Job Searcher – How to Search for a Job

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Job hunting can either be a nightmare, or it can be fun. Yet most people don’t like it because there can be an overwhelming amount of pressure and uneasiness of not knowing how you are going to support yourself or your family.

Imagine you have a great stable job, and the next thing you know due to company downsizing, you’re laid you off; hence, that feeling of security you had has been swept under the rug.

Most don’t know how to nail their dream job, so they stay in positions they absolutely hate, doing menial work that isn’t fun to work through. If you are stuck at a unfulfilling job, then you need to consider a few things that could change your future.

The art of job searching is one anyone should possess, lest getting stuck in doldrums, hating your career path.

Determine Your Dream Job

If you’re a current job searcher, first you need to filter the types of jobs that you want based on your preferences to help give you a fighting chance of landing it.

What is your dream job? Most people don’t have a clue on how to honestly answer this.

Remember when you were a kid, and you were constantly asked “What do you want to be when you grow” or “What do you want to do when you grow?” You probably said astronauts, firefighter, president, or heck, even superhero. No one gets asked this after college.

Well, we’re doing that now! What is your dream job? People can be sort of a Debbie Downer with this, but guess what? Those jobs exist.

Every type of job, work, and idea that you may have has a position needed to be filled. Even the jobs you think no one would ever want, are out there, it’s just a matter of finding them and applying.

That being said, take a piece of paper and start writing what you like to do or could be doing that brings a source of self-satisfaction.

List The Major Companies

Most likely your dream job will be within an industry that has multiple established large companies. If you want to work for a mom and pop shop, that’s different. However, chances are you want to be able to grow and progress further up the hierarchy in your field.

Highlight the major companies that are part of the industry that you like to go in, and isolate their websites. Every corporate site has a “jobs” page with openings.

Find the jobs you want, and follow their protocol. Go to the source first.

Search Classified Ads

Classified ads are posted across several websites. For the sake of simplicity to narrow down the search, go to sites like “Search Tempest.”

This is a site that you can search thousands of listings across many cities. Search ads and find out who’s hiring, and for what.

Remember “craigslist“? Of course you do. This also searches and pulls from craigslist as well as other sources into one place. Think of this like your aggregator.

If you don’t see anything in your field, look at your local paper, walk around the city and isolate companies that you would want to work for.

Leave Your City

Here is the one thing most people don’t want to do, but it’s also the one thing that is a stumbling block for jobs.

Let’s say you’re living in a small city, but the company you want to work for is in another state.

What do you do? Well, if you really want to work there, you need to move. It’s tough. However, most major companies will either pay for you to move there, or will hold your position until you relocate within a short span of time.

There’s all sorts of provisions that can help you land the job you want, if you apply, without pretense.

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Apply, even if you don’t think you’ll get the job. When in doubt, just apply. Seriously, just apply and throw out as many applications as you can, and do not give up.

The worst thing that you can do today is not apply for jobs you want. If you have a dream job, chase it, even if it means leaving behind all your possessions. You can always buy new things, if that’s what you’re worried about, and start anew.

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky