A bunch of ideas to kickstart your job search and leave unemployment behind.
This is a guest post by Kasey Steinbrinck. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.
If you’re out of work and hunting for a job, you’re not alone. At first, that may be kind of comforting, but it also means there’s plenty of competition.
Not too long ago I was in your shoes. The syndicated radio company I worked for as a producer shut its doors in January of 2009 – not a very good time to start a job search by any means. It took me about nine months to find a part-time job and more than a year to get back to full-time employment.
But I learned a few things along the way (many of them the hard way). I can’t guarantee you that following these seven suggestions will make your time unemployed completely pain-free, but I know they’ll help make it shorter.
Continue reading >> 7 Tips To Get Off Unemployment ASAP From Someone Who’s Been There
--Jacob Share
8 tips for getting over every job seeker’s worst nightmare.
This is a guest post by Nisa Chitakasem. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.
It’s every job seeker’s worst nightmare.
You’re in an interview for a job you really want and it all starts going wrong.
Whether it’s your phone ringing or you giving the longest, most irrelevant answer to an interview question ever, once things start going wrong it feels like there’s no way back.
But there is.
It is possible to get things back on track and limit the damage during the actual interview. There are also some follow-up steps you can take after the event to rectify the situation and to move on with your job search regardless of what the outcome of the bad interview is.
Continue reading >> How to Quickly Recover From Bad Job Interviews
--Jacob Share
Sick of commuting? Here are some ideas on how to find a job near where you live.
This is a guest post by Diane Dolinsky-Pickar. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.
How long is your commute door-to-door? An hour? More, with traffic? If you see yourself dreading the commute, or you’ve met the local cop one too many times as you rush to the train, it’s time to find a local job. But how do you do that when your network and contacts are far away?
Develop a geographic boundary for where you’re willing to travel, and then get into head-down mode to identify employers in that area.
Continue reading >> 10 Real World Tips to Find a Job Close To Home
--Jacob Share
How to take advantage of your last chance to research a company and be best prepared for the job interview.
This is a guest post by Nisa Chitakasem. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.
To give yourself the edge, research the employer organization and interviewers before a job interview. In this age of the Internet and business networking, it’s getting increasingly easier to do this.
Interviewers will expect you to have some knowledge of the organization before you meet them. By researching the interviewers as well, you’ll know what to expect from them, and what they expect from you.
If you don’t know who your interviewers will be, call the person who invited you to the interview and ask them.
Continue reading >> 7 Company Research Tips Before The Job Interview
--Jacob Share
The Do-It-Yourself Facebook Resume Kit. The best way to show off your resume on Facebook, by far.
This is a guest post by Claudio Nader. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.
Want a resume that looks like this?
Why this is a great idea
Many job seekers kick off their job search with an email to everyone they know asking for leads. A common problem is that after a few weeks or months, friends and family forget that they’re still looking for a job.
Your Facebook profile resume will constantly remind every visitor about your job search without you needing to send followups. Then when a lead comes to mind, they’ll just need to click ‘Share Profile’.
Now, when sending that first job search announcement, tell people to follow your Facebook profile to know if you’re still looking.
Pretty clever, right?
Continue reading >> How To Make Your Own Cool Facebook Resume
--Jacob Share
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