What if there was a silver bullet for job searching? What if you could do one thing that would increase your chances of finding your dream job exponentially? Fortunately, you can.
Richard N. Bolles, author of the best-selling career book of all time (What Color Is Your Parachute) has done the heavy lifting for us. Based on decades of experience counseling job seekers and studying the employment market he has determined the least successful and most successful strategies.
Least Productive Ways to Find a Job
- Mailing resumes to employers (7% success rate)
- Responding to ads in professional or trade journals (7%)
- Using the internet to look for employer job postings (10%)
- Answering local newspaper ads (5-24%)
- Seeking an employment agency or search firm (5-28%)
Most Productive Ways to Find a Job
- Networking (33%)
- Door Knocking (47%)
- Personal Research (69%)
But the absolutely most successful job hunting strategy with an 86% success rate is (#4) DO HOMEWORK ON YOURSELF. This is 12x more effective than sending out resumes. Bolles says this is so because of a UNIVERSAL TRUTH: “You must keep your eyes always on the target you are trying to reach. And the more detailed your picture of that target, the more likely you are to reach it. Vision is everything. The vision of who you are and what you want to do for the rest of your life.”
In conjunction with Essentials, One Source Health Careers has developed a cutting edge tool to help you do just this – get a grip on yourself. Our simple, but comprehensive psychological profile surfaces your key performance motivators, strengths, and weaknesses even providing you with recommendations for greater success. You can read more about it and check out a sample profile here.
Then, why not try it out yourself?
“A
hiring manager makes a decisive qualification of a job candidate within the
first 60 second of the time they meet.”
60 Seconds,
a long time:
While the first sixty seconds can’t
replace the hard work of preparation prior to the interview, a lot can be
accomplished in 60 seconds.
The time has come to meet your
prospective employer, and if he or she is going to make a decision in the first
60 seconds of your first meeting you will want to influence that decision. You
have the ability to determine the outcome of the first minute, and there is a
lot of preparation to be done!
What can be
accomplished in 60 seconds:
You can…
- Convey an
impressive “look.” Strive to exceed all of his or her expectations
and leave long-standing first impression
- Exhibit your
positive interpersonal skills. You want your interviewer to see you as the
polite, professional, and confident person you are
- Make a
connection. You will attempt to make a personal connection with your
interviewer that will facilitate a comfortable, positive , and advantageous
interaction.
The
Objective:
The objective of the first look is to elicit a remarkable response from the
interviewer, something on the order of – Wow! Yes! Whew!
- Wow, this
person looks even better than I had imagined.
- Yes, I made a
great decision bringing this person in for an interview (and I think I’m going
to have a great new employee soon).
- Whew, I may not
have been absolutely sure before, but I am now; this is exactly the type of
person I wan t on my team.
For more on how to ace the interview and make a great first
impression, see The First 60 Seconds
Has the thought of getting a Masters degree been buzzing around your head recently? Are you seeing the general state of the economy and the fluctuations in the job market and wondering if you should get in gear and get more education? If you’ve ever considered getting a Masters in Public Health online you are in luck.
The competitive landscape that is online education is full of players ready to take your money and eventually issue you a paper degree. What you have to be concerned with is the true value of that masters degree. Will you have learned what you truly need to know to be competitive with that new title when you’re back in the work place?
At ATSU you are going to be driven to excellence and highly encouraged to truly learn the subjects you’re being taught. Just because you’re taking classes online, in the comfort of your own home or office doesn’t mean the information you’ll be taught is any less important.
Given that much of your class participation and your scheduling can be developed around your work and home life means that you get to call the shots. What it doesn’t mean is that you are going to pay for the piece of paper without learning the required knowledge.
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You know, it can be hard to know where to allocate precious financial resources when money is tight and the job picture is uncertain. However, professional education is almost always a good investment, especially if you’re investing in something like home health caregiver training. Being trained with tools like Alzheimer’s training DVDs or fall prevention resources can ensure that you are steadily employed no matter how bad the rest of the economy looks. The truth is, there is a crying need in our health care system for home health care workers because the oldest members of the Baby Boom Generation are starting to get really old and require constant care. That’s why so many home health care agencies are making serious investments in direct care worker training materials, so that they can keep up with the burgeoning demand for health care services. There are literally not enough people to fill all the positions out there in home health care, which is certainly better than you can say about most other sectors of the economy right now where thousands of people are losing their jobs each week. Getting home health care training is a smart move, both now, and into the future, as this article from the Bureau of Labor Statistics makes crystal clear: http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm.
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A student interested in doing advanced educational work in the field of physical therapy would want to take the following steps to make that happen:
- Review different degree options within this field and compare them. For example, compare a Human Movement Program with an Occupational Therapy Program. Select the program that best suits you.
- Review different schools that offer an advanced degree in this program. Determine whether an online or offline program is right for you. The Arizona School of Health Sciences Online Programs are a great example of what would be right for this career path.
- Apply to the school of choice.
- Attend the school upon acceptance. Work hard to make sure that your grades stay high.
- Make sure to get work experience in the area of physical therapy throughout the time that you are in school. This makes you a better candidate for getting a job.
- Graduate and start looking for a job in the physical therapy industry. A lot of people out there need your help so you shouldn’t have any trouble getting work!
The basic steps for this degree are similar to those of any other advanced degree. Work hard before and during school so that you can enjoy your work after you graduate.
Human Movement Program, Arizona School of Health Sciences Online Programs, Occupational Therapy Program
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One of the scariest things about the U.S. economy right now is that the recession isn’t confined to one region, one industry or localized in any way. The economy is shrinking across the board, and it seems like every type of job is being hit. There is one exception to that blanket statement, however, and that’s the medical profession. Even in bad economic times people still need to visit their doctors it seems, and in bad times it seems like there are more accidents and injuries. That may not be quite true statistically, but it feels that way.
So what’s a hard-working, ambitious person to do in times like these when it seems like one’s opportunities are severely limited? My advice is turn to some type of medical specialty. Get trained so that you can work in medical records, become a physician’s assistant, get a nursing degree, get a Health Science Masters. Did you know that it’s now possible to get advanced degrees online, so you’re spared the expense and bother of commuting, buying a parking pass, and shelling out a small fortune for gas every week? Well, you can, and there are some top-flight educational institutions such as the Arizona School of Health Sciences where you can get a Masters, or even a Doctor of Health Sciences online to help guarantee that you’ll be fully employed with a good job even in the scariest economic times.
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