Provides you the opportunity to develop your own job description. This technique is applicable to a very small area of the job market. Advantages include the ability to develop a new idea, resource or product, gain independence, make money, work out of your home, establish your own work schedule, take responsibility for the firm's direction, and become your own boss. Demands a great deal of time, effort, capital, and risk. Gain information about unpublished job opportunities and acquire names for personal referral and networking by watching job posting boards of companies, attending professional meetings, and walking around reception areas of airports, travel agencies, and stock brokerage firms.
Opportunities usually exist where social interaction occurs on a regular basis.
Job Search Clubs Sharing contacts and information with others conducting job searches on a regular basis. Provide support for one another. Gain job leads and reduce research time, boost your morale, and receive group feedback for skill development. Can be frustrating for some to see others getting employed first. Carefully evaluate whether a job search club would have a positive effect on you.