6 Game-Changing Trends for Your Job Search

6 Game-Changing Trends for Your Job Search We’ve welcomed a few new players to the job search field. Today’s job seekers have more resources to help draw out the Xs and Os than ever before. The wealth of online resources and social platforms can help you break free from getting caught up in zone defense and look out on all sides. Social networking, employee referrals, and even mobile devices are now helping job seekers bolt past the competition and score their dream jobs. The infographic below, compiled by CareerShift,  is  a comprehensive job hunting and career management solution. It’s time to ante up and use these game-changing trends to help you score big on the job field! What do you think? What are some other game-changing trends in today’s job market? Takeaways: 94% of recruiters use or plan to use social media in recruiting efforts. 78% of recruiters hire through social media. 72% of active job seekers use mobile devices in their job search. Employee referrals account for 40% of all hires. RELATED: 6 Outdated Job Search Tactics You Should Stop Doing NOW!

Ms. Career Girl Connect is Tomorrow! Woo Hoo!

Ms. Career Girl Connect is Tomorrow! Woo Hoo! Hope youre having a great day!  Here in Chicago its unseasonable warm and I am LOVING it! Check out this short video highlighting some of the features of Ms. Career Girl Connect!  Complimentary food, champagne, GIFT BAGS along with a guest sharing how he lost over 100lbs and an amazing panel of wellness experts! PS- Join us tonight for #MCGConnect on Twitter at 8pm CST!  More free prizes, duh! Hope to see you tomorrow! Register HERE!

