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work for you?

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these successes!

... salary is DOUBLED
... 50% salary increase
... 26% increase
... $18,000 increase
... $30,000 to $50,000
... offered $45 to $60 an hour
... plus dozens more
successful career moves
and salary increases!

This new-found confidence combined with an ability to effectively market oneself results in the motivation needed to begin a solid job search.

Top Job Search Methods
Read the list of well-known job search methods below. Which job search method do you think is the most effective method to land a job? Which is second most effective? Which is third most effective?

What People Think
Many people rank the top job search method as 1) Networking 2) Answering Want Ads and 3) Applying Directly to Employers. However, the Census Bureau conducted a survey of 10 million job seekers which showed that Applying Directly to Employers is the #1 method people used to land new positions. Networking ranked #2 and answering Newspaper Ads ranked #3. Before I published these statistics in my book I contacted the U.S. Labor Department to make sure this information was still current. That office confirmed that based on current, smaller studies that the top methods of obtaining jobs hadn't changed.

Which Method Is Best For You?
Of the top three job search methods, determine which method you feel most comfortable with. Then devote the greatest amount of your time to pursue this method. Spend the second greatest amount of your time pursuing the next most effective job search method. Spend a lesser amount of time on passive job search methods such as answering help wanted ads.

Why Does Applying Directly to Employers Work?
This is the #1 job search method for many reasons. If you contact an employer who has not yet advertised an opening, you have little or no competition. Many workshop participants have told me after contacting a company directly that they landed an interview and were then hired even though there were no "job openings."

If you market yourself by using the strategies you learn in this site you will have a much better chance of enticing employers to create a position for you. The on-line Biola University Career Center cites research conducted by Mark Granovetter. His survey indicated that 43.8% of job seekers said positions were created for them during the process of applying directly to employers or networking.

Networking Isn't Always
The Most Successful Job Search Method
Networking has received an extensive amount of attention as the #1 job search method. As a result, many job search instructors focus on this method as the only job search method they recommend. Yet networking doesn't always land people jobs. For example, Terry had owned a business marketing point of sale systems. His income had been over $120,000 annually. After a year and a half of networking within his industry Terry was distraught because he hadn't had one job offer. Working together, it became clear that Terry's niche was relatively small. While his network included over 250 business associates--these contacts were within a dying market. It appeared that no one was hiring or looking to expand in this field.