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Finding a Job. From What Color is Your Parachute?. Two Truths About Job Market. There are always jobs out there Whether you can find them depends on your methods of job-hunting. The Worst Ways to Find a Job. Mail out resumes at random (7% success)
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Finding a Job From What Color is Your Parachute?
Two Truths About Job Market • There are always jobs out there • Whether you can find them depends on your methods of job-hunting
The Worst Ways to Find a Job • Mail out resumes at random (7% success) • Answering ads in professional or trade journals (7%) • Answering non-local newspaper ads (10%) • Answering local newspaper ads (5-24%) • Going to private employment agencies (5-24%)
The Best Ways to Find a Job • Ask for job leads (33% success rate) • Knocking on door of prospective employer (47%) • Creative Approach to Job-Hunting (86%)
Creative Approach • Do thorough homework, and inventory, upon yourself. Know in what kinds of fields you want to use those skills. • Talk to people who are in those kinds of jobs. Find out if they like their job and how they found their job.
Creative Approach (2) • Choose organizations where you want to work. Do research on those organizations. • Seek out the person who actually has the power to hire you for the job you want. Use your personal contacts to get to him or her. • Show how you can help your prospective employer solve their problems. • Cut no corners, take no shortcuts.
Remember, Every Job… • Is temporary, that is, of uncertain length • Is a seminar • Is an adventure • Is one where the satisfaction must lie in the work itself • Might not get praise • If you like it, you will be good at it and v.vs.