Hi! I’m Bryan Olden, founder and CEO of Job.com. And today we’re talking about what it takes to get a job in a down economy as well as how to get a better job in any economy.
And right now, I’d like to discuss a little bit about networking tips. There are a couple of different ways to network when you’re looking for a job, there’s both on line resources to network and off line resources to network. On an on line resource stand point, you want to use some of the social networks and some of the professional networks like linked in. You also want to go to any of your professional societies and look at their on line web pages and maybe look at some of the discussions that people are having and join in those so you get to meet more people in your industry.
From an off line stand point, you want to look at alumni associations, you want to talk to all of your friends and family and let them know that you are available and that you are currently looking. Another thing that you really should do is go to all those old business cards that you have in your desk from trade shows or people that you’ve met, and flip through those and find out if anybody there might know of a position or might be in a comparable industry that would know of positions of that company is having or that is hiring. The biggest thing that you can do from a networking stand point is reach out. The more people that know you are available, the better off you are in finding a new job.
There are several types of other professions that a person can find and utilize to assist with their job search. Now most of it is based through executive recruiters or head hunters, these people are hired by companies to find them employees. So those are, if you’ve had head hunters in your personal network or professional network, you certainly want to reach out to them and let them know that you’re available.
Additionally, there was called career marketing firms. These are companies that charge the job seeker a fee to re-write their resume and to then create a marketing campaign for that job seeker. This is typically something you’re only going to use if you’re an executive level, perhaps maybe making over 75 thousand, 60 thousand, 100 thousand, in that range.
Lastly, the resume distribution services are something that the internet has done a really great job with where you would give your resume to a company that then matches you with executive recruiters and head hunters who are looking to hire people just like you.
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