How do you intend to pursue these job opportunities? What is your job hunting strategy? Let me tell you what is working. Or let us start with what have the least chance of working.

The five most ineffective job search strategies are these:

* Internet- posting your C.V/Resume on the Internet, and expect potential employer to visit the board/site and make a choice, depending on the match between your skills and their requirements.

* Mailing out Resume CV to employers at random (Resume blasting).

* Answering ads in professional/trade journals.

* Responding to Newspaper ads. The higher the salary/position, the lower the success rate.

* Using employment agencies. Again, the higher the salary/position, the lower the success rate.

The best five ways to search for a job:

* Ask for job leads from family, friends, people you know, etc – “Do you know of any job at the place where you work, or elsewhere?” 33% success rate

* Knocking on the door of any employer, factory, office etc, whether they are known to have vacancy or not. 47% success rate

* Identifying subject/field of interest, identifying employers on that field and calling on them to ask if you they are hiring for the position you desire and that you know you can do well. 69% success rate.

* Do the above in a group with other job hunters. 76% success rate

* Doing a life- changing job search (identifying your skills, proffered places, interest and acceptable working environment and going after the job you desire) 86% success rate.

However, there is still a better method: combining the strategies.

A fact never to be forgotten: the major difference between successful and unsuccessful job seekers is not some factors out there, or the ‘barrier’ listed earlier. It is the way they go about their job hunt. A successful job search requires organization and effort.

Job search requires that you develop a new set of priorities and schedules. Be aware that there will be distractions. Just about anything will sound better than looking for work. Don’t be fooled, your number one priority is finding that new job. Don’t let anything get in your way. Here are some tips:

* Establish measurable goals.
* Make yourself accountable.
* Keep accurate records.

There are vast recruitment resources available to job seekers. Consider the number of recruitment agencies as well as online job portals available for job seekers to make use of. The numbers are astounding. Improve your job searches by researching a few that appealed to you. Both online recruitment websites and recruitment agencies need to be carefully selected in order to run better job searches. Remember that these are the companies you are selecting to represent you in your job search. Commission your skill to only those agents who promise measurable results.

After registering with a reputable job portal, and have run your first job search, learn how to refine your job search. Job seekers new to online job searching should use a refined job search to improve their search results. Quick job searches are great when looking for broad search results. When looking for refined results uniquely filtered, advanced job searches will closely pinpoint less common vacancies.

A job alert is a terrific way to use job portal resources to their greatest potential. A job alert is a scheduled update of the relevant job advertisements uploaded to the job site. By pre-defining job criteria, a job alert will monitor activity on the job website. Based on the job criteria and keywords detailed in your job alert, the system will automatically update and notify you accordingly of matching jobs. By receiving job alerts, job seekers are savvy to positions specifically relevant to them, as they are loaded to the job site. The early bird catches the worms and that’s why you want to be a prompt as possible when applying to important employment opportunities. Improve your job searches by making use of relevant job alerts.

As discussed, there are various resources that a job seeker can utilise when hunting for a job. Be sure to make use of the job search resources that are most relevant to the success of your job search. Manage a healthy balance of utilising each available resource until you can identify with those that specifically assist your career. By making use of all the resources available to you, your job searches are bound to improve.

Job searching isn’t all just about you searching for employment opportunities. Recruiters and employers are also searching for job seekers. By registering with reputable online job portals you are allowing yourself to be found. Head hunters run searches on online job portals and recruitment databases, hunting for candidates. If you don’t play you can’t win, so be sure to advertise your CV where people know to look. While this is not a direct way to search for a job this will enhance the results of your job hunt significantly.