Those who find themselves needing to get a new job may turn to the internet to see job openings. The one thing to keep in mind is that the internet is the most competitive place to try and obtain a career. The reason is because the majority of people who are out of work will look to the web to get listings of specific job titles from job boards.
What I have found as I searched some of the more popular job databases such as CareerBuilder or Monster.com is that recruiters and hiring agencies dominate the listings. If you do find a job opening you will have to go through a mediator first before you can expect an interview. The downside of agencies and recruiters is that they get paid to present candidates to the various companies.
Since this is the case they will charge high fees to the industries they work for, putting you the job seeker at a real disadvantage. First you will not know how much the position actually pays hourly, or how many openings are really available and last but not least you will not necessarily know if that particular employer is conducting interviews.
All you will be asked to do is submit your resume, references and job information for consideration. Some of these hiring management companies will schedule for you to come in and take some tests and answer some questions, which will take up most of your day. After all the rigorous test taking and filling out of paperwork they will say that they will send your information to the employer for consideration. Then your supposed to wait by the phone for a response which usually does not happen and requires you to follow up constantly. That is pretty much all you will get and after sending in multiple job applications and resume cover letters you will become discouraged and want to give up.
I recommend avoiding the big job banks and concentrate on going to the company website directly, so if you want to work for Cosco or Walmart or Home depot for example, then go to their website and search through their listings for your local area. Then if they provide store address and phone number, call the store or physically drive by the store and find out how you can speak to a hiring manager.
Although the internet makes searching for a job easier it also can be the worst way to try and find a job. The quickest way to see results is to use old fashioned methods such as contacting the hiring manager directly, look through the phone book and talking to the personnel at EDD offices.
Top Ways to Find a Job
Some of the key methods to finding work is just to do the opposite of what everyone else is doing.
Contact the hiring manager: You will have to get on the phone and talk to a live person, find out who does the hiring at the company you want to work for. Set up a time to go by the store and see if you can get a face to face meeting. Talk to store personnel and ask questions about how to get hired, most employees will tell you how they got the job with the company.
Look Through the Phone Book: One thing that is not common knowledge is that many job agencies and recruiters use the phonebook to find clients. This is where they get their job listings from. Basically get on the phone and go down the list and ask each company if they are hiring, I know this may sound silly but not all vacant positions are advertised and many times the hiring manager is too busy to look for employees.
If you are wondering if this method works, I tried it myself because I thought it was a hair brain idea, and guess what? I had two people say they were hiring and if I had not already had a job i would be working at these companies. My experience shows that some of the more basic techniques still works.
Talk to the personnel at the EDD office: I had a friend who was getting unemployment benefits and they needed to go to the EDD office to find listings of jobs to go apply for in order to keep receiving their benefits. I decided to go along and was surprised to see the many flyers and listings posted on the wall of companies who had immediate openings.
Once I talked to the personnel in the office they said that the companies contact them and ask for workers because many of them need to fill high turn-over positions.
Basically if you are using the internet to find a job, just use it as a reference because you will need to do the leg work yourself, making phone calls, driving by facilities, talking with employees and don't forget that if you are willing to travel it will open up more prospects for your job search.
What I have found as I searched some of the more popular job databases such as CareerBuilder or Monster.com is that recruiters and hiring agencies dominate the listings. If you do find a job opening you will have to go through a mediator first before you can expect an interview. The downside of agencies and recruiters is that they get paid to present candidates to the various companies.
Since this is the case they will charge high fees to the industries they work for, putting you the job seeker at a real disadvantage. First you will not know how much the position actually pays hourly, or how many openings are really available and last but not least you will not necessarily know if that particular employer is conducting interviews.
All you will be asked to do is submit your resume, references and job information for consideration. Some of these hiring management companies will schedule for you to come in and take some tests and answer some questions, which will take up most of your day. After all the rigorous test taking and filling out of paperwork they will say that they will send your information to the employer for consideration. Then your supposed to wait by the phone for a response which usually does not happen and requires you to follow up constantly. That is pretty much all you will get and after sending in multiple job applications and resume cover letters you will become discouraged and want to give up.
I recommend avoiding the big job banks and concentrate on going to the company website directly, so if you want to work for Cosco or Walmart or Home depot for example, then go to their website and search through their listings for your local area. Then if they provide store address and phone number, call the store or physically drive by the store and find out how you can speak to a hiring manager.
Although the internet makes searching for a job easier it also can be the worst way to try and find a job. The quickest way to see results is to use old fashioned methods such as contacting the hiring manager directly, look through the phone book and talking to the personnel at EDD offices.
Top Ways to Find a Job
Some of the key methods to finding work is just to do the opposite of what everyone else is doing.
Contact the hiring manager: You will have to get on the phone and talk to a live person, find out who does the hiring at the company you want to work for. Set up a time to go by the store and see if you can get a face to face meeting. Talk to store personnel and ask questions about how to get hired, most employees will tell you how they got the job with the company.
Look Through the Phone Book: One thing that is not common knowledge is that many job agencies and recruiters use the phonebook to find clients. This is where they get their job listings from. Basically get on the phone and go down the list and ask each company if they are hiring, I know this may sound silly but not all vacant positions are advertised and many times the hiring manager is too busy to look for employees.
If you are wondering if this method works, I tried it myself because I thought it was a hair brain idea, and guess what? I had two people say they were hiring and if I had not already had a job i would be working at these companies. My experience shows that some of the more basic techniques still works.
Talk to the personnel at the EDD office: I had a friend who was getting unemployment benefits and they needed to go to the EDD office to find listings of jobs to go apply for in order to keep receiving their benefits. I decided to go along and was surprised to see the many flyers and listings posted on the wall of companies who had immediate openings.
Once I talked to the personnel in the office they said that the companies contact them and ask for workers because many of them need to fill high turn-over positions.
Basically if you are using the internet to find a job, just use it as a reference because you will need to do the leg work yourself, making phone calls, driving by facilities, talking with employees and don't forget that if you are willing to travel it will open up more prospects for your job search.