Job Search Success During a Pandemic

This book is for you if you have had your career affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The secrets revealed in this book series are not some magic formulae that will help you find a job only when there has been a pandemic or some other major worldwide disaster. These secrets will help you find a job at any time. But when anything occurs that results in lots of job losses and not a lot of jobs in the career field that you have experience or qualifications in, then finding a job becomes much harder. These secrets will help you find a job when times are tough. They help you understand how you can go the extra mile in terms of your job search. By doing more than your competitors do to find a job, you can put yourself in the best possible position, with the greatest opportunities to find and get a job ahead of them. Why might you need to go 'the extra mile' in your job search because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? There are lots of reasons, but for employers in many career fields, they all come down to one thing, uncertainty! Many factors are occurring that are affecting almost all businesses. These effects create uncertainty about the future for employers. When they are uncertain about the future of their business, they are less likely to take on new staff. In most industries, there are far fewer job opportunities than in the past. When you apply for a job, there is likely to be far more competition. If you sit at home waiting for a new job to magically appear, you will be out of work for a long time. If you solely rely on finding job vacancies through the major job advertising websites, you will find hundreds of others applying for the same job. You may well experience lots of rejection letters, and that is not good for your motivation and personal wellbeing. You need to adapt to what is happening in the job market NOW! But it is not all doom and gloom. Some industries have job vacancies because they are going through a growth stage, because there is a shortage of skilled employees, or because the jobs have been filled in the past by temporary migrants from overseas who cannot now currently travel. This book series will provide you with key secrets on how you can put yourself ahead of the competition in your job search. In Book 1 you will learn: - Even when jobs may be scarce, trying to apply for anything and everything just won't work. Even if you do get a job, you may find that you absolutely hate it. If you have lost your job or look like you might be about to lose your job, take the time to work out exactly what sort of job you really want to do. You could try to get any job in the short term if money is crucial. But thinking longer-term, was the job you previously did really satisfying? If not, then what is the right career for you? If you did love your job, what other careers are out there that require similar skills? What are your skills? What jobs require those skills? What new skills do you need to gain? This secret reveals how to gain an understanding of your skills and what employers are seeking now that they have gone through a Pandemic. You will learn how to go about preparing a CV/Resume that will get you in front of employers for an interview. And as a bonus, you will also learn how to prepare a Cover Letter that will get your CV read.