Top 10 Job Search Mistakes to Avoid

It is easy for any Job Seeker to launch out into a job search market with great enthusiasm but no real plan to help see them through to their goal. Take time to look at plans for finding your next job and make sure you are avoiding these 10 Job Search Mistakes.

1. A job search requires much time and research to find job openings and many job seekers make huge mistakes when they do not put in enough time. Without doing the job research they do not send out enough resumes to get call backs for interviews. A. Harrison Barnes recommends his job research website Hound. It can provide the job research so the job seeker has plenty of opportunities for which he can apply.

2 It is a mistake when job seekers confine their job search to one media like newspaper advertisements. CEO of Hound, A. Harrison Barnes, offers his clients every job that can be posted by anyone, any where in the free world. A team of researchers and high end servers locate and post jobs continuously for Hound members.

3. Mailing or posting resumes for jobs everyone else is competing to get is a limiting effort. A huge mistake for a job seeker is to apply to a job that is being bombarded by resumes from all the classified ad readers. When applying for a well advertised position there will be competition for the job opening. Your chances for landing the job are greatly decreased.

4. Many job seekers make a big mistake when they use a cookie cutter resume style which is not tailored to a specific employer and a specific job. The A. Harrison Barnes website will coach members at Hound.com that a resumes should be very unique because it describes skills, experience, and who the applicant is as a person.

5. A job seeker applying to positions for which he has less than minimum requirements, experience or education is a mistake.

6. The job seeker does not have a system for organizing and tracking job search materials. This is a mistake and can result in missed interviews and missed opportunities.

Job seekers accumulate a lot of information and notes for specific job opportunities. Candidates can have different resumes, multiple cover letters, and a long list of jobs to which they applied. The applicant may get several business cards while networking with contacts or doing research on different companies. A Harrison Barnes suggests it is important for the job seeker to stay organized and have notes and business cards at hand should a call back come after an interview.

7. Many job seekers do not realize it is a numbers game to get an interview and to get hired. They do not apply to enough employers to get any interviews. The mistake is underestimating the amount of contacts and interviews that need to be made before the fish will bite.

Research has found the average job seeker in the market for an annual salary range of $30,000 to $100,000 talked to 26 different people about jobs and hiring before they were actually hired.

8. It is a mistake to take rejection personally. The self confident job seeker knows she has got to kiss a lot of frogs before the prince of a job appears. A good way to deal with the rejection of a job opportunity is to have the next one lined up.

9. No plan to get the job. There are many things a job seeker can do to research and make contacts for jobs. Meet with a recruiter? Interview a person already doing a similar job in which there is interest? A. Harrison Barnes suggests putting 20 hours a week into the job search, unless working and looking for a job at the same time. Then, 10 hours a week is a good goal for job searching.

10. E-mail communication only can be a mistake. There have been several articles written on the mistakes that can happen when only using email as the communication tool. To avoid making most mistakes, call the hiring firm or business and verify their e-mail address so a hefty security system does not send communications into Spam when it comes into your mail box.

In conclusion, there are many mistakes to avoid when searching for the perfect position. Remember, whether the job hunt is a do-it-yourself project or whether assistance is hired in the form of a job research website, the search is yours. The results depend upon the job seeker and his investment in the organization and steps required when completing every goal necessary to land the job. Good luck in the job search!

By Elizabeth Martinez

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Smart Job Search - How to Find The Perfect Job in Employment Websites

Smart online job search is defined as the process of mastering the job search tools in employment websites and then using those search tools to find the perfect job for you. Thereafter you apply and take the job interviews.

Why would you want to spend valuable time in employment websites? Why master the art of online employment search?

The reason is pretty obvious.

Without a job, you're likely to be in a big mess. People who are unemployed end up being broke and unable to meet their financial commitments to their family as well as stakeholders.

Yes, being gainfully employed and getting regular consistent income is absolutely important. That is why job search sites or employment websites are the best place to relax and unwind . . . if you are unemployed or badly need to change your job.

Who are the stakeholders that you can't afford to disappoint?

Some of those key stakeholders are . . .

1. Your landlord or home owner . . . he wants his rent paid as and when due or you're out on the streets cold and hungry

2. The utilities company . . . you won't get gas or electricity if you don't pay your utility bills as and when due

3. Your bank . . . your home will be foreclosed if you don't pay your mortgage commitments as and when due

The list goes on and on.

Bottom line.

Staying out of job is not an option. To be happy and proud, you need to have regular consistent income. You need a decent paying job. And employment websites, otherwise called job search sites, are the best place to hang out and make your dreams come true.

How do these job sites work? And how can you get the most value from them?

