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Job Search Tool A Help to Get Best Job

03:11 | Labels: career development, job opportunities, job search, job search board, job search strategies, job search tips

Finding the right job in Canada is important to you if you are in the Canadian immigration process or even if you are just thinking about immigration to Canada.

Are you are looking for a job?

If yes then latest and advanced interactive mapping tool can help you find jobs based on the city, state and region with the best available job opportunities for your particular skills.
Job search websites for the job seekers highlights and show the areas with the most number of job openings for the job seekers line of work.
Job Search Board provides complete data of the annual revenue, salary estimates (certain positions) . The tool also shows the position (for which he might be eligible) other than which he has applied for or wishes to apply for example if a job seeker searches for job of security guard the board might suggest him for other positions like bouncer.
They act as career mentor for the strategic job searches as it guide throughout the career of the job seeker they show Work site for opportunities and they also give tips for grabbing the job.
Before you start job hunting you should have one professional tool that can help you manage, search and guide during the process of hunting the job
For better job search you need to be professional and strategic job search like a professional voicemail or email address. The new features on the existing resources will help you to speed up your job search.
Job Search Engines often help seekers in searching for the company sites, online newspaper with new job advertisements and the top sites of job.
There are thousands and thousands of job boards on the Web and Everyday there are new job openings and these search engines capture these new job postings on the World Wide Web.
One right decision can take you to your dream job, Try a job search tool

Career assessments
Career development advice
You are made well aware of niche job sites based on industry or location
Job search may not have a great success rate but strategic job search has great success rates.
Career exploration
Maximize job-search skills and knowledge

Apart from the above mentioned points the tool acts as a learning platform where job seekers are taught how to search job and how to do the job. They are made to be organized and store all the information regarding the job search in one specific location that may not be visible to anyone apart from the staff.

Benefits of Job search tools

No need of Excel spreadsheets, scratch or Word documents
Efficient and effective network connections
A virtual job coach to help you
Rewards to encourage the job seekers to follow certain things that result driven (proven tactic)
parallel career search for better career
Store contacts, notes and tasks for every job lead.

“It's never neither too early nor too late to start your job search”

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Job search strategies to find the right job

04:37 | Labels: career development, job search strategy, job seekers

Jobs market is becoming more and more competitive now-a-days, it’s more competitive in 2014 as compared to earlier years. There are around 10.9 million unemployed citizens in America, which one of the most developed country of the world.

To find the right job you need to know what the company looks for in the candidate. Listed below are few points that the Company always looks for, whenever selecting a candidate:

Enthusiasm in the candidate
Adapting capability of candidate w.r.t company’s culture
Sense of humor can also be good reason
Compatibility with the interviewee
Qualification and education of the candidate
The Experience of the candidate
Requirement of job ( candidate should fulfill the basic job requirements)
zeal to get the job ( how desperate is a candidate to get the job )
Who needs job most ( who is in the immediate need of a job)
Dressing
Online presence and reputation and other

Apart from the points listed above you need to have to have different job search strategies for different companies as one thing that works for one company might not work for other hence we need different strategies. If you keep on following one strategy it won’t do any good. Basically job seekers need to be strategic in their job search with an effective plan for success.

How to stand unique and find the right job

Always keep your social profiles professional and share content very carefully. Double check your grammar and spelling because you might never know who is watching your profile.
LinkedIn is a professional website used by many companies and recruiters. Always update Your LinkedIn Profile with relevant keywords and details. Make your networking big and wide this will help you in finding new opportunities
Make most of the interview: Be confident enough and describe about your abilities and achievements when in an interview.
Connect with people of your field both in online and offline world.
Use real jobs sites since the online job listings can many time be quite tricky hence try applying directly to employers' application system
Catchy and well written resume can many times come handy as this is kind of introductory note/personal branding note for a person who does not know us yet.
Negotiate Your Salary: Employers will always offer the lowest bid and don’t accept it since your work is valued much more than what they have offered you. Try getting maximum out of them.

Apart from the points listed above you can always create your own opportunities as you can search for hiring manager and contact him to apply for jobs. Job search strategies often changes with time but one thing remain common, that is the zeal to achieve the best.

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What’s Your “Plan B?” Don’t have one? Better think again!