How To Slay Life Like The Beautiful Warrior Queen You Are

How To Slay Life Like The Beautiful Warrior Queen You Are Slay, kill it, make your life worth living. You deserve the best in the world, you just haven’t gotten far enough to know what that is. If you get out, take what you want, make yourself happy while doing it, and take a few friends with you along the way then you are on the way to leading the perfect life. Go Out And Get What You Want Go out and get what you want. Easy advice to follow if you have a million dollars. But as a poorie or someone who doesn’t know what they want it can be hard. Setting your goals at things you want instead of going all out on a life mission is a good way to start. A home, more education, traveling, or just enough money to dive into Scrooge McDuck Style while you browse the pet store that rich people get their extra-adorable animals from are wonderful goals. If you go after smaller, earthly pursuits, it can take you to your end happiness goal. At the very least, it gives you a fire to make your life better, and something to fill your time. House Save some cash, consider your location, and your job. Is this where you want to be for the rest of your life? If yes, then maybe you should own some land in that location and lay your head on it, especially if you think you can afford a mortgage. If you hate where you live, you can still buy a house and rent it out when you leave that shit-hole. Or just rent. Owning a house is great. You can do what you want with it, make money from it, give yourself some equity. You could even start a fight club in your garage, dig a giant pit in the backyard, or just paint the outside walls a really crazy color. If you want a backyard that you can practice your motocross tricks in, then owning a house might be a goal. Outline the steps you need to accomplish that goal: budget, save for a down-payment, get pre-approved for a loan, and start looking. Why? Because if you want it, you go out and make it happen.   Education Maybe your thirst is for more knowledge. That could lead you to more formal education or some fun classes about a subject that interests you. Downside: education is expensive. While there are a plethora of ways to pay for college, and you could even get your employer to pay for it, being hesitant to step into academia is normal. Pause and think about what you want from the education. Do you want to learn a skill? Are you going to become a phlebotomist or are you just looking to learn more about pottery? Knowing what you want out of it can help you evaluate the return on investment (ROI) risks. If it’s worth the money (or the time spent creating a kick-ass Powerpoint to convincing your boss to pay for it), do it! Money Everybody wants more money. It’s a great supplementary goal. I put it on performance evaluations at work. They ask me, what do you want out of this career? I almost always answer, “to gain more knowledge and more money.” It’s a wonderful goal to have. You can do a lot of stuff with money, and get a lot of stuff. Like a giant key shaped table or a submarine or spend your old age golfing around. Money is great. You can get it by demanding a raise at work, becoming better (and invaluable) at your job, or by starting your own company. There are a ton of articles that could help you become a better career woman. Travel Who doesn’t scroll Instagram looking for the pristine beaches and beautiful sunsets across cavern struck hills on some dark foriegn coast on the edge of some dark blue sea. You could travel overseas with some cheap groups or around the country in a tiny house! It depends on what sort of travel you want to do. If you just want better vacations and you can save the cash, take the trip. If you’re poor af, consider camping, or finding out what makes your state/province especially great. My state, Idaho, has a ton of hot springs http://www.idahohotsprings.com/AND the largest canyon in America. I’m sure there’s something great in your state that you haven’t seen yet. Like a giant statue or a vineyard. Or a thousand acres of corn. Make Yourself Happy While You Do It It’s not worth it to aim at a goal you hate doing. Joy is a soft factor, but an important one. Money can make you happy, but is won’t guarantee it. You can live a little better headed towards your major goal by exercising, giving yourself a plan, and taking vacations in between. Exercise Take care of yourself. Exercising the second healthiest thing you can actively do for yourself (first being quitting smoking), plus you love exercise! Not hopping up a stair-stepper or lifting up and setting things down. But really awesome things, like horseback riding (which is great for your-wellbeing), fencing, karate, krav maga, hiking, biking, perfecting a spin kick, ballet classes, salsa dancing, or trapeze courses. Or if you hate all of these suggestions, there’s no limit to what you can try out to move more. These are activities usually done as a group that bring both health and enjoyment. You might hate typical exercise like I hate exercise. A lot. But fitting exercise into a fun format that is less regimented is a perfect way to keep yourself a little healthier and a increase your happiness by a factor of 10. Plan Out Smartly Stress is a major happiness killer. Effective planning can take care of a lot of stress. Are you always worried about the bus coming late, whether or not you’ll be late, or if you secretly suck at your job and are going to be fired? Having backup plans make those worries less important. Worried about being late? Always arrive early if you can, that way any lateness is an unavoidable adventure. Or if you live in constant fear of your job, maybe look for another job, or keep a backlog of similar always open positions that you could pick up. Are you always leaving things at home accidentally, try setting out your stuff in the morning. Whatever you stress about on a constant basis can be conquered with a little planning. Even dumb stuff, like worrying about running into that lady you hate from the outreach division can be avoided by learning her schedule, and doing some light planning around it. Is she always in the breakroom at your lunch hour? Why not take an earlier or later lunch? Light planning goes a long way from stress -management, especially if you keep B-plans. Holidays and Vacation Time One of the best ways to handle your happiness is to take a break. Whether you go out of town, or just extended a weekend and sit at your house, under the blanket marathoning Netflix, eating bad snacks. Taking time off for yourself is important. Your brain needs to de-compress. Give it time to do that. Vacations reduces stress, helps you be more productive, and even improves your heart health. That’s right, you can do more, better work if you take vacation days. Live a better life and take time off. Collaborate And Slay Being social extends your life and makes it a more fulfilling experience. Get some friends, get stuff done. Collaborate and slay life. Make Work Friends, Get Shit Done Are you lazy at work? You’re not alone if you feel like you never get anything done. More than 50 percent of employees are disengaged at work, and if you want to get stuff done and engage at work, become a good comrade. Comradery is one of the biggest reasons employees go above and beyond. Engage with your co workers to get the best work out of yourself. Get Some Real Life Friends Not only will being social make you a better worker, but it will also make your life better. It has similar health benefits as being a healthy weight or not smoking. Having friends helps your mental health, it helps you de-stress, and that can really help you get stuff done. Friends are people you talk to, who you go to the movies with, who you go on adventures with. An A-plus solution to life success is  getting some really great friends. Plus, worst case scenario, if youre bad at making friends, but keep trying and are social, you’ll just live longer. . Image credits. Main.  Happy.    Collaboration.    Friendship.

