As employers are slowing down on hiring, groups are advocating a more aggressive approach to job searches.
Finding jobs are getting tougher all the time.Rising inflation and a slump in the economy is hitting US big time.Those posting replies to job ads in the newspaper will go for a long haul.
"Companies are more deliberate in making the decision to fill the job," said Bill Heyman, owner of Heyman Associates, an executive search firm specializing in corporate communications.
With a large job applicant database the companies are becoming choosy.No one knows for sure when the market will show an upswing in the job market.Chantel a HR consultant in a major company says that currently the only job applications accepted are from portals who offload their resumes.The cost of hiring has also gone down.However for job seekers in USA it will be a major challenge which will not only test their networking skills as well as patience! But, Heyman said, once companies make the decision to hire they are moving quickly."Clients are worried a hiring freeze may come, so companies are being attentive about getting the jobs filled," said Heyman.
Indeed, there is hope. As Mark Schleisner sat in the audience at a recent Five O'Clock Club meeting, Patricia Jones spoke of how she used the Club's networking techniques for five weeks after being laid off from a law firm where she had worked for ten years.
"Always have six-to-ten things in the works," Jones told the assembled job hunters. "When you have that you feel more confident when you go into your interviews, and to your meetings." Then she announced that she was about to start a job at a new law firm where she would be supervising 150 people, eight times the number of reports she had at the firm that had laid her off.
"Companies are more deliberate in making the decision to fill the job," said Bill Heyman, owner of Heyman Associates, an executive search firm specializing in corporate communications.
With a large job applicant database the companies are becoming choosy.No one knows for sure when the market will show an upswing in the job market.Chantel a HR consultant in a major company says that currently the only job applications accepted are from portals who offload their resumes.The cost of hiring has also gone down.However for job seekers in USA it will be a major challenge which will not only test their networking skills as well as patience! But, Heyman said, once companies make the decision to hire they are moving quickly."Clients are worried a hiring freeze may come, so companies are being attentive about getting the jobs filled," said Heyman.
Indeed, there is hope. As Mark Schleisner sat in the audience at a recent Five O'Clock Club meeting, Patricia Jones spoke of how she used the Club's networking techniques for five weeks after being laid off from a law firm where she had worked for ten years.
"Always have six-to-ten things in the works," Jones told the assembled job hunters. "When you have that you feel more confident when you go into your interviews, and to your meetings." Then she announced that she was about to start a job at a new law firm where she would be supervising 150 people, eight times the number of reports she had at the firm that had laid her off.
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During the job search, take advantage of Google alerts on topics such as corporate communications. You'd be surprised how you can continue to build your virtual network.
Kate
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