By Jo Blitz A. Escotal
CEO
Escotal.com
How to find a job?
You went to school, studied hard, and received your certification. What do you do next? Here is some advice I can give you on your next step to finding the perfect job.
The following adaptation of Richard Bolles’s “What Color Is Your Parachute?” demonstrates what has changed — and what hasn’t changed — in the art and science of looking for a job that suits your interests and skills. Along with technical and soft skills, it seems essential to improve your language proficiency, especially in English, to improve your communication skills. A candidate’s ability to communicate their thoughts is usually something that employers pay special attention to these days. Therefore, enrolling in one of the reputable English language schools may help you acquire a stronger grasp of the language.
The Five Best Ways to Find a Job
1. Ask for job leads from family members, friends, people in the community, and staff at career centers. Ask them this one simple question: Do you know of any jobs in my field? That method has a 33% success rate.
2. Knock on the doors of any employers, factories, or offices that interest you, whether or not they have vacancies. That method has a 47% success rate. However, make sure you do proper research on whether the company is reputed or has any bad reputation in cases of workplace gender discrimination or any other salary related problems. Prior information about your next company could save you a lot of hassle once you get the job.
3. Use the Yellow Pages to identify areas that interest you in or near the town or city where you live and then call the employers in that field to find out whether they are hiring for the position that you can do — and do well. That method has a 69% success rate.
4. In a group with other job hunters, implement method #3 (above). That method has an 84% success rate.
5. Do thorough homework on yourself. Know your best skills, in order of priority. Know the fields in which you want to use those skills. If, however, you wish to work in a specific field, but lack the necessary skills, you can enroll in courses and earn certifications. You can, for example, take Wall Street Prep certification if you’re interested in working in banking. This certification can help you understand the specialized operations and methods associated with this industry. Along with that, you can also talk to people who have those kinds of jobs. Find out whether they’re happy, and how they found their jobs. Then choose the places where you want to work, rather than just those places that have advertised job openings.
While you are searching for a job it is important to own a DBS certificate. But many people might have queries like –What is a DBS certificate? It is a formal document to prove that you are free from criminal records. Earlier this was known as CBR checks.
The Five Worst Ways to Find a Job
1. Randomly mail out resumes to employers. That method has a 7% success rate. (One study revealed that there is one job offer for every 1,470 resumes floating around out there. Another study puts the figure even higher — one job offer for every 1,700 resumes.)
2. Answer ads in professional or trade journals appropriate to your field. That method also has only a 7% success rate.
3. Answer ads in newspapers in other parts of the state or country. That method has a 10% success rate.
4. Answer ads in local newspapers. That method has a 5% to 24% success rate. (The higher the salary, the smaller the chance of finding a job using that method.)
5. Go to private employment agencies for help. This method also has a 5% to 24% success rate; again, depending on the salary you want. (In a recent study, 27.8% of female job hunters found jobs within two months by going to private employment agencies.)
Commentary
First, jobs today are temporary. You don’t know how long your job is going to last. Thirty years ago, before the onslaught of downsizing and such, you could count on spending your working life at the same job. Second, jobs today are really seminars. Change is happening so rapidly that you’ve got to pay close attention and learn. Third, today’s jobs are essentially adventures. You never know what’s going to happen next. And fourth, you must find job satisfaction in the work itself. Your self-esteem must come from doing the work rather than from some hoped-for promotion, pay raise, or
Also, forget about what people say about the economy. If the economy is bad and you have a job, then technically the economy is good for you. If the economy is good but you don’t have a job then the economy is bad. Remember the only economy that matters is your economy.
I hope this section helps and good luck with your job search.