Top 5 Tips to Starting a Recruitment Business

Top 5 Tips to Starting a Recruitment Business Sponsored by  The Recruit Venture Group which offers recruiters a truly risk-free, fully funded way to entice them to start their own recruitment business. 1. Start with clear idea. You are ready to use your experience and ‘do it your way’. Start up on your own, become a director of your own recruitment business â€" that’s great but firstly think about what is you want to do, have a clear idea. You’ll be looking to reap more of the rewards of your own hard work and that is good. But, be clear about what you want to do. Identify the sector or sectors you know most about. Decide what it is that makes you special and how you can shape a business that offers something your competitors don’t. 2. Research your market. Be organised. Research is vital. Obviously you’ll have recruitment experience. Why else would you be doing this? But, now that you’re planning to be your own boss you need to really know the market you can best target and service. What geographical areas can you cover? Are there any specific industries or recruitment requirements that are prevalent on your patch, and can you take advantage of them? Do you have special knowledge of any market sector that you can exploit? Who is already operating in your area, and how much competition do they represent? If you’re doing this properly the answers to some of those questions will inform how you ‘frame’ your branding and company message. 3. Develop and plan. You won’t get far without a proper business plan, and it’s advisable to get expert help to prepare a strategy that sets out achievable goals and expectations. Crucially, you need to plan your income and expenditure forecast. You need to establish how you’ll be able to sustain yourself financially from the outset. You also need to plan ahead for the next stage. Do you have a specific goal? How are you defining it? By a turnover target? By plans to expand? If you don’t know where you’re going â€" you probably won’t get there! 4. Play to your strengths. It’s just as important to know, and address, your weaknesses, but let’s stay positive! This is a vital area. The reason you’re setting up on your own is to ‘do it your way’. You feel confident about doing it because you’re good at what you do. You’re probably running a busy desk or team right now. But here’s the thing, when you become the boss you’re going to have a lot more responsibilities. There’s a lot of administration to sort, the rent to pay, staff issues to resolve and of course there’s juggling the numbers to service that loan you took out to get started. All of that distracts you from what you should be, and wanted to be, doing which is getting out there, finding clients and candidates and growing the business. Stay focused. Get on with the big tasks. Which means you’ll need to have got yourself organised with the right help. 5. Get the right help. If you’re planning on putting a team together at the outset you should know enough about recruitment to find the right staff for yourself. But it’s wider than that. From the financial backing to the marketing you need the right experts around you. Ideally they should be people who know about recruitment. And don’t forget supplier relationships. You need to think about hardware, software, furniture and maybe a car. You need good deals on all of them especially at the start, so build good relationships with suppliers. As you get into your stride the supplier relationships will become, to be frank, secondary to the client relationships, but it’s important to maintain them. It helps build your reputation. Those suppliers are also good sources of referrals â€" and potential clients! The Recruit Venture Group offers recruiters like you a truly RISK FREE, fully funded way to help YOU start YOUR own recruitment business.  A confidential chat is all it takes to make a new beginning.

