Not a lot of people actually realize that job-hunting itself is one of the most studied phenomena in the era we are living in. Amazing isn’t it? Getting to know how you can look for a job and receive superb pay-back, especially if you are currently a very bad job-hunter. Most people just have three ways of job-hunting: 1. resumes, 2. ads and 3. agencies… but hold on! There are FOURTEEN FANTASTIC ways to hunt for a job... So check them out (from least effective to most effective!):

 

1. Use the Internet to look for job-ads or post your own resume openly for prospective employers.

 

2. Mail out your resume randomly to employers who you think may employ you.

 

3. Reply to ads in professional journals which are relevant to your field.

 

4. Answer local newspaper ads.

 

5. Pick some private employment agencies or search firms and work with them to find a job.

 

6. Go for walk-in interviews at places like union hiring halls where employers come to select workers.

 

7. Take a Civil Service exam.

 

8. Get some info from an ex-teacher or professor as to any job contact that they may have, which they might pass on to you.

 

9. Go have a look for yourself at the State/Federal employment service office.

 

10. Why not ask family members, friends or professionals you personally know for job-leads! They might even put through a good word for you.

 

11. Take some time off to personally visit an employer, factory or office you would like to work in. Pop over and ask them whether they have any open vacancies.

 

NOW FOR THE TOP 3: (drum roll…)

 

12. Get out your phone book’s Yellow Pages and pick some fields which interest you and then call employers in those fields to see if they’re hiring people in and around your job category or with your skills.

 

13. You could even make a group and take a joint effort with your group members (comprising of job-hunters) and scroll over the Yellow Pages and call up asking for jobs.

 

14. The best way is to do some homework about yourself, figure out what your favourite and best skills are and attend face-to-face interviews at organizations you would like to work in. Later you can get one of your personal contacts to follow-up by contacting the ‘recruiting power” in the organization to increase your chances of getting in!  

 

Just because there’s a list of 14 methods doesn’t mean you should take up all 14. Rather go for any 4 or 5 which you think would suit you or you could even try for the top

 

4. Importantly, be patient, jobs take time…GOOD LUCK!