Five Tools for Rapid Reemployment in Washington State
Five Tools for Rapid Reemployment is a comprehensive approach for job searches in Washington State, tapping all of your employment possibilities, ...more »
Five Tools for Rapid Reemployment is a comprehensive approach for job searches in Washington State, tapping all of your employment possibilities, far beyond the obvious classified ads in the newspaper or on line. All of these tools take advantage of a free website http://www.workforceexplorer.com which includes a comprehensive on-line listing of all possible employers, whether or not they have advertised any job opening. Once you have identified employers of interest, you have immediate access to their websites, phone numbers, and locations. You can proceed through the website and open Google Earth to see exactly where the firm is located and even give yourself all of the directions you need to visit the place of business.
The first tool starts with your previous employer, perhaps the one business that you had thought would be your lifetime career. The secret to this tool is that every business has a NAICS code, and you have the search capacities to find every other business with the same NAICS code in your search area. Voila, you can transfer your finely honed skills to another employer engaged in the same business!
The second tool also starts with your previous employer. In this case, you alter the job search strategy six degrees off-center to learn of other businesses that are engaged in very similar business activities by searching for affiliated NAICS codes. Voila, you can transfer your finely honed skills to another employer generally engaged in a very similar business!
The third tool starts with your specific job skills, as defined by O*Net occupational coding. Now you can focus your job search on employers across a wide range of industries that use these basic job skills. Voila, your skills can be useful to a number of different firms, often in ways that may surprise you!
The fourth tool recognizes that aspects of your job skills can transfer to other O*Net occupational codes. Taking the time to analyze which of your job skills might apply to other similar jobs encourages you to expand your job search by re-packaging your resume and job applications to a new group of possible employers.
The fifth tool is similar to the fourth tool in that it identifies O*Net occupational codes that are similar to your most recent experiences. By comparing your recent experiences with new possibilities, you can identify skill gaps and address them in advance of your job search.
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