05:12 | Labels: career development, get a job, interview, job search strategy, job search tracking, job seekers

Imagine that a customer service team leader is laid off after ten years at the local utility services’ call center. It takes him a few days to recover from the shock and decide what to do next. Finally, he sits down with his wife at the kitchen table to look over the classified section. Delighted with all the possibilities, he draws a red circle around several postings. He’s always dreamed of a career in hotel management. He has a degree in business and spent five of his ten years overseeing a team of call center representatives, so he feels he would be a perfect fit.

Months and countless resumes later, he has still not landed a job. He is competing with individuals who have decades of experience in hotel management — and the experience has left him feeling disappointed and dejected. His letters of rejection grow while his morale and self-esteem drop. He sees the job search as a continuous cycle of hope and disappointment.

This is a very common scenario for millions of job seekers. Why? Because many of them are focused only on getting their dream job or “Job A.” This is problematic on a couple of fronts. One, the likelihood of getting “Job A” may not be realistic in light of the present economy. Two, many opportunities may be missed when the focus is only on these types of jobs.

A “Job B” should not be viewed as a means of “survival” but rather as an “opportunity.” It is a way for an individual to develop career competencies so that when an “A” opportunity presents itself, they are competitive and more marketable for the position.

So how do you know what a good “Job B” is? The key is to develop criteria for why a job seeker would take it. Reasons include skill acquisition, experience, contacts or links to “Job A,” to name a few. The individual in our fictional scenario above, for example, could better focus his desire to be in hotel management by seeking a position as a front desk clerk or concierge.

He may take a cut in pay and feel as if he’s again working from the ground up, the contacts and experience he might gain in the position are invaluable when the time comes for him to apply for a promotion.

If a “Job B” is available — one that meets the established criteria — a rationale can be made for why it would be strategic to take the position. At the end of the day, in a resume or interview, you need to be able to explain your employment choices to a potential employer. By establishing strategic criteria for why you will accept a job, you’re better preparing for a future “Job A” opportunity.

Keeping an open mind about the “B” possibilities is not abandoning the search for “A.” It is, instead, thinking more strategically about how you’ll get there. It is imperative to conduct a parallel job search — right from the beginning — that includes both “A” and “B” versus only “A” opportunities. Knowing that the present economic climate may not make landing an “A” job right away a reality, you don’t want to delay finding any other opportunities. Additionally, when you’re open to different types of opportunities there is a great chance of something coming across your radar.

The reality is that the job search is date driven. If you put off applying for an opportunity today, the consequences will be revealed sometime in the future (depending on the hiring cycle for that particular industry). Starting a job search with jobs “A” and “B” in mind may decrease the time it takes to find a job. After all, you will have more opportunities to actually apply for jobs. Take time to create your “Plan B” today — you’ll be happy you did!

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How to find the “Hidden Job Market”

23:03 | Labels: career development, job search, job search strategies, job seekers, my ideal job

We hear about the hidden job market all the time. Job seekers are pressed by professional advisors to focus the majority of their job search effort and time on this one area, yet it seems to be allusive and difficult to uncover. Yoda says, “Where is this hidden job market of which you speak?”

Most know the hidden job market represents job opportunities found through one’s personal network. Generally, opportunities are found through “weak ties” - second degree contacts like a friend of a friend. The difficulty most run into is in having a method and tool to tap their network. This is a new muscle being required to exercise and many feel uncomfortable flexing it. People have been trained to do a job, not to find a job. So when it comes to “putting yourself out there” to network for a job, it’s a bit uncomfortable and many find any other job search activity to do, other than network.

Tapping your network to find a job is one thing. Getting results from that network is another. I discovered there are two inherit faults to “networking” for a job. One is that networking is manual and short lived per contact. Communicating to my network is typically a one-off effort. “Hey, I want you to know I’m in a job search, so keep me in mind.” You are lucky if you stay top of mind with your audience though end of day. People are busy and they forget. The second fault in networking for a job is that it is not scalable and repeatable. You have a limited means to reach people to tell your story and to stay in front of them during your search.

I set out to address these faults and make it easier for individuals to leverage their network to uncover the hidden job market – where most people end up finding their next job. The result creates a new social network, dedicated strictly to the job search effort. I built this tool within SnagPad and call it SnagCast. Here’s how it works.

