Twelve Ways to Look for a Job

Twelve Ways to Help with Your Job Search

1. You can look on the internet to see if there are job postings.

Websites such as Monster, CareerBuilder, Glassdoor, Career Bliss, TweetMyJobs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook are all places you can search for jobs online. 

2. Send out your resume online or by mailing to employers.

This usually lands people interviews that can lead to a potential job offer.

3. Search the newspaper for jobs.

Use your Sunday Newspaper to search for "Help Wanted Ads".

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4. Find an employment agency that can help you find a job.

Search the Yellow Pages for these agencies. 

5. Find an ad in a trade journal and apply.

Journals can be found at www.planningshop.com/tradeassociations.asp

6. Look into "Job Clubs".

"Job Clubs" tend to be support groups for people looking for jobs. They usually meet once or twice a week. 

7. Go to your state or federal employment office to look for a job.

You can go to the website for your local federal/state unemployment service office at www.dol.gov/dol/location.htm

8. Find a place where employer's pick up workers.

Union hiring halls are usually a good place to look for jobs.

9. Ask someone for a job-lead.

Use networking to help you find job openings. 

10. Got to the physical location of where you want to apply and ask if they are hiring.

You can go to the place you want to work and see if they are hiring and if you can give them your resume. Directly talking to employers sometimes helps.

11. Search the Yellow Pages.

Find companies that may be of interest to you. Send out your resume to those companies.

12. Use this Parachute Approach.

If you are following along with the book "What Color is Your Parachute" then continue using these tips and eventually it will land you a job.

Bolles, Richard. "Chapter 6 What to Do When Your Job-Hunt Just Isn't Working." What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. 2016 ed. Ten Speed, 2015. 102-109. Print.