Finding a job in 2011

After the past 2 or 3 years of terrible economic news and an unbelievable unemployment rate, we can all truly hope that 2011 is the year of the economic turnaround. If you aren’t very confident that the economy will get better you aren’t alone. The government has been telling everyone that the recovery has started but it will take awhile before the unemployment numbers to come down. A recovery with millions of people unemployed doesn’t seem to be much of a recovery but you have to stay positive that you will find a job in 2011.

 

Things to remember about job hunting in 2011…

• Become an expert in the field that you want to work in. Learn as much as you can, this will be a big help at interview time. 
• Finding employers to target for jobs. There isn’t any use to research a company and send a resume to a company that doesn’t hire your type of work or isn’t hiring at all. Don’t waste your time. 
• Time management is extremely important when you are looking for a job. Make sure that you plan and schedule your time searching for a job because job hunting in itself is a job! 
• The government, whether it is federal or state, has a wealth of information about private sector jobs and government jobs. Take time to look over the Department of labor’s website. 
• If you have done any research on the web about job hunting then you have heard about job networking. Keeping in touch with people who may know of jobs or industry news is invaluable to your job search. 
• It is easy to just send resumes out and hope that someone will call you. As a job hunting strategy that isn’t very effective. Sometimes in life we must leave our comfort zone and try something new, this certainly applies to job hunting.

 

Stay positive and hopefully this will be the year that you will get back to work.

 

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