Searching for the right job can be a very time-consuming and complex task. Depending on the industry, your experience, education, and the country you want to take up a specific job - your approach should be different.
Ultimately, the more job search methods you use, the faster you’ll find the right one. Usually, time is a crucial factor during a transition from one employer to another.
Whether it's the US job market you’re targeting or any other country, there will be many similarities in the job-seeking process that you should incorporate during your research and interview preparation.
In this article, we distinguished 4 key job search strategies that will help you land the perfect job - on both sides of the pond.
Top job search strategies for finding a job
1. Networking
Building a network of colleagues, peers, and supervisors with whom you keep in touch is the foundation for effective job-seeking for many around the world. You’re quickly informed by your acquaintances that there is a new opening in the business department you were aiming to join.
Did a new branch just open in your part of town in the previous job that you left due to location issues? Your colleagues will let you know.
Nowadays, keeping in touch via social media is the easiest approach. In the end, the most important point here is the relationships you have with other people in your network.
2. Professional communities
Different industries tend to have online communities and even sometimes have dedicated job portals, especially if the industry you’re interested in requires a specific skill-set and is currently popular on the market - like programmers or big data scientists. Be sure to ask your network if they can recommend a community you should join.
3. Recruitment agency
Working with recruiters has many pros - you barely need to do any research. You’re supplied with offers that match your requirements and can concentrate on the work. On the other hand, some agencies’ remuneration is a margin from your monthly salary, which is usually a high price to pay, especially in the long run.
4. Ads in social networks
Subscribing to personal pages, on social media, of managers and C-level executives in an organization you’re targeting is a good strategy for digital-savvy people. It’s quite often that, on their LinkedIn page, managers publish or share posts referring to some type of recruitment process, or ask for recommendations.
Also, being up to date with these peoples’ publications can be valuable knowledge when you’ll be sitting opposite them in an interview.
Is there any nuance in looking for a job in the United States?
Despite some cultural differences between job markets in different countries, at the end of the day employers want to find the perfect candidate. Filling that gap and fulfilling a purpose in an organization is what’s important - no matter the country, if a person ticks all the boxes and has the right attitude for the job environment, the probability of landing that job is very, very high.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience – A critical factor in any country (for those looking for a non-entry level position)
- Education – Employers will evaluate your degree(s) in most countries
- Skill-set – Particularly important when you’re applying for a job that requires skills like programming or certificates in specific areas
- Professional successes – These are the backbone of your professional persona (what you’ve achieved, and how you influenced the organization you worked at)
One of the major differences, however, you’ll find is when creating your CV (UK & Europe) or Resume (US). In Europe, long-form CVs are preferred, where under each experience, you will write a short paragraph about your time in that position. In the US, we tend to see shorter form Resumes, where you will use bullet points to briefly outline what you did in that particular job.
Note: A CV and a Resume are the same things. The terms can be used interchangeably - it’s just that different countries usually use one over the other.
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