Four Easy and Lazy Ways to Search for a Job

by Andre the EncouragementGuy!
(Texas, USA)

Andre the EncouragementGuy! Podcast

What are the 3 or 4 Easy and Lazy Ways to Find a Job in the 21st Century? Job Boards (digital), Newspapers and Networking, Unemployment Office, Know Thyself. Are you looking for a job? Do you know someone that is looking for a job? I bet you know someone right now that is either between jobs and/or is looking for a job opening to change jobs. Maybe that person is actually you!

I happen to be an expert on this topic. Not because I have any advanced schooling or certifications, but because I have lived through job changes and job dismissals and job reinventions many--many times over the last few years. I am actually a magna cum laude graduate of the school of job-searching Hard Knocks. My purpose is to pass on some of the knowledge and experience that I’ve gained from this. Maybe I can help someone, that you know, with their job search journey.

A few years ago I started going through this job search process. I decided to record my thoughts and experiences via a website. That website is www.eResumes4Vips.com and it was there that I started not only creating content for the general public but also started to use my own advice. Many times I refer back to the website when it comes to questions of how-to-interview, what to wear or eat during an interview, and how to get my resume out there to people that I want to connect with.

What I found was that connecting and networking in the 21st century was nothing like what I went through in the in the 90s as well as in the 80s. It was a totally different animal. Sure, of course we’ve got job boards Monster.com, and CareerBuilder.com and all those other giant websites. But it’s almost harder than ever now, to touch or get intouch with people. In many cases not only are people busy but they also concerned about their own careers as well.

Many people have insecurities and are afraid to even share their knowledge with others because they believe that by sharing that will deplete them of the resources that they need for continued success in their own careers. How silly and absurd…Right? I found this job board tip information via a podcast on iTunes. Their podcast is called CAREER TOOLS. They also have a free membership site, www.manager–tools.com and the people that run the show and the site is Michael Auzenne and Mark Horstmann. It’s a very good site.

I thought all job boards were the same, but I had no idea. I learned a lot by listening to their episode topic about job boards. The other job boards out there are called Aggregates because they pull in information from other sites. The Big Two are Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com. I learned that we need to create profiles on these search engines so that recruiters can find us. I did one profile creation yesterday…it took me two hours. The next piece takes us into a really nice smooth transition because there is another job board is out there called LinkedIn.com.

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