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As many people can tell you, looking for a job is a job in itself. Like anything, the more experience you have, the better your success. Your options are limited only by your education, experience, and business contacts. The reality is that it pays to know people (or to have people know you).

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david_nwpa
June 12, 2007, 2:35 p.m.
All very good advice, Jane. I would add a few ideas. For university graduates, check with the career center on your campus for additional job leads. Check with the state Dept. of Labor in your state. File to take the civil service exam. Usually government jobs pay well and have lucrative benefits. Be willing to pursue the contacts you made when you belong to professional organizations as a student.
For students, now is the time to join professional organizations in your discipline at the student level. Attend their annual conferences. It can pay off in terms of contacts and the insight those organizations provide is invaluable.
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david_nwpa
June 12, 2007, 5:21 p.m.
I am a teacher, and I know one of the key indicators that administrators expect during the interview process is how well the candidate can apply standards to lessons. In all disciplines, how well you can explain a little bit about the company or agency for which you are interviewing speaks volumes about you as a person.
The point of this is simply, do some research before going to the interview. If the company is invested heavily in South America, it may help to know which countries. Just one example of how checking into the company can make a difference.
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mark-stevens
June 13, 2007, 12:24 p.m.
If you're willing to work for free until lightening hits.
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chevydog
June 13, 2007, 5:30 a.m.
The suggestion on going to community meetings is the only new thing I saw in this article.
Like everthing else, job hunting has been affected by technology--both to the positive and negative. It certainly makes searching and applying easier, but it also makes it easier to reject people who don't fit the right cookie cutter. Some who may be been singled out in the past by intuitive HR types now find it hard to get past "objective" criteria.
As a person on the older end of the age spectrum, I find that many companies (even sometimes those who say they are looking for such people) run--don't walk--in the other direction when one comes through the door.
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PINTO
June 13, 2007, 8:38 a.m.
My biggest advice to people looking for a job, regardless of skills/experience or type of jobs your looking for is, TREAT IT LIKE ITS A JOB.
Set a daily schedule and task list for yourself as if your going to a job. Set your alarm and wake up at the same early time every day and get a jump on things....
Its so easy when you home to just say "ehhhh, ill look in a little while" and next thing you knwo youve wasted and entire day, then week, then month.
I would wake up at 7am like i was getting ready for work, at 9 id sit down for "work" at my computer to look for something or do something.
Its easy to get lazy if you slack. Get out there and look and dont stop looking and there should be no reason you cant find a job
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alexrudloff
June 13, 2007, 9:53 a.m.
Great article jane!
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evelyna
June 13, 2007, 10:22 a.m.
Going to look for a job is not a good idea-unless a temp service.
A lot of the companies outsource personel to out of state. My job's personel office is in Virginia. A plane trip is not worth it on a whim.