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We are working with Stuart Mease with Roanoke City Economic Development to offer some free advice to those who are in a job search. On Monday's starting May 7th we will be meeting at the Economic Development offices at 111 Franklin Plaza in downtown Roanoke for approximately an hour every week to offer some useful information for anyone trying to network and improve their work situation. Please contact us if you have questions, we hope to see you there.
We often see people in a job search who don't really appreciate the importance of an interview. I know this sounds strange, but people will have an interview scheduled, then not show up! Sometimes, they oversleep, or they aren't prepared, or they really don't think it's the right job. GO ANYWAY. The reality is that you may or may not get or take the job, but it's good practice. If you present yourself well, it is a good contact. By the way, this is a town where people know other people and will tell them that you stood them up. Nothing is as annoying as just not showing up.
There was some great information in the Roanoke Times this weekend. It said 33.9% of all open positions are filled by internal transfers or promotions, 12.3% of all external hires are off of specific job boards, and 26.5 % are filled by referrals. The source was CareerXroads. It points out that approximately 60 % of people are hired by referral/networking and 12% are off a job board. Where is your better job search opportunity?
