Our fears have been realized and jobs are being lost and not created(except for the Federal Government which claims would be creating jobs), the rest the thousands of job hunters who cannot get a job are left out on a limb. Try to use the full spectrum of job searching, online, social networks, job hunt networks and don;t forget the traditional go out an get it approach.
Jobs are out there, just that you cannot be to picky due to the scarcity, for one opening has several hundred available applicants. Make yourself stand out from the rest and use your failures as motivating factor. Update your resume and take out all add-on’s(entries that have been quite blown up), so you get an honest resume they can trust. Some of these firms really do check ups so when they do, you get the facts nothing more nothing less. You might also want to change the photo(you might still have the one straight from graduation), they might be small changes but they make big changes.
Employment gaps usually pose a problem to most job seekers. While there are valid reasons why people get employment gaps such as attending school and having health problems, it is still something that every job seeker should deal with in a wise manner. Employment gaps can be filled in using valid fillers such as volunteer work.
When you do volunteer work while unemployed, it is understandable that your time is not idle and your productivity remains high. It is not necessary that you get paid or not, what matters most is that you get to learn something from doing it. Volunteer work then gets recognized as part of your work experience. Remember that most companies usually get interested in people with volunteer work entries in their resumes.
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