Skills to Check if Youre Searching for a Job

Skills to Check if You’re Searching for a Job When you’re searching for a job, you need to assess your skills as whether or not you have what it takes for the job. One thing that you should remember is that employers are looking for applicants that have the skills that match their needs.If you want to boost your career, then you need to know how employers think. Moreover, it would be a total waste of time applying for jobs which are not in line with your skills because your chances of being rejected is rather high.Photo Credit â€" Pixabay.comDoes Your Skill Set Match the Company’s Goal?Before we discuss the skills, it’s important to consider first how the job hiring process works. Firstly, at average, only 20% of the total number of applicants get the interview. This means that the employers would just scan through the resumes either manually or through software.evalDo take note that the scanning is done very quickly and most HR personnel will just take a look at the skills you have. If your skills are in line with the com pany’s goals, then you will make the cut.Next is to take note of what the employers are looking for. The big question here is what exactly do employers expect from you?According to a poll made by Interview Success Formula, 36% of employers look for multitasking skills, 31% focus on initiative and attitude, 21% are looking for creative thinking else, and the remaining 12% are others.With this, you can align your skills with the company’s expectations. Making sure that your skill set is on par with the company will help you make it to the interview phase.Skills to Check if You’re Searching for a JobThe first thing that you should ask yourself is whether or not you are qualified for the job. Employers will always provide you with the list of requirements that they expect. If you have these skills, then you are qualified for the job.There are two major kinds of skills that you’ll need in order to elevate your career. These are transferable skills and additive skills.1. Transfera ble SkillsThese are the types of skills that you can transfer from one job to another. For example, if you used to be a professional writer for a publishing company, you can bring that skill over to an advertising firm since advertising firms need writers.evalSo, when you have a job application, you match your skills with the needs of the company and see if they are applicable.The top 3 transferable skills that employers generally look for in an employee are:Communication skills The top 3 additive skills that employers generally look for in an employee are:Presentation skillsPR or public relations skillsComputer or tech-related skillsPhoto Credit â€" Pixabay.comConclusionThese are some of the skills that you’d have to secure when job searching. Always remember that jump starting your career lies in creating a good first impression.Most employers focus on whether you have the skills for the job that they require. If you want to land a good job, you must first study how the hiring p rocess of your employer works and use it to your advantage.Do all that, and you’ll have a higher chance of getting the job you want.

3 Reasons Why Social Media Gurus Cant Help You Find a Job

1. Brand You: during your job search, you will not have a company to stand behindâ€" all you’ll have is your name. This means the only way an employer will be able to learn more about you is through searching your name. The most common tools to do this are Google LinkedIn. Are you managing what information they will get when they type in your name?2. One versus Many: you only need one job, a company needs many customers. As soon as you get that job, your job seeking efforts will be over. Therefore, it isn’t important to “cast your net wide”. Rather, the job seeker must go deep, deeper than the competition, in order to answer the basic questions of “Will you fit into the culture of the target company” and “What kind of value will you add over a long period of time”. You can take the risk of customizing your online reputation to a single company. If it doesn’t work out there, then move on. But you can’t be all things to all potential employers.3. Time and Money: bu sinesses can afford to spend most of their time and money on advertising or online marketing. You can’t! You want your efforts to be as effective as possible in getting to the interview. The least amount of time in front of the computer for the most amount of interviews. Each LinkedIn connection, each email’s goal is to get you in front of an interviewer OFF-LINE. Make sure your communication strategy leads to this conclusion. If it doesn’t, then scrap it.

So, whats the point of having an e-mail resume and writing sample to target market for your business? If you are just getting started, it is to gain credibility, to show potential clients that you are more than just a face in the crowd. As a business owner, it is very important to know how people perceive you and who they think would be suitable for the job you want to hire. Putting your name on your business and hoping that someone who already knows you will hire you is a risky game.E-Mail Resume and Writing Sample to Target Market For Your Business

So, what's the point of having an e-mail resume and writing sample to target market for your business? If you are just getting started, it is to gain credibility, to show potential clients that you are more than just a face in the crowd. As a business owner, it is very important to know how people perceive you and who they think would be suitable for the job you want to hire. Putting your name on your business and hoping that someone who already knows you will hire you is a risky game.E-Mail Resume and Writing Sample to Target Market For Your BusinessI've been in a position to know how important is an e-mail resume and writing sample to your job hunting efforts. What most people who are into job hunting is doing the job search by word of mouth or they will hire the person who gives them a chance. A lot of job hunters still thinking about hiring them from their friends or by word of mouth are just not doing it right. It is very easy to convince anyone that you are the best choice for a job, but if you are good at words and can communicate well, your chance for getting hired gets enhanced.