There are agencies to support your job searching. Remember to keep working with them to support you during your job search activities.
These include:
- Your job active or disability employment service provider
- Private recruitment agencies
- Labour Hire Companies
- Apprenticeship Centres and Group Training Companies
- GOTAFE Skills and Jobs Centre
You can also help yourself by developing a plan and a habit which includes:
- Regularly checking job vacancy sites and setting up job alerts
- Expanding your network through community involvement
- Cold calling and targeting companies you want to work at
- Online Recruitment, social media, LinkedIn or newspaper advertisements
- Change where you look or what you are looking for
Job Searching Checklist
Follow these checklists to learn how to find your new job faster. Remember, you only need one employer to hire you.
- Take the time to think about what kind of job you’re targeting. What job title, what tasks and what industry you are interested in? Any specific companies you’d like to work for?
- Set aside a workspace for your job search.
- Designate a specific area that is free of distractions and noise. Outline a strategy e.g., cold calling, networking, volunteering, job alerts, social media and then use your plan to create a weekly list of activities.
- Create a schedule each day for your job search activities. Make a list each day of
- the activities you want to complete and be flexible if an interview or networking opportunity comes up. Record your contacts and results. Be organised.
- Recognize that your motivation is going to increase and decrease, depending on the success (or lack of success) you are having.
- Reward yourself for effort, not for results.
- Enlist an accountability partner. Recruit one person to support, encourage, and motivate you in your job search. Choose someone who can be objective with you about your effort. It can be a friend or a coach.
- It can be easier to get a job if you have a job (even if the job isn’t related to the job you want). Employers sometimes see hiring someone who is unemployed as “riskier” than hiring someone who is already working.
- If you are having difficulty finding a job in your area, consider relocation. If you live in an area with high unemployment — especially in your industry — consider whether moving to another city, state, or region would improve your chances of getting hired or change what you’re looking for.
- Mobile phone with credit and appropriate voice mail
- Appropriate email address
- Appropriate social media profiles
- Targeted application letter
- Targeted Resume
- Copies of Certificates & Qualifications
- Samples of your work, portfolios if applicable.
- Copies of positive performance reviews, thank you cards, school reports, awards, LinkedIn endorsements.
- References & Professional Network
- Appropriate Skills, Training & Experience
- Portfolio of work
- List of prospective companies you can approach.
- Following up when you say you will
- Building on your network
- Volunteering