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Job Hunting Methods

By Madhuri ThakurMadhuri Thakur

Job Hunting Methods

Job Hunting Methods

Job Hunting methods are important tools to be known by any job-seeking candidates. eduCBA brings you Job Hunting methods 2020 to help you in the interview-seeking process. Following are the Job Hunting methods of 2020, which you might want to try.

1. Job Sites

Job Sites or Job Boards are the places where you can search or check the available job openings.

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Why Job Sites?

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Job Sites give you an idea of the jobs available for your profile. For example, if you are looking for a Business Analyst profile, you can go to A Simply Hired site and type the keyword ‘Business Analyst’ and location ‘New York’ and press the ‘Search All Jobs’ button and see the jobs available in your Country, State or City.

Check the result of this here.

Here’ the list of Job Sites/Job Board:

Indeed

Simply Hired

CareerBuilder

Monster

Hound

2. Employer’s Website

The second method for job-hunting is—visiting the employer’s website and checking job openings.

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For example: If you are looking for a Business Analyst job, you should know the companies that offer such jobs. You can list the companies and visit their website periodically to check the jobs available.

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Once you check and shortlist the job openings, you can fill a job hunting online application form or email your resume to the employer.

3. Social Networking Sites

Nowadays, companies are using social networking sites to check prospective candidates to fill the job vacancies.

Social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter are immensely popular for this.

If you have a profile on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter, you can connect to Simply Hired and see the contacts in your network that can introduce or refer you to these jobs.

Another popular site is Craigslist, where you can find the jobs available.

4. Offline Networking

According to one research, 60% of jobs are never advertised and are filled through referrals.

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You need to have excellent networking skills. Don’t underestimate the power of offline networking.

You can network with co-passengers when you are traveling, with delegates at a conference that you are attending.

Another way of networking is meeting your friends, friends, family, friends, and people in your community and telling them in specific detail about the job you are looking for.

Use this method and see the results.

5. Newspapers

Newspapers are an excellent resource for job hunting. Read the news, and you will know the companies that are recruiting.

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Check the weekly edition of job supplement of national newspapers. Read here how to make use of this.

You can check the online edition of leading national newspapers. Also, see the jobs available in your city or town. If you are looking for industry-specific job openings, check this.

6. Knocking the Employer’s Door

If you take the initiative and have the right attitude, this strategy will work for you.

I myself have used this method effectively with great results.

How I did it?

First of all, I zeroed down the companies that worked in my functional domain. Then I made a list and visited HR managers of these companies with prior appointments. Finally, I gave my 2-minute elevator pitch.

It worked.

HR managers called me for an interview. I had three offers and accepted the best one.

This strategy works with small companies having 50-200 employees.

You, too, can use this strategy—study the job hunting company well, check whether it’s a WIN-WIN situation for you and the company and prepare your elevator pitch.

7. Employment Agencies

Employment agencies or placement consultants work for big companies on sourcing assignments. These consultants work for many companies at a time for their recruitment.

The consultants are in touch with companies and know job vacancies available.

Their job is to search for the right candidate for the job. So, they use a number of job hunting strategies to fill the vacancy. They use job sites, social networking sites and other headhunting techniques to check the right candidate.

You can approach these consultants offline or online and see the openings available.

8. Work for Yourself

If nothing works, then you can polish your enterprising skills.

First, check what product or service your community needs. Then, check the competition, your knowledge and skills and of course your passion in that field before you start something.

Once you complete this exercise, start volunteering first and then slowly charge for your service. Finally, see the feedback of your clients and tweak your product/service accordingly.

There are a number of ways to be useful. First, check how you can be useful and design your product/service based on this value proposition.

I am sure now that you know many ways of job hunting that others don’t. So use these ways and enjoy the first-mover advantage and see the results.

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