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Do More!It would be nice if we could all find a job by looking on Monster.com, wouldn't it? Well, we can't. And really, I've never met someone who actually worked at a job they found on Monster, Hotjobs, America's Talent Bank, or any of the other major job posting sites. Personally, the only contact I received was from Ameriprise, an outfit who basically wants you to harass people over the phone on their behalf. No thanks. With true unemployment (as measured by pre-1960's methods) at over 16%, you are going to be lost in the Monster-shuffle more than ever before. You simply have to work harder to find work. Of course, that was one of the reasons I started this site, so of course you should use biopharmguy.com. But it's not a good idea to rely solely on one source for your job search (even if it's an excellent, if visually unappealing source). Every source is imperfect in its own way. How to do it? These are the things you can rely on beyond basic Internet searches: 1) Personal connections, or 'knowing somebody' This is said to be the #1 way people get jobs. From experience I would agree. There's something in the human psyche that just prefers to believe an individual recommended by an associate is of a higher quality than a random individual applying online. I don't know if there's any evidence to prove it, but people just work this way. That said, you need to work hard to find any primary, secondary, even tertiary contacts that may have connections to the types of jobs you want and get their email address or phone number. A nicely written email is very easy to send to someone you hardly know. It would be a bit harder to do over the phone, but obviously possible. The only down side to getting a job through connections is inevitably, your connections are putting their reputation on the line on your behalf. You will feel more pressure to do well, though maybe that's not a bad thing at all. 2) Get a recruiter I think I've mentioned it before, but you should definitely find a recruiter to do some work for you. You can find ones that work for free, relying on companies to pay them for finding you. A caveat you way want to keep in mind is that the recruiter gets paid according to your future salary, so while your goals are getting a job as well as getting paid well, the recruiter's goal is to make money. That's a good thing in that they will try to negotiate as high of a salary as they possibly can, but it's a bad thing because some of them may use tactics that lead a company to pick another candidate instead of paying the higher salary. Also worth noting is recruiters don't often work with smaller companies as these companies don't have the cash to pay people to find them candidates. 3) Find companies on your own
Some websites do a great job of amassing links to company career pages. But even the best don't do a perfect job. There are hundreds of companies that may have jobs for you that are not on this site (yet). You would be well-served checking your local chamber of commerce's website or checking websites of industry groups that may have member listings. This is the type of work that most job-seekers seem too lazy to do. I can't say it enough, but this is the type of thing you MUST do in this economy. You should spend hours every day looking for work. You can't afford not to. |
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