MyJobSearcher.com

Faster, simpler, convenient and cost effective. Reaching thousands of qualified candidates, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week has its appeal. The Society for Human Resources Professionals (SHRM) says more than 90% of HR professionals are using the Internet for recruiting.

How about niche markets? I have spoken with recruiters hiring developers requiring specific training and software licensing. Cutting edge IT needs can bring a wave of resumes, but a need for candidates with specific training may leave recruiters scratching their heads in cyber space.

With time committed to job board posting: logging in and out over and over, repetitive copy-pasting, and hundreds and thousands of dollars needed to access popular boards like Monster and Career Builder, recruiters and staffers need to enter the online recruiting community aware of what works and what doesn’t.

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If you watch any kind of television these days, there are an abundance of schools ready to teach you the lessons for a new career. For the longest time, I watched these commercials and wondered how anyone could separate themselves from the cushion of a long-time and experienced career. That was until the dot com bust and recent layoffs from a failing economy hit me.

Perhaps my new found desire for a new career was thrust upon me rather than allowing me to casually make the choice. I’ll admit that there is a strong sense of accomplishment after gaining years of field experience in a career. Finding the confidence of oneself in an interview gets easier after you realize there’s nothing they can ask you that you don’t know. Nevertheless, I have found satisfaction in finding a career that better suits my personality even in my 30’s.

How do you know when you are ready? Since I was a former software developer, many of my friends and acquaintances have made the change. Let me tell you – it can happen and it is absolutely possible to find happiness in a new market regardless of your age. One trait my friends and I find commonly is that our jobs no longer felt adequately challenging. There are only so many tables you design, interfaces you write, and bugs you fix before it becomes monotonous.

If you work for a larger company that hires from within, consider making a change to a different organization. A company is more likely to hire someone from within whose work history is already known and teach him new skills. This will give you new, interesting goals, and it is just a baby step towards finding a more satisfying career.

If you really want to take a leap, get out the resume and fine tune it for a career change. You’re not likely to go from accounting to director of marketing, but there is always a skill that can be useful in another market. Maybe you were an accounting executive, but you helped analyze data and projected budgets – skills many organizations can use.

When you do find yourself making the change even if it is within your organization, always follow proper interviewing etiquette. Be honest with the hiring manager in your skill set. Don’t try to lie through the interview and give false information. Making a change will likely involve several interviews, and with enough persistence you will find the change you’re looking for.