Time to Reflect:

Are you doing all you can do to take control of your working life?

 

Ten ways to get a new job in difficult times

  1. Keep applying for advertised vacancies where your skills fit or you can cover 80% of the job description.
  2. Regularly re-contact all formal sources – the Jobcentre, private agencies, selection consultants and other employers
  3. Contact and network with former employers and colleagues, friends, friends-of-friends. Join online networking sites like Linkedin
  4. Try speculative letters to companies and organisations.
  5. Be able to offer – and deliver what employers want now and in the near future.
  6. Update your skills, improve your qualifications and ensure prospective employers know about this: they respect personal commitment to career development.
  7. Be bold – offer to do some research or project work for a company, this saves them time, and could lead to a permanent position.
  8. Be flexible – part time or temporary work can and does lead to full time opportunities.
  9. Have you covered all angles? Could your skills and experience transfer into a related job area you haven’t yet considered.
  10. Review your progress with a mentor / coach – could you improve on your C.V., interview skills, self-presentation etc?

Time to Reflect: Are you doing all you can do?

Contact me if you want to take control of your job uncertainty or want to help your people.