How to Maximize your Job Search

To get the most out of your job search, you need use multiple strategies to unlock opportunities and increase your chances of landing the job you want. There are two types of job searches, passive (traditional) and active (hidden job market).

The Passive Job Search

Traditional job search strategies are passive and only tap into approximately 25% of the actual job market. This approach involves applying to advertised job postings from sources such as:

• Navigator
• Employer websites
• Indeed, LinkedIn, and other job sites

The Active Job Search

An active job search involves seeking opportunities outside of advertised job postings. These opportunities represent the hidden job market.

Job seekers often start with online job boards, but employers tend to hire through networking, internal promotions, and employee referrals. Focusing on where employers are looking maximizes your chances and increases the number of opportunities.

The Key Components of an Active Job Search Involve

• Researching industries, organizations and roles
• Networking in-person and online
• Prospecting connections to foster opportunities

Strategies for Success

• Take advantage of your warm contacts by communicating your interests
• Utilize informational interviews to build your career knowledge 
• Find new contacts by using various networking strategies
• Create and follow a networking action plan
  
  

Keep Reading: Networking 101 or Your Job Search Checklist

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