With the recent downturn in the job market coupled with rising unemployment, it is imperative that job hunters are at the top of their game if they want to get hired. Many candidates will shoot themselves in the foot with mistakes that are avoidable. You can increase your chances of getting hired if you avoid these 3 common job hunting mistakes.
Mistake 1: Speaking Negatively
Employers do not want to hear you speaking negatively about either your current employer or a previous employer. If you talk negatively about your previous employer, it sets the expectation that you will talk negatively about this company if they hire you. Nothing can ruin a group dynamic faster than the negativity from one employee and no company wants to take a chance of facing a deteriorating work environment by hiring you. If you have a valid gripe about your previous employer, you should instead spin this around into something positive that you can discuss during the interview. If you are negative you will never get the job.
Mistake 2: Not Spending Enough Time on the Search
It takes more than sending out one resume in order to get a new job. Most job hunters underestimate the amount of time they need to spend in the job hunting process. If you fail to spend time job hunting then you will fail in getting hired for a new job. The job hunting process involves sending our resumes, calling potential companies, interviewing and writing follow up letters. It is not uncommon for someone to send out over a hundred resumes before they are hired for a job. Never underestimate the amount of time that you should spend on your job search. Spending more time is not the recipe for getting a new job - spending quality time in the job search is the key.
Mistake 3: Not Networking
It is estimated that less than 20 percent of all job vacancies are advertised in the newspapers or on major job placement sites. If you are limiting your job search to positions that you read about in the newspaper then you are missing out on the vast majority of possible positions. Most jobs are unadvertised. This is because companies prefer to hire candidates that are referred to them by their current employees or they prefer to hire people that they already know.
The only way to meet existing employees is through networking. You can utilize professional organizations, religious meetings, sports teams and volunteer activities to meet people and collect their business cards. If the person your meet is not in the department that you want to work, they can open doors for you and introduce you to the appropriate hiring manager. If the company is already familiar with you then they will turn to you first when they have a vacancy to fill.
If you are unsuccessful in your job search it could be because you are making some of the most common mistakes job hunters make. Improve your chances of being hired by not making these 3 common mistakes job hunters make.
90% of the common and average job seekers will never take action towards changing the way the look for jobs, despite being rejected time after time.Mistake 1: Speaking Negatively
Employers do not want to hear you speaking negatively about either your current employer or a previous employer. If you talk negatively about your previous employer, it sets the expectation that you will talk negatively about this company if they hire you. Nothing can ruin a group dynamic faster than the negativity from one employee and no company wants to take a chance of facing a deteriorating work environment by hiring you. If you have a valid gripe about your previous employer, you should instead spin this around into something positive that you can discuss during the interview. If you are negative you will never get the job.
Mistake 2: Not Spending Enough Time on the Search
It takes more than sending out one resume in order to get a new job. Most job hunters underestimate the amount of time they need to spend in the job hunting process. If you fail to spend time job hunting then you will fail in getting hired for a new job. The job hunting process involves sending our resumes, calling potential companies, interviewing and writing follow up letters. It is not uncommon for someone to send out over a hundred resumes before they are hired for a job. Never underestimate the amount of time that you should spend on your job search. Spending more time is not the recipe for getting a new job - spending quality time in the job search is the key.
Mistake 3: Not Networking
It is estimated that less than 20 percent of all job vacancies are advertised in the newspapers or on major job placement sites. If you are limiting your job search to positions that you read about in the newspaper then you are missing out on the vast majority of possible positions. Most jobs are unadvertised. This is because companies prefer to hire candidates that are referred to them by their current employees or they prefer to hire people that they already know.
The only way to meet existing employees is through networking. You can utilize professional organizations, religious meetings, sports teams and volunteer activities to meet people and collect their business cards. If the person your meet is not in the department that you want to work, they can open doors for you and introduce you to the appropriate hiring manager. If the company is already familiar with you then they will turn to you first when they have a vacancy to fill.
If you are unsuccessful in your job search it could be because you are making some of the most common mistakes job hunters make. Improve your chances of being hired by not making these 3 common mistakes job hunters make.
Unless you want to be one of them and fail again
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