Tips on Job Hunting

JOB…..A word that everyone is concentrating on now a days. Youths are working hard to get a decent job, a nice company & a good package. We are the lucky one that now a day’s lots of job sites are there, providing us the platform to fulfill our dreams. One can put there resume on these sites & on a single platform we are visible to lot of recruiters. These sites are really working hard to fulfill our dreams. But some times people complain that they are not getting any job alert through these sites. They are registered for so long but not getting any job alert or call from any recruiter. So here are few tips to job hunting:

1. First step is to select the industry to which you are targeting.
2. If you are targeting more that one industry, then make more than one resume each according to the industries you are targeting.
3. Resume must be according to the industry type, it must be simple & easy to read.
4. Resume must properly show your skills according to the industry for which you are hunting job.
5. Never use your job phone for job hunting. Always use your cell phone no. or home phone no. on your resume.
6. If you don't want your current employer to find your resume when searching for candidates, post resume on job sites where you can keep your employer and contact information confidential. For example, if you post your resume on Monster.com, you can make it confidential and your contact information and references won't be displayed. You can block your present company's name by entering an end date of present for your current position.
7. Monster.com provides you one more service. Suppose if you are targeting two or three industries you can make different job alert agents. This will help you in finding more targeting jobs. Each job alert will work for a particular industry & gives you the best jobs from that industry.
8. One of the most important step in searching job is to update your resume at least once in a week. Employers will always look for the fresh resume. So to get fresh jobs & calls from recruiters do update your resume regularly.
9. And the last step is to stay confident & calm. Job hunting takes time. So don’t get panic & remain confident on your knowledge & skills. These two things are the key to your success.