When you are looking for a job, what resources are you using to see what jobs are out there?

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2016 4:03 PM

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Here, company's websites whose products I already use and views/goals that align with mine, LinkedIn, USAJobs, Veteranownedbusiness.com.

Where would you recommend one look ?

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2016 5:17 PM

2016-11-21T17:17:18-05:00

Hi, Corporal Avitabile.

When I graduated college after leaving the AF and was looking for a job, I sent cover letters and resumes to all of the defense contractors I could find in my hometown. That was pretty easy; you could throw a rock and hit three defense agencies in Ft. Walton Beach at the time. The letters and resumes I sent were pretty generic. That is not really the best way to field a resume, but it got my foot in the door with fairly minimal effort and my first post-graduation job. Networking kept me going for a while after that. By the time I left FWB, I had enough marketable experience to write a pretty respectable resume.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2016 6:42 PM

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You have to network and talk to people... I know of several job openings right now, however by the time they are advertised, they will likely already have been filled. Here is one example of a job available right now at Ft. Hauchuca:

Key Management Instructor Position: Requires Security+ certification, a bachelors degree, and four years teaching experience or more than eight years as an NCO. Salary range is low to mid 70's. If you meet those qualifications and are interested, please send me a copy of your resume.

Response by SPC Erich Guenther made Nov 21 at 2016 10:35 PM

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Networking is the best:

1. Use the phone as much as possible versus Email. Nothing wrong with calling a HR Department to see if a Internet Posting is filled or not or if it is accurate and your making a contact within the company at the same time. Also, nothing wrong with posting like you did here on Social Media boards asking about jobs. You should also leave your home and attend in person professional groups or associations in your area. So for example, I am in IT. I can attend a local Java Users Group say and give a presentation to the users group of how to do something in Java they never thought of before. There are team leads, architects and hiring managers in those groups and if you impress them they will approach you.

2. As stated by others sometimes companies post positions on the internet when they already have a candidate in mind internally. The internet posting is done for legal reasons so the company can state they searched outside the company.

3. Use headhunters and recruiters. They will find you if you setup a linkedIn profile. There are HR folks on linkedIn that will review your profile for free and give you feedback.....just ask. Make sure you sign-up for linked in groups you are interested in such as your former Marine unit or Marine speciality, Groups that talk about skills you have, etc. Make sure that the headhunters or recruiters do not put you up multiple times for the same position. The good ones will usually ask you where you have applied already.

4. Yes you can respond to internet ads but be judicious about it. Rule of thumb, treat the job search as you would a regular job. Take weekends off and evenings off. Also, if your completely unemployed with nothing to do, use your spare time to volunteer or attend community college to improve your skills. Recruiters and HR loves it when they interview someone that is DOING SOMETHING OTHER THAN SEARCHING FOR A JOB.........it speaks volumes on what kind of person you are and your confidence you will land another job and they like confident people.

5. Learn the 2-3 min presentation on how to cover your skills over the phone or after a handshake so you don't drone on and on and can summarize yourself fast.

6. If your relatively new to resume writing get your resume reviewed from someone you know in the same field or a HR person willing to do it. If your new to interviewing practice answering and anticipating questions. Research the company about to interview you, see what is important to them based on what they say on their Careers page, make sure you mention those points in your interview.

I found my current job in less than two weeks from start to finish using the above.

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Nov 22 at 2016 6:48 AM

2016-11-22T06:48:31-05:00

Well I was looking through USAJobs, but I had actually received my current employment through word of mouth.