You know exactly what kind of career you want. Your resume is perfect. You've forced your friends to spend hours asking you practice interview questions. Everything is in order - except you don't know how to go about finding the job openings.
:arrow: The first step is to shift your networking skills into high gear. Start asking friends and family members to ask their co-workers, friends, hairdressers, optometrists, accountants, and other acquaintances if they've either heard of any available, relevant job openings, or if they know of someone to whom you ought to talk.
:arrow: Another good way to make connections is to contact your college alumni office or career services center to see if either has a list of alumni who have volunteered to serve as mentors and contacts to young jobseekers.
:idea: Also, if you've held internships in the past, get in touch with your employers and co-workers from those experiences and ask if they can point you in the right direction.
While there's truth to the adage that the best jobs are never advertised, that doesn't mean you can't find a good job outside the networking realm:
* Check out Internet job listings.
* Go to trade websites for the career field in which you're interested. Often, occupations have professional associations with websites that include job listings. If you don't know the name of the association or trade organization that unifies your potential colleagues, do a search or ask someone in the field. Those websites are also an excellent way to cull contact names.
* Go to job fairs. You can usually find advertisements for job fairs in your local newspaper.
* Visit the websites of companies for which you would like to work. See if they have any job listings posted within the site.
* If you're interested in working for a medium- or large-sized company, call the human resources departments of potential employers and ask if they have any job openings.
* Read the classified section of the newspaper. If you want to relocate, find out what newspapers serve the places you'd like to live and then browse those papers' classified sections on the web.
The most important thing to remember is that the job search is often like a roller coaster ride. You might find some great opportunities, only to find that positions have been filled. And, in turn, you might investigate something you don't think you're interested in, only to strike a gold mine. The important thing is to keep you head up, and keep pushing forward. As long as you're persistent and patient, you will either find a good job, or you'll find a job that will serve as a transitional job that will open doors for you.
From India, Gurgaon
:arrow: The first step is to shift your networking skills into high gear. Start asking friends and family members to ask their co-workers, friends, hairdressers, optometrists, accountants, and other acquaintances if they've either heard of any available, relevant job openings, or if they know of someone to whom you ought to talk.
:arrow: Another good way to make connections is to contact your college alumni office or career services center to see if either has a list of alumni who have volunteered to serve as mentors and contacts to young jobseekers.
:idea: Also, if you've held internships in the past, get in touch with your employers and co-workers from those experiences and ask if they can point you in the right direction.
While there's truth to the adage that the best jobs are never advertised, that doesn't mean you can't find a good job outside the networking realm:
* Check out Internet job listings.
* Go to trade websites for the career field in which you're interested. Often, occupations have professional associations with websites that include job listings. If you don't know the name of the association or trade organization that unifies your potential colleagues, do a search or ask someone in the field. Those websites are also an excellent way to cull contact names.
* Go to job fairs. You can usually find advertisements for job fairs in your local newspaper.
* Visit the websites of companies for which you would like to work. See if they have any job listings posted within the site.
* If you're interested in working for a medium- or large-sized company, call the human resources departments of potential employers and ask if they have any job openings.
* Read the classified section of the newspaper. If you want to relocate, find out what newspapers serve the places you'd like to live and then browse those papers' classified sections on the web.
The most important thing to remember is that the job search is often like a roller coaster ride. You might find some great opportunities, only to find that positions have been filled. And, in turn, you might investigate something you don't think you're interested in, only to strike a gold mine. The important thing is to keep you head up, and keep pushing forward. As long as you're persistent and patient, you will either find a good job, or you'll find a job that will serve as a transitional job that will open doors for you.
From India, Gurgaon
Dear All, Would like to suggest some important notes to you people. There are lot of Job portals in lot of Sites.. If any one needs would like share those with you people..... With Regards Venkat
From India, Madras
From India, Madras
Hi Friends there are lot of job portals offer HR related jobs. You can check www.naukri.com, www.monster.com, www.jobsahead.com, www.jobstreet.com. The best thing in this will be naukri and monster. You can register with some of the discussion forums too. where you will get some basic idea. for eg you can join with the yahoo groups.
From India, Madras
From India, Madras
hello sir,
thank you for giving detailed message to the freshers who may start there careear. ihave six years experience in granite indusry in diff skills like sales, markting etc. you can suggest me a good opertunity in this field.
thank you for giving detailed message to the freshers who may start there careear. ihave six years experience in granite indusry in diff skills like sales, markting etc. you can suggest me a good opertunity in this field.
hey guys you could also check out www.clickjobs.com. It also has good amount of fresher jobs on the site....The best part is it takes very less time to register.
I checked out the site and registered. I got an immediate response.
All the best.......
Radhika
From India, Madras
I checked out the site and registered. I got an immediate response.
All the best.......
Radhika
From India, Madras
No body ever thought this before, to give preference to the female job seekers where you can find only female candidates, It’s a portal which is completely dedicated to female job seekers. As a female job seeker, I found the site jobs | Naukri for Women which seems very useful to the women world. It started with a storm. It has shaken the big corporate world. Are you a part of the revolution? Do you believe in it? It all started on 2nd Jan’09 with the launch of jobs | Naukri for Women, a unique job site and the first of its’ kind in India. This is a noble initiative to reduce the disparity between the sexes in work environments.
From India, Bhubaneswar
From India, Bhubaneswar
This is a wonderful post started by CHR and gain with the post followed.. Hopefully it would be useful for starters and for those looking for a change...
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
Are you looking for a job? Kindly fill this quick form and start getting calls from various companies. goo.gl/4FXjb (Copy & Paste to address bar) Good Luck. **This is not a spam.
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
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