Employment websites are essentially employment databases or job banks devoted to hosting job openings posted by employers.

Who are the customers or clients of these job banks?

They consist of the unemployed who desperately need jobs and employers who want the best hands for the job vacancies in their organization.

However, the employed also visit these job banks fairly regularly especially when they are bored or pissed off with their current employer and desperately need a job change.

Job sites recognize that they need to provide user-friendly and easy-to-use tools to continue to enjoy patronage of job seekers. So, most do just that . . . they provide simple search and navigation tools that entice customers to keep coming again and again.

So, how do you get the most from these job search sites and find your perfect job?

I recommend you do three basic and simple things.

1. Understand how the database is organized and start your search with this basic structure of the database. For example, global employment search sites may be organized in three broad categories, namely, . . .

* jobs by country

* jobs by profession and

* jobs by industry

Country employment websites may be organized by profession and also in terms of state-by-state job categorization. That is, job categorization in terms of the states in the country in question.

2. Use the job search sites employment search tool.

Virtually every job bank or job database has a search tool that can be used to search the entire database to find specific jobs. The good news is that the employment search tool of most job search sites are simple to use and visibly displayed so it is difficult to miss.

Use this job site search tool to narrow your search and find that dream job you've prayed for all year.

3. Subscribe to the RSS feed of the major employment opportunity web sites. The beauty of RSS feed is that you get notified every time a new job vacancy hits the job market. That way, you won't miss your preferred job when it becomes available.

Job search sites offer great value especially in these days of global economic recession with fewer jobs. Therefore the smart thing to do is to keep your ears to the ground by staying connected with news from job opportunity web sites.

Do this right and you're likely to find that dream job sooner than later.

By Samson Itoje

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Creating a Web Presence for Your Job Search

Many people don’t realize just how important it is to create a positive web presence when in the midst of a job search.

Unfortunately, it is almost inevitable that a major employer will spend some time Google-ing you before they decide whether they want to consider you as a candidate. So instead of avoiding creating a web presence, it’s good to just dive right in and get started.

Get Social Networking Profiles
One of the first steps to consider when creating your web presence is acquiring some social networking profiles. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter are the key sites because they allow you to connect with millions of other professionals in a variety of ways. Also, they help to get your name listed in the search engines so that if a recruiter Google’s you, you’re there and you’re a professional.

Purchase a Domain in Your Name
Another way to create a web presence is to purchase a domain in your name. There are a few good reasons for doing this. First, you get to control what is put out there about you by adding another listing in the searching engines. Second, you get to take the name before someone else does - someone who could ruin your name’s reputation. And third, purchasing a domain using costs less than $10 for an entire year.

Start a Blog
Some job seekers have found success in their search after starting a blog that’s relevant in their field. By starting a blog, you add to your web presence, increase the listings in search engines under your name and show recruiters that you’re knowledgeable in your field. Depending on the success of your blog, you could even find that you don’t need to find a job. Some bloggers have been able to support themselves with their blogs alone - after a lot of hard work and dedication, of course.

Network with Care
When you social network and begin making connections, it’s good to make sure that you also network with care. In the middle of your networking, you’re bound to run into old friends from college and probably some old high school buddies as well. This is great. But be sure to keep your wild frat and sorority stories to a minimum. In fact, it’s better to reminisce about them in private messages. If you’re concerned that your professional and personal lives won’t mix well then leave your social networking sites for professional purposes only.

Manage You’re Web Presence
Once you’ve created your social networking profiles, purchased your domain name and started a blog, it’s good to make sure that you keep your online presence current. This means sending out updates on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages and keeping your blog up-to-date. Also, if you’ve purchased your domain, you could create a simple web page that directs readers to your other profiles.

Creating a web presence is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to light a fire under your job search. So if you haven’t already hopped on this bandwagon, there’s no better time than now to get started.
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By Heather Eagar

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Job Search Tips - Top 3 Mistakes That Will Keep You Unemployed

Everyone makes mistakes. That's a given and excusable part of being human. But if you're embarking on a job search, you can ill afford too many of them. One mistake here or there, and your job search can be set back weeks if not months. So, what are some of the common mistakes that are made in a job search? Here are my top three...

Fuzzy Goals

If you're stumbling out of the house in the morning with the goal of "getting a job," good luck with that. This is the kind of economy, in the aftermath of the worst recession in 50 years, that will chew up and spit out those job seekers without a clear career goal and a plan to achieve it. Why? Largely, it's the shear number of applicants for available positions; they're simply overwhelming recruiters and hiring officials. Weeding out those applicants who "just want a job" is the first order of priority for those overtaxed employers.

