Friday, 29 May 2015

TAPPING THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET






An integral part of job search for most aspirants is to apply on various jobsearch websites. These portals help the job seekers by offering employer reviews, job – search advice, career advice. They categorize job descriptions and employers. Job search engines offer the prospective employees the ability to submit resumes and apply for the listed jobs. The prime task of job search engines is to scour company websites and job boards to aggregate job listings. There are niche job search websites that cater to talents in specific field.

Monsters, indeed, LinkedIn are great job search websites that may be included in your employment strategy. If you take the usual route and go through the motions, you may barely land a job, as thousands of others respond to the public listing on these portals.
Another sensible and way more fruitful search strategy is to identify and shortlist companies and organizations where you will you would be a right fit. Approach these entities with what you have to offer. This hidden job search strategy surely does pay rich dividends, and for that reason it is also called the ultimate job search tip.
Start the process by creating a list of target companies. This process is surely going to be research intensive, trust me it is far more satisfying, then letting the internet do the job search for you, and determine your working fate, career and life in general.

Summary
Internet is omnipresent; we cannot undermine its ever increasing influence in all spheres of life. Fire is a good servant but a bad master; we must learn to harness the power of internet to our advantage, on our own terms and conditions to better our lives.

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