Fulfill Your New Year’s Resolution With These Search Tips
Thursday, January 28th, 2010WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Here are some search tips to help job seekers fulfill their New Years resolutions and find a new job this year. With national unemployment at 10 percent, millions of people rang in the new year with no job. Andy Chan, Vice President of Career Development at Wake Forest University, advises job seekers to focus more on marketing themselves and expanding their job search and network.
Many job seekers these days are still spending too much time playing around on the internet instead of actually looking for a job. Internet sites like Monster and Career Builder are a valuable search tool, but it shouldn’t be your ONLY source of job hunting. There are many great career sites, niche job boards and professional networking sites that job seekers may benefit from even more. In fact, experts advise people to think of their job search time as 80-20, 80 percent networking and 20 percent using the internet.
Anthony Tang, a Wake Forest student, is looking for a job in the sports industry. He says networking is the most powerful tool in finding a job. Be a voice, be heard. Don’t sit back and wait for somebody to come looking for you. Though employment numbers look bleak, job seekers should remain optimistic that the job market may change this year. And for all job-seekers, it’s recommended that you remember what employers want. People hire people, they don’t hire paper.
Article abridged from The Career News