Editorial objective:1- give diverse jobseekers sound information on job opportunities and how to successfully navigate the job search process,2- invite “employers of choice” to share success secrets and valuable information on where the jobs are.
Issue link: http://diversityemployers.epubxp.com/i/224970
5 do. A majority of employers, 55%, do not. Now that you know this, don't take it personally. You want employers to save your job-hunt by increasing their hiring, and you want the government to give them incentives to do so. Unhappily, employers tend to wait to hire until they see an increased demand for their products or services. In the meantime, most do not much care for government incentives to hire, because they know such incentives always have a time limit, and once they expire, that employer will be on the hook to continue the subsidy out of their own pocket. Another example of the fact that the employer's world is increasingly a foreign country to job-hunters, lies in the very different core values of each of us. During the job-hunt, we want strategies that will enable us to cover as much of the job-market as possible. So, our value is: coverage. Our chosen vehicle is our resume. The employer's chief value, on the other hand, concerns risk. The employer wants to hire with the lowest risk possible. I mean the risk that this won't work out. These very different values explain the chart on the below. Many If not Most EMployErs Hunt for Job-HuntErs In tHE Exact opposItE Way froM HoW Most Job-HuntErs Hunt for tHEM ➪ From Within: Promotion of a full-time employee, or promotion of a present part-time employee, or hiring a former consultant for in-house or contract work, or hiring a former "temp" full-time. Employer's thoughts: "I want to hire someone whose work I have already seen." (A low-risk strategy for the employer.) Implication for Job-Hunters: See if you can get hired at an organization you have chosen as a temp, contract worker, or consultant—aiming at a full-time position only later (or not at all). 2 Using Proof: Hiring an unknown job-hunter who brings proof of what he or she can do, with regards to the skills needed. Implication for Job-Hunters: If you are a programmer, bring a program you have done—with its code; if you are a photographer, bring photos; if you are a counselor, bring a case study with you; etc. 3 Using a Best Friend or Business Colleague: Hiring someone whose work a trusted friend of yours has seen (perhaps they worked for him or her). Implication for Job-Hunters: Find someone who knows the person-who-has-the-power-to-hire at your target organization, who also knows your work and will introduce you two. 4 Using an Agency They Trust: This may be a recruiter or search frm the employer has hired; or a private employment agency—both of which have checked you out, on behalf of the employer. Using an Ad They Have Placed (online or in newspapers, etc.). 5 6 Using a Resume: Even if the resume was unsolicited (if the employer is desperate). 5 4 3 2 1 6 From the earliest days of the Internet there have been employment websites, commonly called "job-boards." The earliest ones were NetStart Inc. and The Monster Board (TMP), both launching in 1994. Netstart Inc. changed its name to CareerBuilder in 1998, and TMP changed to Monster.com in 1999.11 So, online job-hunting has been around a long time. But job-hunting has moved more and more online ever since, and dramatically so, since 2008. As social media and other famous sites have become more and more popular—LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Skype, YouTube, etc.—job-hunters and employers alike have fgured out how to use them in the job-hunt. Now, ever larger portions of the job-hunt can be done online. now, ever larger portions of the job-hunt can be done online. That's a big change since 1994! If you are out of work for any length of time, and you do not have the skills of knowing how to use a computer or how to access the Internet, you will be wise beyond your years if you go take some computer courses at your local community college or adult school or your nearest CareerOneStop center (now called American Job Centers).12 Any job-hunter working online these days will want to pay large attention to the social media sites I just mentioned. Here are some extended comments about them, plus a few other web sites or online activities, such as texting, blogging, and online universities, that I think are worth mentioning: linkedin ➪ 1 the Way a typical Employer prefers to fill a Vacancy Job-Hunting Has Moved More and More online since 2008 the Way a typical Job-Hunter prefers to fill a Vacancy URL: www.linkedin.com Background: This is "the Swiss army knife" of job-sites; it is a multi-tool. It Diversity Employers | DiversityEmployers.com | First Semester December 2013 11