Tips From Successful Job Seekers
Most of job seekers are looking for the ways, that how to get their resume noticed by the employers, and also for answers for the difficult interview questions. So much is written about that also like “ 10 most difficult interview questions”, “ writing a best resume” etc. But as I had seen and experienced tips from successful job seekers are best.
Those tips you can get anywhere near by like from your neighbor, best friend, cousin or any relative who got the job. They will tell you and advice you in best manner that how they got the jobs. Because they are the invaluable resource for you when you are looking for a job. You can learn a lot from their success, mistakes, experience, tips and tricks that will help you a lot on long way job search.
I had talked to few successful job seekers and here I am writing the tips that I gained from them. I divided those tips in 4 categories, which are these:
Present yourself as you are
First person to whom I met for his job seeking experience is my friend Samuel. He got the job as financial analyst within two weeks.
He says that he made his mind to have any type of job and posted his resumes everywhere and visited every agency whether there was any job opening or not. He applied in so many companies so that the possibility of being hired gets more.
According to him one should have to be open minded about the kinds of positions that they want. Aside from going to a one specific job one should try to go to a company, an employment agency and tell them what you knows and what you are having in your qualifications because what you having can be applied to a number of different positions which only employment agency or company knows. And when time is right you will get the job. But for that you should have to be open-minded.
Never Let Opportunity Get Away
Anna was unemployed for more than 3 years but she is having a job as a management consultant in a big firm.
She says that because of long time unemployment I made up my mind to get any low level job. So through a friend she got a contract position job. She told me that job was according to her qualification and also not ideal job for her. But she kept on sticking with that job. Anna said that when you are unemployed for a long time you have to adjust with such type of jobs and in this job I worked hard.
Her hard work and better attitude in this contract job paid her with a permanent job according to her qualification and also a better salary.
For Some Cover Letter is Luckier Than Resume
After graduating from a law school Henry wanted to get a job quickly. He drafted a cover letter that emphasized his unique experience and made stand out as a candidate.
Henry says that he was having a standard entry-level lawyer resume which he have to use but he used cover letter for giving more details about him.
In that letter he mentioned that he had worked on a political campaign in San Diego and his current boss is running for office in Anchorage. According to him that was a lucky move, which paid to him.
Currently Henry is working as attorney in Florida and he credits his cover letter for finding a job.
Professional Network Can Be a Strong Back
Rachel was not even seeking job actively when she was appointed as creative director of an advertising agency. She credits her new job to her solid professional network.
She left her more recent job but she stayed in touch with her boss. Rachel says that she will visit whenever she came back to West Coast and will dinner with her when her boss came to New York.
She also built a strong network in and around the New York City. She told that her previous colleague from a local agency called me and told me about the opening and I sent my resume in. She talked me up to her bosses and they reviewed my resume and I was given that job because they knew my previous employer. She says that two strong references my former colleague and former boss worked for me while so many people were interviewed for that job.
Bottom Line
Above mentioned small tips were of those people who got the jobs. But whatever worked for them is not necessary will work for you also. You should have to look your nearby to consult with such people who got the good jobs and try to gain tips and experience from them as well to know that what things worked for them to get those jobs.
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Top Six Fastest Growing Occupations
The job market is so much competitive, for one job opening there will be so many applications. Its becoming necessary that one should know which occupation is the fastest growing occupation and one should stick to that for having a better job.
United States Department of Labor had done some projecting about employment. According to their studies here are the six fastest growing occupations.
1- IT – Professional
A network system and data communication analyst execute a number of tasks relating to data communication systems such as internet, also designing, analyzing, testing and checking systems and the manner of their functioning. They have to supervise computer programmers working as specialist who have to handle the interfacing of computers and communications equipment.
The data of U.S. Labor department shows that this is fastest growing occupation and leading other occupations in percentage of jobs. That’s because of large use of computers and information technology. From 2006 to 2009 it got rise from 262,000 employees to 402,000 and its expected that till 2016 it will rise 53.4% that will create almost 140,000 new jobs in United States.
Most of jobs related to this requires bachelor’s degree, some of them might need 2 years degree in computer sciences or in information technology related field.
2 – Dentist
A dentist’s job is to look the teeth and gums problem of the patients, providing them dental care and giving them tips how to keep their teeth healthy.
Till 2016 a total of 217,000 dental hygienists will be employed can increase focus on preventive dental care has contributed to a demand for these workers.
Requirement for this Job is an associate’s degree or certificate in dental hygiene.
3 – Computer Software Engineers
Computer Software Engineers depends on their knowledge about computer science and mathematical analysis for developing, designing, testing and evaluating the software and systems that operates the computers. Software engineer’s tasks change quickly with the rapid changes in world of technology. Computer games, word processing, and operating systems are among their areas to which a software engineer deals.
According to statistics 44.6 percent increase in jobs from 2006 to 2016 puts it near the top of the growth scale. This high growth is because of the technology companies, which are always looking to introduce new software in the market.
For this job applicant must be holding a bachelor’s degree in software engineering and some work experience will be the plus point.
4 – Physical Therapist
The job of a physical therapist is to treat the victims of accidents or to disable people. A physio’s job is to increase the patient’s mobility, relieving pain, preventing and alleviating physical disabilities. For that they prepare physical therapy which includes different exercises also, they keep the record of patient’s response to the therapy.
This job is having faster growth because of rise in the demand of physical therapy. Till 2006 60,000 physical therapists were employed and its expected that it will go to 80,000 till 2016.
For this job an associate’s degree from an accredited physical therapist assistants program is needed.
5 – Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst analyzes and studies the investment strategies and on the base of that they gives a helpful advise to companies or to individuals for betterment of their businesses. They generally focus on a specific industry, region or type of a product and they assess the client’s assets, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and financial objectives to make solid money strategies.
This job is rapidly growing with percentage of 38.8.
This job needs high qualifications plus a lot of knowledge about the different businesses and market. A qualification like MBA is suitable for this job.
6 – Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
Counseling and advising the people who are having the problems regarding alcohol, tobacco, drugs, gambling and eating disorders.
Need for this job is increased due to of rising number of people who are suffering from depression and other serious mood disorders. This job got increase of 34.3 percent in last 10 years.
For this job a master’s degree with a required licensed as a counselor, some states accept a bachelor’s degree also for this job.
All the statistics for the above mentioned fastest growing occupations are taken from project report that is compiled by the United States Department of Labor. Keeping in view those statistics we compiled this top six occupations. Especially this article will help the students so that they can plan about their future to have such occupation, which help them to get a job easily.
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