who work in specific organizations. Keywords is less useful for this purpose, but you can be specific about who to target the ad at based on personal interests. I can’t think of many real benefits of using this option unless you’re looking for a job based on stricter personal criteria.

11) So now you have targeted your ad, at the bottom of the page is a number – this tells you the approximate size of the audience who will see this ad, and this is relevant because a) a large number means your ad will be seen by many people, but also b) you’re likely to have to pay more for the ad to be displayed. A large number (over 5 figures) suggests you haven’t targeted your ad enough.

12) Now the next step is to set select your pricing option and your budget. You have two options; 1) pay per click – this means you only pay when people actually click you ad, or 2) pay for views – this means you pay a price for every 1,000 times your ad is displayed. My advice – use the pay per click model as you’ll really only want to pay when people take your call to action.

13) Next you need to set your budget – you can set an maximum amount you want to spend each day. The default is $25, but that’s a steep price unless you’re really pursuing work hard, whatever the cost. Then you need to set the maximum amount you’ll pay per click. This is a bidding war with other advertisers. If you’re targeting the ad at a large audience, chances are you’ll have to pay more. The ‘Suggested Bid’ Facebook uses the size of the audience and other factors to work out a range to bid within for your ad to stand a chance of being displayed. Bidding below the minimum suggested amount will mean your ad is very unlikely to be seen at all.

14) You’ve also got the option of specifying which dates your ad campaign is active. This is really a question of your target audience – you may want to limit your ad to weekdays only.

15) Once you’ve set the budget, then double-check everything on the form. Check all the details of the ad for accuracy. Hit continue once you’re happy.

16) On the next page, you’ll add your billing information such as your address and credit card information so Facebook can collect payment. Once you’re done, hit ‘Place Order’ and then your ad is live!

17) Now you need to track the results and make sure you’re getting your ad seen and clicked – at a price you can afford. Use ‘Ad Manager’ to review the stats of your ad.

• ‘Imp.’ shows the number of times your ad has been seen.
• ‘Clicks’ shows the number of times someone has actually taken your call to action and looked at your LinkedIn profile.
• ‘CTR’ is your Click-Through-Rate. It’s the percentage of views of your ad that turned into clicks.
• ‘Avg. CPC’ is the average cost to you of each click. It should always equal or be lower than the maximum bid you specified when you setup the ad.
• ‘Avg. CMP’ is the average cost to you for every thousand viewers of your ad. This figure isn’t so important as you’re only interested in clicks.
• ‘Spent’ is the total amount od money you have spent on the ad.

If your ‘Spent’ is ramping up to high, then I suggest you don’t lower your maximum bid first, but instead check that you’re not targeting too wide. If your targeting is just right, then consider lowering your maximum bid, but take note that this may reduce the number of people viewing your LinkedIn profile significantly. The trick is to continually assess and adapt the ad settings. Unfortunately for us, Facebook ad manager lets us change the maximum bid easily, but if we want to change the targeting, we have to setup another ad!

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If you’ve just been laid off, or are in the process of it, you’re probably shocked and worried. If not, maybe you know someone who is. The probability of either case is growing. Yikes! What if I could give you some some practical steps to turn the situation around? Here are 7 things to do to turn your situation around and get yourself right back into employment.

1) Firstly, don’t panic! This is very important – here’s why. When panic sets in, all sorts of things happen. People in panic behave irrationally and do strange things. This is a time for a level head and some calculated action. The worst outcome is to make matters worst by doing something you will later regret. I’ve known several people go into a panic state; one friend of mine booked himself onto a training course at the cost of $4,000 (paid out of his severance pay check) – he didn’t need the course and it was a waste of precious funds. Another got herself onto a pyramid selling scheme and lost over $10,000! Both of these people are typically rational people (much more than myself!)

2) Next thing to do is to take a break. I don’t mean a coffee break, but a proper leave from the shock of your layoff. You’ll need this time to set some things into action, but also not set too high expectations of yourself. You’ve had a trauma and you really need some time to get over it. You should give yourself a week or two.

3) At the start of your break, go get a lined, hard-backed book. A leather-bound one would be a nice investment. You will need this to write down your to-do list, and notes you will need to take, and journal your next journey.

4) Now you need to give yourself some actions to take over your break. There are some housekeeping activities to undertake, as well as beginning your job-search. Here are the tasks you should aim to complete before you move on:

• Notify and negotiate with any debtors you own money to, such as your mortgage company. You need to get your debts under control, and it starts with informing those organizations about your new situation.
• You’ll need to work out how much of your severance (if you received one) you will be committing to paying off debts, and how much you’ll reserve for running capital. My advice is to always pay off as much debt as you can afford. There is a simple financial fact that debts are always more expensive than your gain in savings. So if you can, pay off credit card bills and short-term loans. Get them out of the way so you can budget for your next phase of job-seeking. I also advise to reserve enough capital for 3 months.
• Write up a list of other domestic jobs you have been putting off. Why? Well this list will be your back-up of tasks if you run out of time, energy or inclination to apply to your job-search. What you’re looking to do is to not be idle! A sustained completion of your domestic jobs will keep you busy, avoid moping, and boost your confidence when the jobs are complete.
• This is the more nitty-gritty stuff now. You should now be looking at your next term of employment, and what you want (and don’t want) from it. I urge you to write a list of things you like and didn’t like about your previous job (being as objective as possible) and add on a list of things you do want, and don’t want, from your next job. Once you have this list, sit on it for a day or two and revise if necessary.
• Looking at your want and don’t want list, now consider if you want to continue doing the same type of job, or if a different job is more suitable. Write a list of job types/roles you are keen to do next. This is a great opportunity to take a ‘course-correction’ in your career and pursue the roles that will bring more fulfilment and happiness. You could consider taking on freelance work and the lifestyle that goes with it, or conversely, go permanent following a stint of freelancing.
• Once you have your list of roles, consider alternative roles that are on the same vein. For example, if you are keen to continue your role as a Unix administrator, could you turn your hand to becoming a Microsoft administrator? Although the technology is different, many of the management practices, processes and activities are very similar. Try to avoid pigeon-holing yourself into a technology, but instead consider what job-family you want to join. Much less percentage of ‘work’ is done on a specific technology than you might think.

5) Before you begin your job-search, you need to make sure your personal marketing is top-notch. You’ll want to capitalize on every opportunity that comes your way! The kinds of things I mean are:

• Dust off your resume and get it updated. See my post ‘9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers’ to see how to create a kick-ass resume
• Your resume is still important, but it is just one tool in your arsenal. Your social profile is very important in today’s business climate. So you’ll need to register (or update) your LinkedIn profile and get your experience, interests and skills in there. Take a look at ‘Make Your LinkedIn Profile Really Stand Out’ to learn more.

6) The next step to take is to engage your network of contacts and tell people that you’re available. Tell as many people as you can! This step can really pay off as it’s much easier to get counsel and a sniff of job opportunities from people you know. Don’t just look at this as a means of learning about job opportunities; instead use your network to get feedback on your experiences, opinion on the kinds of roles you are suitable for, and general support and wisdom about beginning your job search. Why is step at #6 and not earlier? Well the reason is that if you do get wind of an opportunity from your network, you need to be ready to pounce on it. And to be ready, you need to have prepared yourself using steps 1-5. You’ll need your resume, your profile, and a firm understanding of the roles you are looking for, and not looking for. Otherwise, you could lose those opportunities, and worse still, piss off a contact.

