Why Hunting for a Great Job Will Hurt Your Career. Last Updated Sep 30, 2010 12:32 PM EDT One of the hardest things about being unemployed is worrying that you will not end up in a good job.
People want to be picky, but that's a mistake. You should take any job. It really doesn't matter. You're better off taking any job and then start trading up. Here's why: 1) Structure leads to achievement People who add structure to their day are more likely to get other stuff done. 2) You don't need time to job-hunt. Often, people think they need an open day to job hunt. 3) Telling yourself you can do anything is paralyzing If you tell yourself the world is at your fingertips and you must get a good job, you end up not taking anything. 4) Picking jobs is a lot of luck You know the saying that lucky people create their own luck?
5) A job does not define youYou are not going to find happiness from your job - that comes from personal relationships. The good news is that when you're unemployed you are at an inflection point. . © 2010 CBS Interactive Inc.. Toronto Startup Jobs. StartupNorth. Vestiigo. JobBound: America's Career Experts. The 20 Best Job Search Web Sites. It's safe to say we've all searched for a job at some point or another.
And depending on the job market, you could be going up against 10 other qualified job seekers—or several hundred. According to the Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in the United States hit a high of 10 percent in October 2009, but by April 2013 it had fallen to 7.5 percent, still a far cry from the 2007 low of 4.4 percent. But the recent percentage drop means more companies are hiring and more people are landing jobs. You should be one of them. So how exactly are the newly employed finding those jobs? We can't guarantee you'll find your dream job right away with these sites, but you'll certainly get a panoramic view of what's available in your field. By the way, you should probably spend less time job searching online than you currently are, according to the experts.
Do you use other sites in your job hunt? Diggings » Something Every Job Seeker Should Be Doing… Mason Hipp has written an excellent blog post on an easy thing that every job seeker should do to improve their job search efforts – set up a customized job search dashboard on iGoogle.
It is easy, free, and incredibly effective. The tools available for job seekers today are incredibly powerful, but the numbers can be overwhelming and the steps involved can be daunting. It’s also hard to know where time will be well spent with a productive outcome as opposed to being a waste of time. This step-by-step tutorial on iGoogle is well written, easy to follow, and extremely worthwhile for job seekers.
It highlights a technology platform (iGoogle, RSS, Twitter, and job search engines such as LinkUp) that any job seeker at any level, in any location, and in any industry can leverage to improve their efforts. One of the RSS feeds that a job seeker should add to their iGoogle dashboard is a customized search from LinkUp.com.