From the article: Job Search Tips for a Difficult Job Market
What to do when the job market gets tough? Share your tips and advice for job searching in a challenging job market. Share Your Advice
Online networking
- If you're not already a member of Facebook or LinkedIn, sign up and create a profile. Look up old friends and acquaintances and let them know you're looking for a job. At a minimum, you'll get to reconnect with old friends. And maybe one of them will have a lead to offer.
- —Guest Suzanne
Changing Fields
- Modify your resume, with a professional if needed. If you've spent the last few years in mortgage/real estate and want to now be an exec admin, tailor your resume to reflect administrative traits/tasks. Help the prospective employer see how you are able to cross into their field. simply telling them over the phone "I know i can do it" doesn't mean much if they are seeing resumes of people with curent industry experience.
- —Guest Andrea
Ditto on the Seasonal Jobs
- Ski resorts along with other warm destinations are hiring now for the winter season. Follow Cool Works on twitter to get mini updates of everything new posted on the site. http://twitter.com/coolworks
- —Guest Kari from Cool Works
How About a Seasonal Job?
- Take a break from the corporate world - and from your job search - and think about a seasonal job at a ski resort (they're hiring) and they typically have lots of perks, too.
- —skiing1
Use Your Connections
- When you find a job on a job board you want to apply for, use your connections to introduce you to the recruiter or hiring manager.
- —Guest Mike
Consider Keeping Your Job
- How bad is your current job, really? Maybe consider keeping it.
- —Guest Teena
