YES, YOU CAN FIND MANY UNADVERTISED JOBS IN 2012. HOW? BY UNCOVERING THEM

YES, you can still find many unadvertised jobs in 2012. How? By uncovering them. Where? In your own public library. And by networking. HIRING NEVER STOPS -- not even in the Great Recession of 2012.

Find ways to bump into and speak to those who have already interviewed for jobs. Your relatives and friends will also hear of vacancies in their own companies.

Take advantage of social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to try and identify employers and people within those organizations who may help you.

Keep moving and keep searching. Finding a job is the hardest job of all. It's a 9-5 job in itself! PLEASE DON'T QUIT!

PLEASE VISIT ANY MAJOR PUBLIC LIBRARY. CHECK OUT OLD CLASSIFIED JOB ADS (6-36 MONTHS) THAT APPEARED IN LEADING NEWSPAPERS. YOU WILL SEE WHO WAS HIRING BEFORE AND WILL BE HIRING AGAIN. DO THE SAME SEARCH IN TRADE JOURNALS. Why?

Career News reminds us that workers change jobs, industries, or even careers several times over. This ongoing turnover is known as "churn." The constant churn of workers switching jobs means that at any one time there are plenty of job openings for you -- even amid low unemployment rates or corporate cutbacks as we are witnessing today.



"The immediate reaction of companies, in a slumping U.S. economy and in this recession, is to pull back on hiring activity. But it is generally agreed today, that it was the laying off of essential personnel which contributed most to the demise of Circuit City in 2008. In 1986, the downsizing of AT&T also went too far and many essential personnel had to be re-hired later.) After a period of reactionary cutting, downsizing, rightsizing, and freezing, hiring activity will return.

In other words: workers will quit, retire, get fired, be transferred, find new jobs, return to school, move to new locations, start new businesses, etc. -- even during the 2012 recession. .

Churn will accelerate during the present recession or Depression. Like star athletes who don't want to play for losing teams, top professionals seek out opportunities to play for more successful or less risky organizations and perhaps move from the automotive to the alternative energy or other industry.

Thus, some previously filled positions will now be VACANT again. This is how you, too can uncover or discover the internal or "hidden" or unadvertised job market. Visiting a large public library is as productive and worthwhile an exercise as personal networking.

New vacancies arise all of the time as a result of 10 or more different scenarios, in addition to the usual layoffs, terminations, resignations, transfers, promotions, injury, or death.

BE PROACTIVE. FIND OUT THE NAME OF THE HIRING MANAGER:

If you are able to find an opening before it is posted it can make getting a job easier.

Here are two different ways to discover these opportunities for a position. (They are suggested in The Career News, 10/04/10.)

Find out the name of the Hiring Manager and call them to introduce yourself. Making a good impression with the manager is key, as you will only have a few minutes. Tell the hiring manager your interests and what areas of the company you would be interested in if a job becomes available. By making this connection you could get a phone call before the job is posted.

Another approach to consider is following up on a past interview. If you interviewed with a company in the past but did not get the job, there could be a chance you left an impression. If you feel you had a good rapport with the company but were not just the right fit for that position, get in contact with the interviewer. Tell them you're still hunting for a new job. Let them know you are interested if there is a position that would be perfect for you. Having the ability to apply for a job before it is posted is ideal. This will get your foot in the door before anyone else has a chance to send their resume.

HOW I MANAGED TO UNCOVER OR DISCOVER THREE UNADVERTISED JOBS

I, myself, have done this job search exercise three times in my career -- in a public library. I discovered that one in 12 positions that had previously been filled, were now vacant again. They had previously been advertised but were now in the category of unadvertised jobs in the "hidden" job market. Call or write to those companies. Send them your winning resume and cover letter. Tell them you wanted to apply at the time but were not free to do so or write TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUITABLE POSITION FOR YOURSELF.

I was once the ONLY applicant for a Senior Personnel Manager position in a Fortune 500 company and was appointed within hours -- WITHOUT any competition from other applicants. How could this possibly happen?

This major steel company had already hired the top H.R. person in that State but, after only three short months, they parted company because the new hire and the CEO were not on the same page. X company was then too embarrassed to advertise the position again. At that strategic moment, I contacted them about their 6-month-old job advertisement and was available immediately for the factory's 3-shift operation. The result? I was hired within hours and started quietly and without any fanfare or public announcement concerning this unadvertised management position.

At another time, I was hired for a senior Accounting / Administrative position. The "perfect" candidate was someone from IBM. He was supposed to start on a certain day but decided to accept an offer from another company -- at the 11th hour. It happens all of the time. Again, I was the only "warm body with a pulse" on the premises and willing to step in. They could not wait any longer. I later overheard them say about me: "If he doen't make out, we can always fire him."

