Methods of Hunting for a Job
Dear Friends,
An interesting book that I came across, written by Richard Nelson Bolles - What Color is Your PARACHUTE? , had many interesting insights which I’d like to share with you. Today I’ll share a few with you…
1) Firstly, the author wrote that there is a wealth of information about the job-hunting process that has already been researched and is "known information". However, something critical about this fact, is that schools and universities, which are supposed to prepare us for life out there after the education process, does not teach us about such "known information".
In fact, we are left to fend for ourselves and to find the best job that we can, without preparation!
Imagine that!
2) However, once we think about it a bit, it is apparent that it is very true. For example, how many of you know that there are 16 ways of hunting for a job?
Here are the 16:
- Sending Resumes
- Answering “Appointments” and “Notices” Classified Ads in newspapars
- Government Unemployment Service
- Private Employment Agencies
- Internet Usage – posting resumes, looking at employers’ job postings and websites
- Asking friends, family and people in the community
- Asking former professors/teachers; using alumni services at schools and colleges
- Knocking on doors of employers, factories, offices
- Looking through Yellow Pages for fields and subjects of interest
- Joining or forming a “Job Club”
- Doing a thorough self-inventory of skills and interests so that one can detail exactly what job one would most like to have
- Hanging around places where employers pick up workers – e.g. union halls
- Take a civil service exam
- Looking at professional journals and answering ads
- Going to temp agencies
- Volunteering to work for free, short-term etc until there is a vacancy
Why are some of them in bold, you ask?
Simply because those are the methods that we, at Breezeto5 , provide. All from one centralised, easy to access, low-cost (free) location.
3) In addition, here are some nuggets of information gathered over surveys and research data compilations:
- typical job searches last 15-19 weeks
- typically 33-50% of job seekers give up by the 2nd month of the job hunt
- of those using 1 method, 50% stopped searching by the 2nd month
- of those using several methods, only 30% stopped searching by then
- the chances of finding a job are optimized by each additional method up to 4
- more likely to be hired after an interview if you and the interviewer each talk about 50% of the time
- more likely to be hired if your answers are between 20 seconds to 2 minutes
- more likely to be hired if you send a thank you note after an interview – even better if one electronically and one hand-written
How many of you have been applying the above?
Our portal allows you access to 6 different methods of job-hunting, thus easily serving as a one-stop shop from your armchair!
Try our portal - you won’t regret it!
Yours sincerely,
Malcolm
CEO,
Breezeto5 Pte. Ltd.
