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Most Effective Job Search Techniques

Q:   Dear Seymour, I'm about to embark upon a new job search and my friends and colleagues all have different advice about what techniques/venues work best. What are the best ways to job search?

- Submitted by Maureen Shiring, San Diego, CA

A: Dear Maureen,

While there are a number of ways to job search, it is important to pay attention to trends in this area in order to tailor your efforts towards those methods that give you the highest return. For example, technology has certainly impacted the way candidates are securing job opportunities these days. Job seekers seem to be having success with the Internet.

Spherion places thousands of workers in jobs each year. We recently tracked the job search techniques and methods used by nearly 300 of those candidates. We found that 43 percent of active job search candidates learned about their next career opportunity using the Internet, 13 percent through posting their resume, 25 percent through online published job openings, and 5 percent through email and online networking.

It is always good practice to utilize all job searching methods available because you never know which might deliver - career fairs, networking, recruiters, classifieds, etc.

You might also visit Spherion's Candidate Career Center, an informative and user-friendly web portal that can help workers manage their job search. Check it out.

As you'll see, advice and tools are available for job seekers under the resources (insert link to this page) section, including how to:
- Write resumes that stand out from the crowd with Spherion's resume-building functionality
- Develop a network of contacts that will create future career opportunities

And, while you're there, take advantage of the thousands of job opportunities Spherion has available by applying online, anytime, 24/7.

Good luck Maureen!