Take some time to identify the position you want, and the company or companies that are capable of offering that opportunity. It's a new world order out there, and those who know what they want and focus their job search like a laser are more likely to get what they want.

A Resume That's Too General

Forget the illusion that a general resume allows you to apply to a variety of job opportunities. In reality, a general resume simply facilitates you getting rejected from a number of job opportunities. As mention above in "fuzzy goals," recruiters and hiring officials are overwhelmed by the shear number of resumes coming in daily. When they've got an opening, it's a title with a real specific set of duties and responsibilities. If your resume doesn't demonstrate job goals and qualifications in keeping with that title, you're out.

Employers today don't have the time or inclination to wonder if your stated objective, "A challenging position with a progressive corporation..." really means, "Senior Buyer with a national apparel retailer that could benefit from an impressive, 10-year history of contribution to comparable store sales and gross margin improvement." If the employer needs to fill a position for a buyer and is left staring the above two objective statements, guess which resume gets the call and which one gets the boot?

Target your resume to a specific job opening or a narrow range of potential openings. While that might mean tweaking the document seemingly every time you turn around, it beats the alternative: a single "general" resume generating zero phone calls.

Wasting Your Time On Internet Job Boards

Yes, there are jobs listed on job boards. And there's the siren call. The problem is, some of those jobs are out of date, and many others are increasingly ‘generic' jobs (that don't necessarily exist) posted by employment agencies or recruiters trolling for candidates to represent. While the latter isn't necessarily a bad thing (assuming you don't mind being deceived), the end result is one more person standing between you and a hiring official. Finally, even when the listings are legitimate and timely, there are thousands of candidates responding to every job listing. It's a crap shoot at best, with success rates of landing jobs running at about 2-4%. Compare that to a success rate of over 60% for ‘word-of-mouth' referrals.

Post your resume to a couple of job boards if you must, or schedule a very limited time every few days to peruse the latest listings. If you see an interesting job pop up on a job board, use the listing information as a springboard to pursue the opening directly through the company's website, or via your growing contacts in the industry.

Personal, one-on-one contact with decision makers, movers and shakers is time better spent that will improve your odds the most in landing your next job. Limit your time on the internet in general, and on job boards in particular, or run the risk of being consumed day and night with nothing to show for your job search but bloodshot eyes.

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By David Alan Carter

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The True Cause Of Stress In The Workplace

The competitive nature and fast pace of modern business can make work very exciting, but it also creates an environment in which stress is all too readily generated.

Managers and employees alike are often set near impossible goals and then given completely unrealistic deadlines to meet on the road to achieving these goals. In addition, many of the goals set do not serve any valid business purpose, such as optimizing work flow, improving communications or increasing sales. When this happens such goals are invariably resented.

This is bad enough in itself but now let's add in an unreasonable boss and a few uncooperative colleagues. It is almost unbelievable in this day and age with the emphasis we place and the money we spend on all manner of staff training, but in companies both large and small we all too frequently find managers who simply should not be managers. Many are poorly qualified to lead others and are more interested in flattering their own often equally unqualified managers than they are with getting the job done.

Together, poor goal setting and inadequate managers are responsible for more stress at work than almost anything else you care to mention.But why should this be the case when most companies have a wealth of talent at their disposal?

For example, many women in the workplace are also mothers and they know only too well how to manage their time, handle multiple tasks and solve problems. After all, they practice these skills every day in managing their homes and raising their children. They are also often extremely good at settling disputes.Men too also have considerable experience of problem solving at home and are often faced with managing scarce resources, dealing with complaints and having to decide when to compromise.

However, when we move into the workplace we seem to throw all of this out of the window and treat employees simply as machines, rather than as a valuable pool of talent on which we can draw. Goals are often simply handed down from on high and little discussion is permitted and debate is certainly not entertained. In these circumstances employees are simply handed an obligation without being given any authority and this is a certain recipe for stress.

Ask employees what causes them stress at work and they will tell you that it is the fact that demands are placed upon them but that they are not given the resources to meet them. Place any individual in a situation in which he knows that there is something which he 'must' do but which he feels he 'can't' do and you instantly create stress.

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By Donald Saunders

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Why is your job really stressful?

In my survey conducted few weeks back I realized a very crucial fact pertaining to professional career. A common question Is your job really stressful? was the theme of the survey. What was really uncommon was the result of the survey. I realized that a majority of the survey takers were happy with their job. Every morning was a new challenge to them as far as their jobs were concerned. However this was a positive feedback and contradicts the fact that many people are unhappy with their jobs. So I researched more on this topic. This is what I found out, 90% of the masses are happy with their job but extremely stressed because of many allied factors. Let us see these factors in detail.

