[...]... find out about them But these advertised openings add up to only about 25 percent of all job openings The other 75 percent or so are hidden from you if you use traditional job search methods Your job search should be a search for these hidden jobs © JIST Works The Seven Things That Make the Most Difference in the Job Search 11 The Very Quick Job Search Should “Luck” Be How You Find a Job? For most people,... this book has been titled The Very Quick Job Search © JIST Works 3 The Very Quick Job Search How Well Do the Job Search Methods Presented in This Book Work? There are hundreds of job search books and Web sites offering job search advice, but hardly any offer proof that their methods work better than others Most writers of career materials are good people who learned what they know as teachers, counselors,... vacant positions ✓ Other advertised jobs are highly specialized or very much in demand, with few qualified applicants available In other words, employers advertise these jobs because they can’t fill the openings by more reliable methods © JIST Works The Seven Things That Make the Most Difference in the Job Search 13 The Very Quick Job Search WITH ADVERTISED JOBS, IN YOUR FAVOR THE ODDS ARE NOT Let’s... Difference in the Job Search 21 The Very Quick Job Search Quick Tip they know of only about 5 percent of the existing job openings in their area— which means that you will have to use other methods to find the other 95 percent of the openings This is one reason why only about one in twenty of all job seekers get their jobs through this source Another limitation is that many of the jobs it lists are relatively... seeker getting in and © JIST Works The Seven Things That Make the Most Difference in the Job Search 25 The Very Quick Job Search talking to the person who is most likely to actually hire you And, most importantly of all, traditional job search methods all assume that a prospective employer and a job seeker can’t see each other unless there is a job opening Traditional job search methods do work for some... it; the jobs were there all along, although no conventional approach found them Our job seekers got them because they went to potential employers before the jobs were advertised and convinced an employer that they could do the job The people waiting for a job to get advertised stayed unemployed 4 © JIST Works Introduction The Internet, e-mail, and other technologies have added new approaches to the job. .. for each job opening To the employer, they are all strangers that may or may not be telling the complete truth Employers would really rather not have to interview strangers unless they have to © JIST Works The Seven Things That Make the Most Difference in the Job Search 15 The Very Quick Job Search Often, employers don’t need to advertise Most jobs are filled before advertising is needed The employer... Things That Make the Most Difference in the Job Search 19 The Very Quick Job Search Quick Reference Completing an application is also a passive way to try to get interviews, which is one of the reasons it does not typically work well The exception is for young people, where completing applications is a bit more effective This is because many of the jobs young people seek are entry level jobs that do not... services they may offer ✓ Seeing if they have any appropriate job listings to refer you to Because they are publicly funded, one of the big advantages of the public employment service is that they never charge a fee for their services But they also have limitations that you need to understand The most important limitation is that © JIST Works The Seven Things That Make the Most Difference in the Job Search. .. referrals And you went after government jobs because there were many of those available Sure, there were also private employment agencies, but the larger companies usually paid their fees No problem The Very Quick Job Search Things were simpler then College graduates were in demand (there were fewer of them then), and factory jobs were plentiful You got a job with a big employer, and you kept it until you . been titled The Very Quick Job Search. Introduction_.p65 10/15/2003, 1:55 PM3 4 The Very Quick Job Search © JIST Works How Well Do the Job Search Methods Presented in This Book Work? There are. the job search and the methods most people use. Chapter 2: The Two Best Job Search Methods— Why They Work and How to Use Them 31 Covers two job search methods that work better than others. These. 1:55 PM1 2 The Very Quick Job Search © JIST Works Things were simpler then. College graduates were in demand (there were fewer of them then), and factory jobs were plentiful. You got a job with