Karen asked:


Every year thousands of fresh graduates with different courses looks for a way to get a job. The traditional way is looking on the classified ads on newspapers for the job that fits their ability, skills and finished course. Aside from searching through newspapers, they also join job fair events or even ask for referrals from their family and friends. Some applicants visits the company they’re interested to join and ask if there is an vacant position. On this time and age, people should lieu away from the traditional methods of finding a job and take advantage of the Internet, where job ads can be easily accessed. You can definitely save effort, money and considerable amount of time.

In the advent of new technology, computers and the Internet are useful resources for people who wants an immediate answer and information, like the job hunters. There are thousands of job listings posted on job search sites. Applying online makes the applicant’s life easier by comfortably browsing sites and looking on the company’s available positions. Instead of the usual way of going to each office to give out your resume, you can send your resume online. You can also view the company’s career opportunities and the qualifications. Most site offers a free service on searching the job that you want and fits your qualification.

Through browsing posted job advertisements in different websites, you can can gather information on job offers by different employers in the industry. You can find the the description and the highlights of every posted job as well as the required skills for that field. You can get their contact details so that you can ask the employer some information regarding to posted ad. You can visit their website to see the company background, mission, vision, projects as well as the compensation that they offer their employees.

Some job advisement sites may require you to register and log in. Job seekers can create an online profile which includes a resume that will be included on the site’s database that can be accessed by the site’s employer members.

After creating your profile, you also have an option of searching the site’s job listings. Choose a job that you to think matches your qualifications then gather the contact details of the employer. Some sites offer the private messaging feature which allows job seekers and employers to communicate.

Other job search sites provide additional information such as articles and tips to have a successful job interview. Take advantage of these so that you will be prepared for the interview and bag that position!

The Internet have given different possibilities, one of the most outstanding is it bridges employers and job hunters. These days, the job seekers should worry about acing the interview rather than looking for job openings.

Paul Megan asked:


Why not try the non-traditional job hunting strategies? Why do I say this? Well, you’ve probably tried all the traditional job search methods. And if you’re like most job seekers, you’re disappointed.

You see, the old-fashioned traditional methods don’t live up to most people’s expectations of what a successful job search should look like.

Most of us would like to be entertaining job offers in a matter of days, not months. And we’d like to have a say in what the job looks like. And, maybe we’d like to have two or three job offers on our plate so we could select the one that’s just right for us rather than picking through the leftovers . . . and then having to take whatever comes along.

You know what I mean if you’ve spent a lot of time tweaking your resume, and then mass distributing it to job sites like Monster and HotJobs. And to dozens of advertised job listings. Or shot-gunning it to a bunch of companies you’d love to work for. And maybe some agencies and recruiters.

If this is how you approach the job market, then you’re probably sitting around right now waiting for the phone to ring. Or hoping today’s mail brings an invitation to interview. And you’ve probably been waiting for something to happen for a long time . . . maybe weeks or months!

Just add up the number of hours you’ve spent doing all these traditional job search tasks. Now, what if I told you that for spending considerably less time you could be entertaining multiple job offers!

You need to redirect your energies to non-traditional job hunting strategies . . . they’re the ones that can get the job done. Now, I admit, these non-traditional job hunting techniques are not as easy as mass distribution of your resume . . . but, boy, do they work!

The reason is simple. Today’s sophisticated employers want more than your work history. Frankly, they could care less about what you used to do for someone else. You need to have a way to get yourself in front of a hiring decision-maker and show him/her how you can make a difference.

That means you have to do your homework. You see, the best job opportunities are not the ones that are advertised. They’re the ones that are created for you because you’ve been smart enough to find out what an employer’s needs are. And then come forward with a proposal (not a resume) that spells out how you can answer those needs.

These non-traditional job hunting strategies don’t come easy. But for the same (or less) amount of time as an old-fashioned traditional approach, you can be guaranteed results. Alternative job search strategies rule!