7) The sooner you get on with your job-search, the better. But only once you are ready! The approach you will take depends on how much time you can buy yourself financially. If you have a couple of months, then I suggest you start with a very targeted campaign. To begin with, I thoroughly recommend you use the method I discussed in my post ‘How To Search The Invisible Job Market’ to find the jobs in the companies you want to work for. This takes a little longer but the outcome will be far better. If time is of the essence, then you have to get your foot back into the workplace as soon as you can, and build your career back up from there. Therefore, I recommend you follow the method I described in my recent post ‘7 Essential Steps To START an IT Career in a Recession’. Sure, you’re not STARTING your career, but you are starting from a similar position of needing to get gainful employment. This isn’t a desperate tactic – it’s a means of laying solid foundations to build from. Does this go against advice I gave above? I don’t think so. Sure, you might take a job on that isn’t in a role you want, but the job is an opportunity to get there. So I strongly suggest that if you do take on a job that isn’t ideal, that you talk to your employer BEFORE you accept the job about your plans and ambitions, and check that the path of progression is a viable option.

Here ends the list. Follow these 7 steps immediately after your layoff and you’ll be giving yourself the best chance of getting right back on your career track.

Before you go, I just wanted to share a comment from a good friend of mine, Andy Shultz, who was laid off three weeks ago from his Web Developer job:

When I learned about my layoff, it was a shock. I can remember the adrenalin rush and to disbelief. It took me over a week to come to terms with the feeling off loss. It wasn’t just losing the job or the income – I lost friends at work and the feeling of belonging to something. I had to turn it around, quickly, as I am heavily in debt with my mortgage. Thankfully I hooked up with Simon and he helped me work a plan which has turned my attitude and feeling of loss around, and now I am looking to a bright future! – Andy

More posts which will help you in your new journey!

• How To Land Top Jobs by Distinguishing Yourself
• How To Search The Invisible Job Market
• 5 Tips for beating recession in technical roles
• Your Career Checklist During The Global Financial Crisis
• Five Self-Marketing Tips for Information Technology Employees

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

I am a big fan of LinkedIn – not just for the social networking aspects of the site – but I strongly believe it creates the new-wave of opportunities for jobseeking.

In my post How To Search The Invisible Job Market I described guerrilla tactics for finding the very best jobs, even before they become vacancies. It’s all about being in the face of potential hiring managers and building up a reputation and relationship with them so they know to come to you first , or create jobs just for you.

I found this great post on the CIO.com website:How to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile: Stand Out to Employers, Recruiters which gives us sagely advice on really sharpening up your profile so that it appeals to recruiters more than all the other jobseekers out there – your competition. Some of the tips are simple, but powerful, such as:

• Adding a photograph of yourself
• Using a Professional Headline
• Talking about current work and assignments
• Sharing links to your websites

As I said, most of this is simple, but not everyone does it! Get ahead of your competition now by following this advice !

©2012 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved.

It wasn’t long ago that I advised you to feel confident in moving jobs, if you’re a master at your subject . I thought it would be interesting to think about more than moving IT jobs, but getting a better IT job. How could you do that?

I’m going to caveat this by saying the following won’t work for everyone. But it will work for lots of you. The advice here is a blend between business acumen, common sense and brain-stuff. It’s easier for me to offer the advice as a list, so here goes:

