Career and Jobs Tips

It is very common for a job vacancy to attract hundreds of resumes. In order to improve your chances in the job search process, here are some important facts you need to take note:
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Recruiters were among the early adopters of the “professional” Twitterverse and they’re the ones you want to watch if you want to see networking results. There are even specialized Twitter apps like TweetMyJobs and Jobvite that recruiters use to advertise job openings and find qualified candidates. Still aren’t convinced? Here are five reasons why you need to follow a recruiter on Twitter today!
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Many ex-felons could have changed for the better if only they were given a good opportunity to do so. Nevertheless, even though the law protects ex-felons for fair treatment to job opportunities, jobs remain difficult to come by. The instability of our economy coupled with the increasing competitiveness of other job seekers just makes matter worse. It’s nobody’s fault that jobs are hard to come by. According to studies, about 80% of US companies background-check their applicants. And sadly, many ex-felons seeking jobs just don’t stand a chance against the average applicant.
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Here are five ideas the after 50 job seeker can use to level the playing field:

1. Change your way of thinking. If you think old, act old and constantly talk about the past: guess what? You will be thought of as old and probably out of touch.

Change your way of thinking. You are not old, you’re experienced. Get physically active. Learn new skills. Study and acquire new qualifications. Think and discuss the future. Stay positive and project the right attitude. Do these things and the age issue will fade away.
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From the job seeker’s perspective, mass sites force job seekers to look through opportunity listings that may be irrelevant to their search. Unless one is extremely specific with the terms input for the search, the results yielded can be quite broad. For example if you were looking for a position as a special kind of construction planner, but simply entered “planner”, the results would be extremely diverse, forcing you to look closely at the results. Furthermore, the people that post the jobs are not always specific about the job title of the position they post. One may see job titles like “Junior Planner” or “Planner III” denoting the level of some kind of planner but not elaborating on the kind of planner. Who are these ads for Urban, Financial, Construction, Event or some other kind of planner?
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Job Seeker you need to network. Going to receptions, fund raisers, and conferences your old company paid for now all need to come out of your pocket. It gets worse, your Son just blew 35 bucks on having Chinese delivered to the house; because he can afford to. You’re other son is struggling to make ends meet and you would like to help him out. Perhaps the two of you could going skiing this weekend to release the stress you are both feeling; but that would mean you might not be able to afford medications when your too old to work and living off your savings.
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You may ask, “What can I do?” Let me offer you a few suggestions that I think will be of great assistance. You may choose to use this list or create one of your own. Either way, do something to make a difference.

Here is my list:

1. Call and ask how they are doing? We often assume that we know how a job seeker is doing? Don’t assume, ask.
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The importance of a brand statement, especially in today’s economy, cannot be overemphasized. While many job seekers have a traditional elevator speech, they are usually too long to be remembered. And usually they focus on the job seeker and don’t answer the question of what you can do for them It may be difficult to understand the power of having a great brand statement until you have one.
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These listings are not only limited and can also turn out to be quite expensive for potential employers. Because of absence of information the option in front of the candidate would also be minimal and as an outcome of this entire process both potential employers and candidates would have limited choices. But in this present condition of advanced and fast developing technology job providing sites (via internet) acts as a rapid rapport between potential employers and candidate.
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Without the guidance of a industry professional that knows the tools and techniques to compete in today volatile job market its simply relying on luck. It’s a difficult process to begin with, the job seeker today works harder to find and land a job than actually working. It can be a lonely, discouraging and frustrating process with many land mines to trip up the inexperienced just to find a job.
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