Here goes the boss’s pet, a phrase used commonly against people that try to be extra friendly to their seniors or bosses. This is mainly done with the motive to get noticed in the eyes of your seniors or bosses. People who are called so cause unavoidable stress to the rest of their colleagues. Their colleagues won't just envy such people but would be worried that their contribution towards the company would be overlooked and decisions could be influenced by that particular person. On the other side of this story would be the fear incurred by such people, of loosing the attention that they got from the seniors. The co-operation level got by their colleague would constantly be reducing. Hatred and anger would be emotions constantly shown towards people with this behavior. This could be considered as one important factor that could cause that person to part ways from the company or cause their colleagues to do so.

Another point that was high up in the list of factors that cause stress in a corporate environment is sabotage the company. This can happen in many different ways, so let us see few incidents on this topic. This is what happened in one case scenario; A senior chef of a hotel got a better job opportunity at another place. He made up his mind and decided to leave. During his notice period at the company, he offered better job opportunities and remunerations to his junior chefs and asked them to quit too. They did the same and joined him at his new work place. All the chefs who left were happy. However this is not the end of the story, here we see that one person so easily sabotaged the entire hotel. This is one concern that keeps bothering many people. They keep living under the fear that if any member of their team quits then how do they manage the rest of the team, so that it doesn't affect the business.

Another cause of the stress element in everyday professional life is competition. In fact competition is one issue that if done over a certain limit could be harmful in any phase of life. This is what I once witnessed; two good friends were employed at the same law firm. They were new and the urge to impress your seniors was obviously. This led to mere competition between the two of them. For every small case they got they was always a tough battle for the poll position. Every case was thoroughly studied, well researched and amazingly presented to their seniors. The seniors were happy with both their performances. However, something that was ignored and later faded was their friendly and their trust in each other. A healthy competition is always a step towards success but over a certain limit it could be very harmful. This competition would make all the competitors stressful. It could cause ill health, mental sickness, employee sabotage or even force an employee to quit their job.

Last but not the least is back stabbing a colleague. This happens in most cases and could cause a lot of stress to the person who is being back stabbed and the person who back stabbed him. The first person may be extremely stressed as he was back stabbed once and would fear to trust any other employee. He might also be forced to quit his job due to bad performance. The back stabber on the other hand will also be stressed because he would fear the fact that someone else could back stab him or else if his colleagues would realize his behavior then they would avoid him and ignore him completely. People generally back stab other friends or colleagues with the intensions of hatred, envy and jealousy.

These were some conclusive factors that the second survey resulted in. One more thing I often see is people often change their jobs because they were offered more pay or a lesser hard working job. Well your work should be spiritual. So work hard and true, there are no short cuts in life. You may try a short cut but soon you will realize that we don't work for the money but we get money because we work.

By Jhalak Jerajani

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Job Interview Tips; Job Interview Tips and Advice

Job interviewing never seems to get any easier - even when you have gone on more interviews than you can count. You are meeting new people, selling yourself and your skills, and often getting the third degree about what you know or don't know. Here are job interview tips to help prepare you to interview effectively. Proper preparation which help alleviate some of the stress involved in job interviews.

Job Interview Tips

Practice

Practice answering interview questions and practice your responses to the typical job interview questions and answers most employers ask. Think of actual examples you can use to describe your skills. Providing evidence of your successes is a great way to promote your candidacy.

Prepare

Prepare a response so you are ready for the question "What do you know about our company. Know the interviewer's name and use it during the job interview. If you're not sure of the name, call and ask prior to the interview. Try to relate what you know about the company when answering questions.

Watch

Take a look at my Job Interview Tips Videos, so you'll be sure to dazzle a potential employer and leave the right impression.

Get Ready

Make sure your interview attire is neat, tidy and appropriate for the type of firm you are interviewing with. Bring a nice portfolio with copies of your resume. Include a pen and paper for note taking.

Be On Time

Be on time for the interview. On time means five to ten minutes early. If need be, take some time to drive to the office ahead of time so you know exactly where you are going and how long it will take to get there.

Stay Calm

During the job interview try to relax and stay as calm possible. Take a moment to regroup. Maintain eye contact with the interviewer. Listen to the entire question before you answer and pay attention - you will be embarrassed if you forget the question!

Show What You Know

Try to relate what you know about the company when answering questions. When discussing your career accomplishments match them to what the company is looking for.

Follow Up

Always follow-up with a thank you note reiterating your interest in the position. If you interview with multiple people send each one a thank you note.

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Job Interview Tips; Job Interview Tips and Advice