Jobsearch requires a multi pronged strategy were your job search plan of actions are made up of several elements. So typical elements can be
1. Networking with friends, family, past work friends
2. Online job searching on specialist job sites and company websites
3. Speculative approach (even during COVID-19 lockdown)
Top Tip 1
Never say "I'll do any job!" As much as people think they mean it in reality no. Top Executive to Street Sweeper is not realistic. Set a job goal or two. Think about what you have done before and how much you liked the jobs, the best elements of the job. Don’t be unspecific be specific, clear direction. VPPs (Values, Passions, and Work Preferences) will help answer this question.
What I am most interested in doing next is.......................
Top Tip 2
Headlines Get Results include Job title. In your career objective on your CV, in your Linkedin Profile have job titles. Recruiters understand job titles and use this to search for the right person regardless of the recruitment process. Now each company can have the same job but different job title but at the heart of the job it is the same
Top Tip 3
When doing online job searching make sure your CV is up to date (all versions) before you upload and create job accounts with job alerts on your best specialist job sites and company websites. Jobsearching online is a bit like a fisherman trawling for fish. So as a fisherman casts his net wide to draw in fish the same applies for jobs.
If too specific you may miss a job because they have used different terminology, location is different. So you can do your sector or job title searches but also consider geographical searches and then narrow down. So you could search for jobs in Scotland and then narrow down to local authority areas that are close to you, or pick the part of your country your from e.g East Scotland. This way you can find golden nugget of jobs that you may have not thought of before, see actually what companies are recruiting, what type of positions and how you match to those jobs. You may feel from that you want to consider re-skilling / up skilling to help you progress to work. The question is how long do you wait for that ideal job? Compromise and adaptability.
