Week 7 (MKTG 347) - What do you do when the job-hunt isn't working?

I know the job-hunt can be difficult and it may not always be the way that you want it to be, but you know that's life. Here is some advice to you from job-hunters who struggled getting a job, but were successful in the end, and there one advice is to never give up! There are two different strategies to finding a job, the first one is the traditional approach, which is looking into the job-market and looking at ad posted online and off by employers. Then you find a few that you are interested in doing. Then you fix up your resume and send it to all the places you are interested in and if this doesn't work post your resume everywhere!

If the traditional approach did not work for you there is another way that might, its the parachute approach. With this approach you do not start with the job-market, you start with yourself. You figure your skills and the things that you like in a job, you try to look for a job that satisfies what you like and know how to do best. Do not wait until they put up a job-posting, go to them and look for a person who knows you and also knows that company, this person will be your bridge person and they can try to help you get a position with the company. Some of the best ways to look for a job are going to places where employers pick up workers (this works about 22% of the time), ask for job leads (works about 33%), and use yellow pages (works about 65%). All these ways can help you get out of the slump of not finding a job, now you just gotta go out and do them!

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