First an individual invites people they know and trust to support their job search via email. They inform these folks that they are in a job search and that they will periodically update the network of supporters on their job search progress. Supporters are instructed that they are not bound to anything, only to provide feedback when they come across an opportunity or contact that they feel is relevant to the search.

Supporters then essentially “opt-in” to support my job search. To automate and scale the process, my supporters automatically receive an email from me once a week, that reminds them that I am in a job search and lists the ideal job I am searching for. Further, four of the most recent job opportunities I found are shown and links are provided for my supporters to automatically respond to me if they have a tip, comment or suggestion. It may be related to one of the companies shown, the industry, a contact or something about my ideal job listed.

This method helps me stay top of mind with my network on a consistent basis, while refreshing information about my search. SnagPad helps automate this process, but an individual can certainly replicate this on their own using reminders in their email program of choice. Networking can be hard, but developing a method to network and having a tool to organize the approach can make it easier and effective.

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Strategic Job Search Management: Getting Job Seekers to follow a job search path

23:15 | Labels: job search strategies, job search tips, job seekers, my ideal job

He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.- Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

It’s all about having a plan if you want to be successful. It’s the same thing as building a house: if you don’t have a blueprint, it’s impossible to know where to start. Strategic job search management is the process of linking your career goals to a job search path.

It is imperative that job seekers think about the type of job or career they’re aiming for. Only then can they determine what their job search path will be. Unfortunately, the ideal job may be more long term than immediate. This means that the job seeker has to think more strategically about the jobs they take so that each experience leads them closer towards that ideal job.

Essentially, all of us will be conducting a job search throughout our lives. The better we get at it the more successful we will be.

If job seekers approach their job search strategically, they will be more motivated to continue looking for work and be able to find the right job. In today’s world, the job search really never ends. You’re constantly on the lookout for jobs that will eventually lead you to your ultimate dream job. Each opportunity you take should build upon your experiences that lead you down your job search path.

The unfortunate reality is that the job seeker may not get their dream job right away. The job search path is essentially a road of direct and indirect job related experiences leading up to that job. In order to reach that destination, they will have to take positions that add to their experience and move them down their path. Making these decisions along the path will be based on criteria that they initially established when choosing to take a particular job.

The first place to start when establishing the job search path is to determine the dream job. Once the job seeker has decided on their ideal job, they can start to lay out your job search path. The key is to only take jobs that are related to the ideal job. These experiences will build skills and abilities that make the job seeker more competitive and therefore more capable of traveling towards the dream position they are seeking.

An example path could look something like this:

Dream Job:

Biology professor in college

Job Search Path:

Dance instructor - lab technician - high school teacher - college professor

This is a simple overview of the process for making a job seeker more strategic about their job search. If they remain strategic in their planning, it may help them become more confident and help with retention issues as they will realize that in order to benefit from the job opportunity they will have to stay for a period of time. Otherwise the experience will not be helpful in moving them down their job search path. Utilizing job search strategies that move individuals in this direction will not only make them more successful but will reduce the time it takes to find a job.

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Eating the Elephant One Bite at a Time: Job Search Activities that Lead to Employment

01:06 | Labels: get a job, job opportunities, job search strategies, job search tips, my ideal job

The concept of finding a job can be overwhelming to anyone. The job search takes an individual who is resilient to rejection and can maintain a level of motivation throughout the process. However, when we approach our job search by only concentrating on the end result, it can seem at times that we’re trying to eat the whole elephant at once. This can affect our motivation in negative ways as the time it takes to find a job can go on for many months. So what do you do? The first thing you need to do is break down your ultimate goal of finding a job into sub-goals. Structuring your job search this way will allow you to accomplish goals that support your main objective of finding employment. If you take one bite at a time, or focus on accomplishing one task at a time, psychologically you’ll be able to maintain your momentum in finding your job.

Below are some exercises that you can do that will lead you to your ultimate goal of employment:

Activity 1:

Identify 3 people that you know, visit them and start to explore who they know that may lead you to job related information. You can focus the conversation on who they know and where they work.

