Job Search

Job search, job hunting or job seeking is the process of looking for employment, due to unemployment or dissatisfaction with a current position. The direct goal of job search is to obtain a job interview with an employer, which may lead to employment.

Job Search Methods

The job seeker or hunter typically looks for job vacancies or employment opportunities by using these methods of job search:

Finding a job through family and friends or networking,
- Advantages - free,
- Disadvantages - depends on a network size and quality. This can be problematic for new emigrants. However, the community centers can help.
Searching through the classifieds in newspapers and magazines,
- Advantages - free if you do not need to buy a newspaper or magazine. Use a library. Usually, jobs are readily available.
- Disadvantages - usually there is a small number of opportunities. It is mostly applicable to local or small area where you live and on temporary or contract base.
Going and ask or hand out resumes to prospective employers,
- Advantages - free if exclude cost of transport. Usually gives immediate respond.
- Disadvantages - time consuming. Usually covers a local area where you live,
Cold calling companies and inquire to whether there are any job vacancies,
- Advantages - free, immediate response,
- Disadvantages - It is not easy. Many people do not have courage or/and skills to do so,
Using brick and mortar public employment agencies,
- Advantages - free. In some countries they will offer to you available jobs and you will be able to select them. I some other countries you will be responsible for finding a job for you. Usually you will get help and counseling in job search skills, resume writing and access to local ads and occasional job offers, computer, internet, printing and copy machine, fax and phone.
- Disadvantages - not all skills, education and experience levels are covered. So higher education level so more difficult to find a job through a public agency can be.
Using brick and mortar private employment agencies,
- Advantages - to some extend can free you from active job search. Usually they write or rewrite your resume to suit the market where you intend to seek employment. Using they connections and network they will try to find your desired job,
- Disadvantages - not so cheap and guarantee can be a problem.
Using job search engines on the Internet to find prospective employers and
- Emailing to companies with inquires to whether there are any job vacancies,
  - Advantages - free,
  - Disadvantages - very time consuming. Not all companies will respond or even confirm the reception of your email,
- Emailing with resumes to companies which posted jobs,
  - Advantages - free, better chance for a job
  - Disadvantages - very time consuming. Many companies will respond only when you are on the short list.

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Using resume posting services on the Web without knowing if jobs are available or not and
- Doing so called blind resume posting to all employers and job recruiters in the database,
  - Advantages - better success rate then above and other resume posting advantages,
  - disadvantages - check the resume posting services disadvantages.
- Doing the targeted resume posting where you are selecting desired industry and job locations so that you are posting your resume only to these job recruiters and employers, who are hiring candidates with your qualifications,
  - Advantages - better success rate then for the blind resume posting above,
  - Disadvantages are this same as for the blind resume posting above,
Using resume distribution / broadcasting services on the Internet and
- Doing so called mass resume distribution emailing to all employers and job recruiters in the database without knowing if jobs are available or not,
  - Advantages - you are not limited to positions open now, since most employers will keep your resume live on file at for least six to twelve months,
  - Disadvantages - it is not free,
- Doing the targeted resume distribution where you are selecting desired industry and job locations so that your resume goes only to these job recruiters, who are hiring candidates with your qualifications,
  - Submitting your resume to all job recruiters in the database without knowing if jobs are available or not,
    - Advantages - you are reaching all employers in the database. You are not limited to positions open now, since most employers and recruiters will keep your resume live on file at for least six to twelve months. See other resume distribution advantages.
    - Disadvantages - it is not free,
  - Submitting your resume only to that employers and job recruiters in the database whom have jobs available now,
    - Advantages - this is an ultimate job search service on the Internet. You can reach a response rate that is four to five times higher than you could achieve through your own efforts. See other resume distribution advantages.
    - Disadvantages - it is not free. You are missing all recruiter and employers whom do not have jobs now.