For those looking for work

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Like i am ...temping is nice but im looking for a fulltime postition anywho i came across this aricle and thought it would be helpful

 

Employers only hire people who are currently working.

 

This statement does tend to be true of executive search firms which prefer to pluck people from one company and place them in another. But for most employers, this mind-set is outmoded. How many of your friends, relatives or former co-workers have been caught in a corporate downsizing recently? Almost everyone, including potential employers, knows someone whose job has gone away through no fault of his own. Hiring managers can empathize with unemployed candidates because they've either been in a similar position themselves or know someone who has.

If your finances permit you to quit working and look for another position full time, don't let this myth get in your way. Aside from having increased sympathy for the unemployed, interviewers also respect a professional who says he has voluntarily left a job because he didn't want to be conducting a job search on a former employer's time.

 

2. Interviewers are only interested in my specialized knowledge, not my transferable skills.

 

Very technical professions do tend to concentrate on work-content skills. None of us wants a [COLOR=#274248]brain surgeon[/COLOR] who doesn't have plenty of experience operating on brains. Yet most jobs require using transferable skills as much or more than special knowledge. As they say at JCPenney, "If you can buy panty hose, you can buy pots and pans." It's the buying process, not specific product knowledge that determines success.

 

 

f you are considering [COLOR=#274248]changing careers[/COLOR], focus on the skills that come naturally. If you believe these talents will be useful to an employer and you can cite relevant examples, your interviewer will respond positively. Confidence is contagious.

3. I can't network because I don't have any contacts.

 

Everyone has contacts. The dilemma is knowing how to use them. Most people don't want to impose on their friends, let alone strangers. They forget that asking someone for help is a sincere compliment.

The keys to effective networking are:

• Knowing how to ask for help
  

• Expanding your contacts beyond friends and relatives
  

When you're looking for work, approach people for information, not a job. If you ask them to tell you about their career, company or industry, they will enjoy doing it and admire your thoughtful questions. Once they know you, they will gladly supply names of friends, relatives, colleagues, etc., who can offer added insights.

Begin your research by making a list of the people you know from work, church, aerobics, the softball team (yours and your child's), professional organizations, volunteer group, etc, to ask for help. You'll get good information and strengthen your relationships simultaneously.

4. People who tell me I'm overqualified really think I'm too old.

 

While it's true there are a few bigots who don't want to hire older workers, most employers are primarily concerned with finding the best candidate for the job. If they are looking for someone with three to five years experience and you have twenty, you're too advanced for the position. If they want a line supervisor and you've been a VP, they will seriously question your willingness to take a large cut in status and salary.

Unfortunately, many job seekers assume pursuing lower-level positions will produce faster offers. But if they put themselves into an employer's shoes, they'll understand why this is faulty reasoning. Interviewers want to hire people who will be enthusiastic about their new job and want to stay long term. An employer may justifiably assume that a candidate who applies for a position beneath her level doesn't really want it. He worries that, after a few months, she will get bored and frustrated and start looking for something better.

If you genuinely want to downgrade your responsibility, be prepared to strongly defend your reasons. Otherwise, your motives will be suspect.

Continue Reading Taunee Besson's

[COLOR=#295e9f]Job Search Myths, Part 2[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#295e9f][/COLOR]--Senior Columnist Taunee Besson, CMF, is president of Career Dimensions, Inc., a consulting firm founded in 1979 that works with individual and corporate clients in career transition, job search, executive coaching, talent management and small business issues. She is an award-winning columnist for CareerJournal.com and a best-selling author of the Wall Street Journal's books on resumes and cover letters. Her articles on a variety of career issues have appeared on numerous career/job websites and trade and business journals. Ms. Besson has been quoted numerous times in The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Business Week, Time, Smart Money, and a number of other websites and publications.

 

 

heres the web addy : http://www.careercast.com/jobs/content/job-search-myths-taunee-besson

 

theres a part two as well. Hope this helps someone else

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