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Business directories are an excellent platform to both advertise and find useful contacts, resources and supplies. Since the millennium the internet has become filled with directories to the point that at times they have swamped the search engines, Google and Yahoo for example. Such directories come in a many forms. The aim here is to discuss the differing directory types, their use on the internet and to offer tips on embarking one of the many paid for services.
--- Past experience has shown that most people will only help you when it directly benefits them, such as when there is an incentive hiring plan. For many years, I have tried to keep in touch with numerous people I knew very well. Most refuse to even answer. No returned emails, calls, etc. If people won't even answer, they certainly will not help you. I would speculate that 98% of the time when I contact past acquaintances, I get the cold shoulder.
Jim, Pennsylvania ---
Like most job hunt
In a sense, the entrance to SFGT is a window into the person who leads the company, Dudley Fitzpatrick, CEO. Open the big front door of the old town house on Walnut Street and the first thing you notice is three old stone steps. Couldn't they afford new steps? Then you see the second door. It's all glass and through it you see the modern reception room, the classic furniture, the attractive receptionist and the small oriental rug in the center of the beautiful wood fl
If you're like about 75% of the job seekers I've met over the past nine years, you're probably doing too much waiting and not enough searching.
Stop.
Now.
Instead, here are two ways to be more proactive -- and much more effective -- in your job search.
1) Stop waiting for job leads to appear. Start making your own.
Here's a real estate analogy that directly relates to your job search. (Trust me.)
Where would you rather buy a 3-bedroom house, in Japan or the United States?
Considering the price would be about $2 million in Japan vs. about $200,000 in the US, you'd likely opt for an American home. And why is Japanese real estate so pricey? Mainly because only about 15% of Japan is habitable. The remaining 85% of land there is too mountainous to build on. So prices are driven into the stratosphere by the intense competition for prime real estate.
Well, the traditional employment market is just like Japanese real estate.
Advertised job openings -- those listed on the Internet or in newspaper classifieds -- are only about 15% of the market. Yet, this is where about 80-90% of job seekers spend most of their time looking … so the competition is fierce. And, like Japanese real estate, you are far less likely to find what you want.
It's far better to spend most of your time looking for jobs that are not advertised, since you'll have less competition.
And how can you find unadvertised job leads? The two best ways I know are:
a) Calling employers to ask for an interview (explained in a prior article of mine, here - http://www.gresumes.com/marky-stein-clients.htm)
b) Networking more effectively
Since so many people get networking so wrong, I'll tackle that one next ...
2) Stop waiting for people to hand you job leads. Start networking right.
Here's a recent email from an unhappy job seeker with a common -- and completely wrong -- negative attitude about networking:
--- Past experience has shown that most people will only help you when it directly benefits them, such as when there is an incentive hiring plan. For many years, I have tried to keep in touch with numerous people I knew very well. Most refuse to even answer. No returned emails, calls, etc. If people won't even answer, they certainly will not help you. I would speculate that 98% of the time when I contact past acquaintances, I get the cold shoulder.
Jim, Pennsylvania ---
Like most job hunt
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Where would you rather buy a 3-bedroom house, in Japan or the United States?
Considering the price would be about $2 million in Japan vs. about $200,000 in the US, you'd likely opt for an American home. And why is Japanese real estate so pricey? Mainly because only about 15% of Japan is habitable. The remaining 85% of land there is too mountainous to build on. So prices are driven into the stratosphere by the intense competition for prime real estate.
Well, the traditional employment market is just like Japanese real estate.
Advertised job openings -- those listed on the Internet or in newspaper classifieds -- are only about 15% of the market. Yet, this is where about 80-90% of job seekers spend most of their time looking … so the competition is fierce. And, like Japanese real estate, you are far less likely to find what you want.
It's far better to spend most of your time looking for jobs that are not advertised, since you'll have less competition.
And how can you find unadvertised job leads? The two best ways I know are:
a) Calling employers to ask for an interview (explained in a prior article of mine, here - http://www.gresumes.com/marky-stein-clients.htm)
b) Networking more effectively
Since so many people get networking so wrong, I'll tackle that one next ...
2) Stop waiting for people to hand you job leads. Start networking right.
Here's a recent email from an unhappy job seeker with a common -- and completely wrong -- negative attitude about networking:
--- Past experience has shown that most people will only help you when it directly benefits them, such as when there is an incentive hiring plan. For many years, I have tried to keep in touch with numerous people I knew very well. Most refuse to even answer. No returned emails, calls, etc. If people won't even answer, they certainly will not help you. I would speculate that 98% of the time when I contact past acquaintances, I get the cold shoulder.
Jim, Pennsylvania ---
Like most job hunt
Computers have officially become a necessity in this 21st century, and with this technology boom comes the growing availability of a computer career. If you are looking for a computer career, your range of options is immense. While a few years ago a computer career was restricted primarily to programming, the range of options has grown as computers are now used in almost every industry today.Most commonly associated with a computer career is the computer progra
Advertised job openings -- those listed on the Internet or in newspaper classifieds -- are only about 15% of the market. Yet, this is where about 80-90% of job seekers spend most of their time looking … so the competition is fierce. And, like Japanese real estate, you are far less likely to find what you want.
It's far better to spend most of your time looking for jobs that are not advertised, since you'll have less competition.
And how can you find unadvertised job leads? The two best ways I know are:
a) Calling employers to ask for an interview (explained in a prior article of mine, here - http://www.gresumes.com/marky-stein-clients.htm)
b) Networking more effectively
Since so many people get networking so wrong, I'll tackle that one next ...
2) Stop waiting for people to hand you job leads. Start networking right.
Here's a recent email from an unhappy job seeker with a common -- and completely wrong -- negative attitude about networking:
--- Past experience has shown that most people will only help you when it directly benefits them, such as when there is an incentive hiring plan. For many years, I have tried to keep in touch with numerous people I knew very well. Most refuse to even answer. No returned emails, calls, etc. If people won't even answer, they certainly will not help you. I would speculate that 98% of the time when I contact past acquaintances, I get the cold shoulder.
Jim, Pennsylvania ---
Like most job hunt
You have seen hundreds if not thousands of what appear to be a free legitimate work at home job company, but there are a lot of scams online and you have to be careful on what you choose and who you partner with. There is not a simple answer but there are some facts that you have to be aware.How do you know if its a scam or not? One of the first things you have to look at on the company website is, if it has contact info, can you send them an email?, can you make
a) Calling employers to ask for an interview (explained in a prior article of mine, here - http://www.gresumes.com/marky-stein-clients.htm)
b) Networking more effectively
Since so many people get networking so wrong, I'll tackle that one next ...
2) Stop waiting for people to hand you job leads. Start networking right.
Here's a recent email from an unhappy job seeker with a common -- and completely wrong -- negative attitude about networking:
--- Past experience has shown that most people will only help you when it directly benefits them, such as when there is an incentive hiring plan. For many years, I have tried to keep in touch with numerous people I knew very well. Most refuse to even answer. No returned emails, calls, etc. If people won't even answer, they certainly will not help you. I would speculate that 98% of the time when I contact past acquaintances, I get the cold shoulder.
Jim, Pennsylvania ---
Like most job hunt
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--- Past experience has shown that most people will only help you when it directly benefits them, such as when there is an incentive hiring plan. For many years, I have tried to keep in touch with numerous people I knew very well. Most refuse to even answer. No returned emails, calls, etc. If people won't even answer, they certainly will not help you. I would speculate that 98% of the time when I contact past acquaintances, I get the cold shoulder.
Jim, Pennsylvania ---
Like most job hunters who network unsuccessfully, Jim is asking the wrong questions. And getting the wrong answers. And not getting hired.
Instead of, "Why won't anyone return my calls or give me job leads?" Jim (and you) should ask, "How could I give people a reason to contact me with job leads?" This simple change in mindset will make all the difference. Try it and see.
Here are more questions to ask yourself if your networking is not panning out.
* How can I make networking a two-way street, and do something that benefits the people I want job leads from?
* What news/tips/advice/suggestions could I give to people in my network FIRST, which would ethically obligate them to help me in return?
* Who else could I be networking with?
* How many new people have I met this week who could give me job leads AFTER I help them out in some way?
I've said this before, and I'll say it again: Networking is like skiing. If you give up and say, "It didn't work for me," it's because you weren't doing it right. Period.
Here's hoping these two ways to uncover job leads and network better will help you get hired fast. Now, go out and make your own luck!
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