1. Make sure your CV/Resume is as sharp as possible – use friends, family, people in your network or a resume writing service to get the best possible resume. This is the common sense bit. Your resume is your personal brochure, and you must think of it that way. Good brochures are not full of irrelevant information, they give the reader enough motivation to move towards the next stage of the recruitment process. In your resume, you must convey your achievements and your experiences. The best statements talk about measurable achievements, e.g. raised productivity in the team from X to Y. Use real numbers as much as possible. So you must say what you achieved in your role, not a statement about the role itself.  Job descriptions are pretty standard nowadays, so there is not much point lamenting on about one. So go heavy on what contribution you made in the role, and go light on what the role was itself. Also, emphasize any management or leadership achievements. You don’t need to have been in a formal management/leadership position to have achieved something in these areas. The main points to get across are your contributions to creating Business Value . Even the most technical of us create Business Value. Emphasize this above all else . Now I am not an advocate of an out-and-out lie on your resume, particularly as references are followed up, but I do advise the use of some poetic license on your Job Titles. Sometimes people achieve much more in their organization than their what their formal title suggests. If this is so, use the Job Title that most closely reflects what you achieved. Last thing, don’t use jargonistic or unnecessarily long/clever words as this won’t impress readers. Your language needs to be clear, concise and easy to read
2. Get Your Social Profile as Bright as a Pin – this is well worth the time: get your LinkedIn profile, Facebook profile, etc bang up to date and looking very tidy. Headhunters use these to search for candidates, as well as more traditional methods. Make sure your LinkedIn profile states people can contact you for career opportunities (found in Contact Settings). You could also answer questions on LinkedIn (make sure they are high quality answers) as these help build up your reputation as a contributor
3. Be Targeted in Your Search – job hunting can be very time consuming, so don’t make it worse for yourself by casting your net wide. It’s far better to pursue a small number of opportunities very well than a lot of opportunities badly. Researching potential employers is the best place to start. Look for those organizations that are renowned for a good employee proposition and are ‘Employers of Choice’ in their industry. Search forums, blogs and your Information Catalog to find the best employers in your chosen business sector. On that point, my advice is to stay within your existing sector (e.g. Financial Services) is you’re looking for a  job in a more senior role. It is unlikely an organization will give you a promotion from outside of their industry. If you’re looking to move outside your sector, then target equivalent roles
4. Choose the Right Kind of Industry – you must choose the right kind of business as this will be a big influence on your job satisfaction. See these articles for more: The Implications of the Product Life-Cycle (Part One) , The Implications of the Product Life-Cycle (Part Two)
5. Change Environment – if you’re in a large or medium size organization, you’re likely to land a more senior role if you change to a small business or startup. Small businesses need flexible leaders with good industry experience and generally offer better personal and career development opportunities
6. Be a Usurper – in a recession, competition becomes more aggressive. So be the competition! Look for organizations that use the services of big consultants firms and try and muscle in. In an economic downturn it is often these guys who get the elbow first so it is sensible to line yourself up as a cheaper alternative! Simple economics. This does take some courage, but this is a real sweet spot if you can pull it off. Do a Google search for your chosen organization; look for news relating to a deal with one of the big guys; present yourself as an alternative. Alternatively, pump one of your contacts for information about any programs undertaken by these big firms and send the Program Manager your CV
7. Be Targeted in Your Choice of Recruitment Agencies – Recruiters are like pimps; they only like you to affiliate with themselves. So by working with a small number of agencies you will be offered the best opportunities first. It’s much like Real Estate – the best properties are offered to favored clients before they are published to the wider pool. By agreeing some form of exclusivity you will be at the top of their list
8. Be a Good Guy for Recruitment Agencies – take their calls if you can, and call them straight back if you can’t. Don’t mess them about as in reality they have many folks on their books they could call if they are more reliable. Respond with information requested as soon as you can. OK, you might be pandering to them, but so what – it’s for your own benefit in the end!
9. Connect with Existing Employees – once you have made your shortlist, look on websites like LinkedIn and search for employees in those organizations in similar roles you are looking for. If there are people who you can request introductions from within your network – ask to be introduced. If you don’t have connections, then try contacting them directly and say you’re interesting in joining their organization and would like to know how they enjoy working there. Try to develop a relationship to the point you may even secure some internal sponsorship. Vacancies are also posted directly onto LinkedIn by Hiring Managers, so scour this for anything interesting! If you find something close to what you’re looking for, but not exact, then inquire anyway as there maybe other vacancies available in their organization
10. Build Good Relationships with HR - it’s really important to contact your selected organizations and understand how they receive applications, e.g. direct or through agencies. Take your time to build a relationship with their HR staff. Use the phone – not email or by snailmail
11. ‘See’ Yourself in Your Chosen New Role – start forming an image of you actually in your desired job. Build a mental picture of how you look and how you behave in this new role. See yourself this way many times over in your minds eye until you feel a surge of energy and motivation. Repeat this many times throughout the day. Use this picture as a means of guiding your path towards finding your new job, and act upon the thoughts that emerge. By using this image, you are working with your inner thoughts which will be much more in tune with your desires and needs

Do you have any more tips for budding job hunters?

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