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There are quite a number of conventional ways to discover job vacancies:

• applying directly to employer or personnel manager.
• sending resumes and application letter to company via Internet and mail.
• contacting family members, friends or anybody who may know about job leads.
• answering job vacancy advertisements published in print media.
• checking public employment agency and recruitment center listing of job vacancies.
• using college career counseling and placement office referrals.
• attending career fairs sponsored by organization.
• applying and taking tests for civil service positions in government.

However, the more aggressive job seekers may find that they should not just wait passively to hear from companies or employment agencies. Instead of seeking jobs, they can actually create job opportunities by talking to people who have the power to hire. Fresh graduates or job seekers without any work experience may feel shy to ask around but remember: if you fail, there is nothing to lose (because you have nothing to lose anyway)

You are at the best position to do this if you have a specialized skill which is much needed in a company to better its products or services. Try to reach the person in charge of recruitment to listen to you. Explain to them how you can contribute with the knowledge and experience you have. By doing so you will create a new job in a new company which is tailor-made, just for you.

If you are looking for the very first job in life which means you have no work experience at all, try to emphasize on occasional or part-time jobs which you took up during school vacations or even co-curriculum activities which you participated in.

If you are not in a hurry to find the first employment, try doing some research and take time to ask people which occupational field you should join. Time and energy invested should be worthwhile for you when you finally find the job that suits you well.

Finally, try to interview persons in charge of personnel, recruitment or those who work with employment agencies. Get information that are relevant to your field of interest and make the right choice.

Source: JobStreet.com

Believe it or not, you can get more mileage from your everyday habits with a little more effort and forethought. For instance, if you like to read the papers, get out of the house, talk to people and log on to the Internet, then focus those seemingly disconnected activities to get more out of them-like finding a job, for one. Here’s how.

• If you love to read the news with your morning coffee, remember to note down announcements about job fairs and recruitment events as well.
  
  
• For a change of pace, interrupt your routine of going to malls or vegging in front of the TV to contact an employment or staffing agency about positions that may be suitable for you. Send your well-written resume so they can call you if anything interesting comes up.
  
  
• If you spend hours emailing friends or lingering in chat rooms, spare a few moments to post your CV to online job centers or company websites.
  
  
• And if you’re a social animal, then don’t waste those face times with friends, relatives, former officemates, neighbors, godparents and acquaintances from clubs and sporting events. It won’t hurt mentioning to everyone you know that you’re on the hunt. Who knows? One or two of them may be able to set you up for an interview or refer you to a prospective employer.
  
  
• And while you’re at it, inform your former teachers and classmates at class reunions that you’re on the market. While reminiscing in the hallways, visit the university placement office to see the latest work listings, or check for on-campus recruitment activities scheduled in the near future.

Of course, nothing beats looking for work full time. But no one says you have to limit your search boundaries to formal hunting occasions. By staying sharp always, you’ll find that opportunities lurk even in what seem to be the most mundane situations or unrelated events.

Tips on gaining work experience

From Randall Hansen, Ph.D.

All the employers we’ve talked to recently about college graduates stress the importance of experience. These employers want college grads who not only have the educational background, but have one or more types of work experiences.

Here are the types of experiences college students can expect to have:

• Internships. One of the best types of work experiences. Internships involve working part-time in your expected career field, either during one of the semesters or over the summer. Besides gaining valuable experience, you get exposed to the business environment and gain valuable references and people for your network. You can find more information and resources at Quintessential Careers: Internship Resources.
• Summer Jobs. These jobs are not always in your field of interest and may even seem to be simply a way of saving money for school, but having any kind of work experience is valuable and many offer transferable skills that carry over to other jobs. You can read more about summer jobs and find links to top summer job Web sites at: How to Find a Summer Job.
• Campus Jobs (work-study). Many students simply see work-study as a form of financial aid, but you can make the most of your experiences by identifying key skills you use on the job.
• Entrepreneurial/self-employed jobs: a growing number of students have started their own businesses - whether traditional ones, such as lawn maintenance business or emerging ones, such as a Web-based business. Make sure to include these on your resume.
• Temporary Work. Some students work for temporary agencies doing a variety of work. Where you’ve done professional work or work with good transferable skills, make sure to include it on your resume. See our Temporary Employment Jobs.
• Volunteer work -- school, church, club, not-for-profit organizations: working for one of these groups can be a win-win, where you are helping out your community and you can be gaining valuable skills and experience.
• Research Papers/Projects. Especially if you do not have a lot of work experience, don’t rule out the experience related to senior theses, term papers, and group projects.
• Certification Courses. Many industries, such as technology, offer special certifications, which can add experience for you as well as add value to you as a potential employee.
• Campus Activity Positions. Key experiences -- especially leadership positions -- you had in various campus organizations should be included on your resume.
• Fraternity/Sorority/Social Club Positions. If you’ve held important leadership roles or been involved in a major project(s), you should list these on your resume.
• Extracurricular or Sports Leadership Positions. Some employers look specifically for athletic experiences because of the belief that being an athlete helps build teamworking and leadership skills.

Question: How can I develop an effective job search strategy?

Answer: Applying for jobs is a time-consuming and mentally exhausting task. Even for the best prepared amongst us, attacking the job market involves facing many unknown factors and having to react to variables out of your control. You may like to think about treating your job hunt like a project.

You can then divide it up into easy-to-tackle segments: Focus your search This includes gaining an awareness of yourself as well as what you want from your job.

Use tools such as Prospects Planner (found in http://www.prospects.ac.uk) will provide ideas to think about. . It is an interactive tool that will help you to define the most important elements you are looking for in your career and will suggest specific options that match your interests, motivations and requirements. It will not dictate a career path, but may help establish areas of interest.

Sector knowledge. Once you have established the area of work you wish to go into, research it thoroughly. It is useful to take into consideration factors such as lifestyle, requirement for further study, scope for progression and typical career paths.

Think about the implications of this with respect to the work that you would be happiest doing, as well building up an awareness of current issues in the field. If you have not already done so, arrange some work experience or job shadowing. Often the personal approach can yield greater success. Networking is a buzz word, but it can work wonders.

Paperwork Your application for a job will often constitute your initial formal contact with a company. It can open the door to the next stage of the recruitment process. Remember, however, that although it may be quicker in the short term, sending a non-specific response to a job advert is likely to be a waste of time in the long run. It probably does not need to be said, therefore, that is of utmost importance to prepare high quality CVs/application forms and covering letters for each job application.

Flexibility Unlike much of your educational career to date, searching for a job cannot be fitted to an exacting timetable. You will often need to respond quickly, as and when opportunities arise. Planning is about being able to be flexible. You might see your ideal job when you least expect it, so preparation will mean that you are confident about applying whenever opportunities arise. Ultimately, everyone’s experiences of job hunting will differ. You will have to make personal strategic decisions, for example, whether to accept a job that does not quite match all your criteria. There is no single solution in these instances, but always remember to consider whether you can foresee yourself being happy in a job and the situation entailed.