Work, Work, and You will Get a Job

After completing education, when people enter the vast world of job search, they often have to face disappointment because of being turned away. If that continues, they soon start experiencing an inferiority complex and some even may go into deep depression. Here are some tips from real job-seekers who got jobs after experiencing all hardships that you are undergoing now.

Regardless of all the tips, first thing you should remember to remain calm and patient. If someone rejects your application, that doesn’t always mean that you are not competent. They might have their own reasons which are not concerned with you. Besides this, you can give attention to the following things.

Volunteering

Providing your knowledge and skills for free during the period of joblessness can be sometimes very beneficial, in terms of getting work experience and making contacts. The major benefit of this is you don’t have to sit idle and keep thinking and getting more and more depressed. The feeling of being useful to someone is great. Besides it increases the spirit of teamwork too. Moreover when you will attend the interviews in between you can tell the interviewers that you are doing something and are not idle. Remember that employers like when they hear you saying that you were and are busy. If you are a jobless IT professional and are working with a school for free to fix their computer and internet issues, it’s better for your CV, than a blank period from date A to date B. Here you can be thoughtful about which skills of yours you would like to hone and choosing that field to volunteer.

Be Social

Keeping your social network increasing may also help you in job search and acquirement. You might think that as such you meet your friends regularly and you are social, but that makes you feel like enjoying doing nothing. But remember that this is a valued period of your life, when you can not only enjoy but also do useful things for friends, family and other people. You can undertake some projects with your friends, add on to your acquaintances, mix with people and gain knowledge. It’s not necessary that you should earn money in every single thing you do. Experience and mental satisfaction are also very valuable. Knowing more people means opening more job opportunities for you.

Freelancing

Whether you have just completed your education or have recently lost your job, freelancing is open to everyone. Here you just have to prove your skills on the spot. The employers are not usually concerned with how much experience you have or what reputation you have. You have to just pass their test and they will assign the job for you which you should complete to their satisfaction so as to get a new job. Freelancing is a great way to keep your skills honed, increase networks, earn money and make your CV more impressive.

Job Placement Services

This is the last point, but perhaps your first job will be to enroll with a reputed job placement service. E.g. Care Placement Service has found jobs for thousands of employees since 1983. Their mission is to rebuild economy by making people work again. They are a full service employment resource and take care that the company’s culture is the best match for you. So, if you enroll with such a job placement service, your chances of getting a perfect job are high.

So, if you are depressed, shed the despair and get to work; some or the other day, you will get a highly paid job; but for now, what’s essential is to work!