Goal: Explore your network for potential contacts

Activity 2:

Bring your resume to an organization that you want to work at but who are not presently hiring. If they have a Human Resources Department, ask to meet with the person responsible for interviewing and ask to get some feedback on your resume. You’ll be surprised what people are willing to do to help out!

Goal: Get feedback from individuals who actually do the hiring

Activity 3:

Research an organization that you would like to work for. How long have they been in existence? What is their primary service/product? How large is their workforce? What are the different types of positions they have? These are just a few of the questions you want to answer.

Goal: Find information about an organization that will help you determine if you want to work there.

Activity 4:
Call 5 organizations that won’t hire you. This may seem like a waste of time, but the point of the activity is to provide you with the opportunity to practice your cold calling. Thinking that you don’t have an opportunity to get a job will lower the anxiety you may have about making contact with the employer. Give it a try. It’s a great way of practicing your approach without effecting your chances for getting an interview at an employer you really want to work for.

Goal: Work on your approach to contacting employers.

Activity 5:

Before you go on your next interview, ask yourself ‘why you might not get a job’? Try and think about the risk the employer might face in hiring you. Are you new to the job of interest? Do you lack some of the skills required for the position? Do you live far from the place of work? Does your experience match what they are looking for? You can think of other questions to ask yourself. By focusing on the risk factors, you can proactively develop a plan on how to deal with any ‘hidden objections’ the employer may have and deal with them straight on.

Goal: Assess the employers risk tohire you.

Activity 6:

Come up with a Job Search script. For example, when you tell people you’re looking for a job, what do you tell them? Hi, my name is John, I’ve been trained in the culinary field and am in the process of conducting a job search. I was wondering if you or anyone you know is presently looking for a chef? Develop your own script that you feel comfortable with. The key here is to get comfortable communicating what your intentions are and letting people know that you’re in the ‘process of conducting a job search’.

Goal: Develop a job search script

The six activities listed here are examples of taking the challenging task of finding a job and breaking it down into manageable pieces. Keep in mind that if you focus on each of the individual goals from the activities it will be much more manageable.

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Turning Social Capital into Social Income: The Importance of Goals

22:49 | Labels: job seeker, practitioner, social capital, workforce development

Regardless of their social ability, everyone has a certain level of social capital. Whether considered the biggest jerk on the face of the planet or the most caring person in your office, both of these individuals have a level of social capital regardless of who they are and what they represent. One could easily argue that the number of people in your contact list is meaningless unless there’s something to gain from knowing them.

When economists look at social capital, they immediately look at the cost/benefit scenario. After all, maintaining social capital is an expensive task, especially if you have many strong ties (consider all the time you spend maintaining a relationship). So from the economist’s perspective, turning social capital into social income is the key to successfully leveraging our relationships for something meaningful. Not too romantic, but it demonstrates the potential utility of our connections (i.e., emotional and financial support, contacts, information, knowledge).

The key to successful networking is developing mutually beneficial relationships so that the social capital doesn’t dry up. Just like a bank account, if you continue to make withdrawals and don’t deposit more funds, you’ll eventually end up with a zero balance. It’s important to realize that when we refer to leveraging contacts, the need to approach networking that is mutually beneficial is crucial....I take something from the network and I give something back.

So how do we look to our network and identify what social resources exist within it? To catalogue all the embedded resources would seem like an impossible task; where would we start?

To make this process more simple, the first step is to be clear about what you want to accomplish before you even consider going to the network. This means setting clear and concise goals that can easily be communicated to contacts. By setting goals, we’re able to determine if there are social resources in our network that can help. By doing this, it makes the task of cataloguing resources more manageable and will motivate us to continue to network. If you require a plumber to fix a leaky toilet that is causing damage to your bathroom, who in your network can either fix the problem or is most likely to know someone who can? When you go to the network with that specific goal, the contact can easily determine if they can help you or if they know someone that might be able to. It’s as simple as that. Be clear on what you want to accomplish and make sure that you’re able to communicate it to the network in a concise way. If this can be accomplished there is no telling what can be achieved.

Turning social capital into social income can only be accomplished if we’re clear on what goals we want to achieve. When we set goals, the social explorer is no longer setting goals for themselves but the network itself. This means that goals need to be clear, concise and to the point. After all, if we have to make our contacts figure out what we actually need, the likelihood of them helping dramatically reduces.

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