How to Find a Job Today

There is a lot of buzz on the Internet about using web resumes, Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin.com for job-finding. A very good friend of mine who works in the outplacement industry suggests that old fashioned job searches - networking with people you know and making telephone calls and face-to-face visits - are still the most effective methods of finding jobs. Of the newer online methods, LinkedIn seems to be the best. Her recommendation is to use the best methods during the day and then supplement the search by using the newer methods at nights.

I listened to a recent podcast with 2 recruiters recently, and they said that the old fashioned methods are still working the best. When you consider that only 2-5% of all jobs are being found through the Internet and 45%-70% of all jobs are being found through networking, it puts it in perspective.

Don't spend too much time spinning your wheels on the Internet, talk with people, exude energy and enthusiasm for what you do, let them see the unique contributions and value that you will add to their organization, and you will find a job.

Although many people are saying there are no jobs out there, my clients are finding positions.

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