Please note that the top three applicants for any position will probably be interviewing for other positions as well and will be receiving offers from more than one company. Such "stars" know their own value and will be demanding bigger compensation packages than the employer is willing or able to meet. In other words, some top applicants will get screened out due to their high salary expectations. Even if they are appointed, they may not stay in the job for a long time before being approached by a headhunter with another tempting offer. Or their previous employer might lure them back with a better counteroffer.

NEVER assume that a position which had already been filled in the past 6-24 months, is still unavailable. It might have become vacant again at any time and might now be an unadvertised position.

Employers or recruiters who advertised in newspapers before, may be unwilling to do so again. Why should they spend this money when they are paying a Human Resources Manager to find staff and so many thousands of resumes are displayed on job boards on the Internet. Their advertising budget cuts will definitely mean more unadvertised positions for you to find or uncover or discover.

I also managed to uncover another position as a Management Recruiter in a Fifth Avenue firm in New York City. How ? By responding to a six-month old job ad. Although someone else had indeed been appointed at the time, that party was not working out and I was available to replace him. Again, I was hired immediately and WITHOUT any competition from other applicants.

In the real estate field, a similar type of situation can happen when a seller becomes desperate to sell. Here you have to research small classified ads and make many phone calls to find or uncover or discover what you are looking for -- a desperate and highly motivated seller who needs to start a new job in another city within a week or who needs to sell the house as part of a divorce settlement or for another urgent reason. Such a party will sometimes be compelled to agree to your "no money down" offer to buy his/her home.

SO, KEEP MOVING SO THAT YOU, TOO CAN BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. MANUFACTURE YOUR OWN LUCK. BUT PLEASE DO NOT INVITE A HEADHUNTER TO PUT A PRICETAG ON YOUR HEAD. DON'T EXPECT AN EMPLOYER TO BE WILLING TO PAY A FAT COMMISSION FOR HIRING YOU. RATHER APPLY DIRECT TO COMPANIES -- WITH A WINNING RESUME.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME FOR A FREE CONSULTATION Sincerely MATT GREENE mattgreene@aol.com Tel.: 1-718-436-3504

Copyright, 2006-2012 by Matthew Greene. All rights reserved.

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Headhunters want you to believe that only they have access to unadvertised jobs. They also pretend that only they can access the so-called "hidden" job market. Folks, that's just hokum. Bunk. Hogwash. B.S. Pick whatever term you're comfortable with! It's simply not true.

MILLIONS OF JOBS ARE GOING UNFILLED

HERE IS THE PROOF

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- SimplyHired has released its job trends report highlighting national and local market outlooks, and industry and employer trends. After returning to pre-recession levels, nationwide job openings continued to increase, gaining 6.7% month-over-month and 33.9% year-over year. In March, the government released the most optimistic employment report we've seen in a long time. (The Career News, May 16, 2011)

The outlook for hiring in 2011 is much better than it has been in the last two years. With the slight uptick in consumer spending, retailers and automakers are hiring. Manufacturing hires are also up. Other job postings on the increase include accounting, health care and telecommunications.

Internet job listings have surged to 4.7 million as of December 1, 2010 compared to 2.7 million from the same period a year ago. This is according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal. Many of the new jobs are in the retailing, accounting, consulting healthcare, telecommunications, and defense related industries, according to data from the job search website Indeed.com. (Farming, manufacturing and construction jobs are under-represented in the survey.)

In October, AOL Career News reported that the following companies were/are hiring for Management, Sales and other positions: AT&T, Z.Zep, Inc., Domino's Pizza, Allstate, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Meineke, Sodexo, Aegis Therapies, Family Dollar, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, CVS Caremark, UPS, Aflac, Verizon Wireless, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Dollar General, adidas, Olan Mills Studio, Quest Diagnostics, H&R Block Tax Services, etc.

Career News reported recently from Washington as follows: "We are in the worst recession in over 20 years, but employers still have millions of jobs going unfilled.

"Bob Gerberg Jr, the CEO of ITS, an outplacement firm, said that this is partially because many people are doing the wrong things and some counselors are still advising job hunters to use methods from the 1990s. "But, traditional job hunting is no longer effective. Gerberg says too many people still prepare a self-written historical resume (instead of the focused or tailored resume required in today's job market). Then they just start answering ads, networking with some friends, contacting a few recruiters, post their resume once or twice and they stop there. "It is hard to believe, said Gerberg, but that's all that tens of millions of people still do. In a typical month they generate only one or two interviews.

"Today, much more is needed. A great many job hunters have good experience and backgrounds, they just need a better approach. The market may be down, but there are still millions of jobs out there. " They need to approach the job market in a much different way. New job hunting approaches are necessary to be competitive in today's job market."

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN UNCOVER MANY UNADVERTISED JOBS IN 2012: