Advice for Job-Hunters

Although the job-hunt is always changing due to the changing business world and technology, the essence of the job-hunt remains constant. As Richard Nelson reveals in chapter 3 of What Color is Your Parachute, job-hunting is fundamentally about human nature and a job-interview is like a date or a conversation where you and the interviewer are seeing if you like one another. You are looking to see if the company will provide a positive work environment for you to grow, and the employer is looking to see if you have the skills they are looking for and seem like a good fit for the organization that will get along well with other employees. 

The job-hunt can be taxing and overwhelming and parts of it may be out of your control, but there is always something you can do or something you can work on because countless job openings are out there month after month. It is important to remember that job-hunting is an art, you can practice and get better, sometimes timing can be in your favor while other times it is just not, and there is no one way to job-hunt that is always right as circumstances and employers change and sometimes job-hunting depends on some degree of luck. If your job-hunt is not working, you have to spend more time on it as job-hunting in itself can be your full-time job that requires attention. 

Also, if your job-hunt is not succeeding, rethink about your job-interviews and make sure to not just go after large organizations, use other people you know to make a connection and find a job lead, avoid interviewing with the HR department as they are trying to weed candidates out, talk about more than what is written on your resume, ask questions of the interviewer, give real examples that demonstrate your skills, and remember to always send a thank you note afterward to increase your chances.

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