Searching for your next job can be an arduous task.
Searching for your next job when you have been made redundant can be even worse. Irish job seekers need Irish career advice and the keyword is Irish. The are millions of books out there offering career advice but they tend to be generic and offer nothing for individual markets. This is what we really need, advice for different markets. While I agree that much of the advice offered can work across the board, general advice such as his does nothing to help us where individual markets are concerned.
What works in Ireland doesn’t work elsewhere.
It’s true. Every country operates in a different way and has different rules which need to be adhered to. Right now, Ireland is reaching about 17% unemployment. This is the most Ireland has faced for a long time. What makes this worse is that Ireland has being enjoying one the most exciting growth periods for many years, now we are faced with nothing but long dole lines. Since Ireland faces a situation unique to them and nobody else, Irish job seekers have to play the game differently.
Generic Advice
This is the stuff we can read many different books about and it tends to be good advice.
1. Update your CV & resume. I do this on a regular basis anyway. In fact every time I get a new job I update the CV with the new job title and enter the key responsibilities I have been tasked with. In addition I write the things that I have (or expect) to achieve.
2. Stay positive. Nothing positive can be generated from negativity. It is a simple un-written rule that remain true now as the first day it was created. If you think and feel negativity the all your human actions will be negative and have negative affect on other people and the way they treat you. So remain positive at all times and your positivity will rub off on other people.
Advice for Ireland
This advice may only be current now and for Irish job seekers.
1. Register on the myriad of job boards and apply for as many jobs as possible. Spend the whole day applying for jobs if necessary. This is a volume game right now so don’t pick and choose. Just go for as many jobs as you can
2. Job centre. An untapped resource for jobs is you local job centre. Why do we always forget these? Go in an look at the vacancies on the wall and speak to the consultant which work there. They are often all to happy to help a friendly face in need of some help.
