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With nearly 14 million people in the U.S. unemployed, more and more people find themselves in the workforce needing to find work where unemployment is higher. This is the toughest environment to find a job in 50 years, and you better do your best. While the consensus is that no one is hiring, those people either don't really want it or don't want to compete for their current positions.
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Here are the 13 tips that will not only get you a job but the job that you want.
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While you might try to sit down and apply for any job that you’re qualified for, taking the time to assess your career hopes and dreams can be a more satisfying and productive way to start a job search. Thinking about what makes you come alive can help you narrow down your search to target specific roles and careers.
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Even if you have to take something you consider beneath you, it is better to stay connected in the workforce with less pay than disconnected from the workforce with unemployment benefits!
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Treat unemployment benefits like the plague and a non-option. Unemployment benefits will not prove beneficial to you in the future as they will ultimately destroy your job prospects going forward.
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Spend more time replacing the lost job than you spent at the job you lost! Take the attitude that getting a job is your job and if you have to spend 50 hours a week doing so, do it!
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There are always companies looking for productive, solution-oriented people that can help their company grow. While there are 16 million people without work, most companies have not gone out of business. Have the attitude that you will find a job and stay away from other unemployed people, as they are likely to contaminate your attitude.
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Headhunters and recruiters are representing many people, and no one is going to present you better than you will. Go into this endeavor with the belief that you are the ONLY one that will make this happen!
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If you apply these tips exactly as they are written, I assure you that no matter the economy you will be employed. In my next blog, I’ll show you the final six tips that will get you into the job you’ve always wanted and deserved.
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While it needs to be current and list all of your accomplishments, do not rely on it to land your job — it won’t! Companies don’t hire resumes they hire people that can help move the company forward. A resume will not get you a job!
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They may be a good place to get a date or play poker, but they will not get you a job. Get yourself, your resume and your story in front of decision makers.
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Do NOT rely on the HR department and do every thing to bypass them even though this is not politically correct. Find out who knows the players in the company and get your story in front of the decision makers of the company.
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In the interview, do NOT talk about what you have done in the past. Talk about what you can do to create for the company in the future. Make big claims as to what you will and can do for the company.
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Anyone who can directly or indirectly assist in revenue creation is desirable! Those that can sell their ability and willingness to do whatever it takes to assist in adding revenue to the company are always desirable regardless of the overall job market.
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Do NOT go into an interview to be interviewed, go in to sell yourself. Avoid communicating from the viewpoint of what the company can do for you but rather what you can do for the company.
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Approach your current situation as a new opportunity to create a new life for yourself and carry that attitude with you into every interview.