Hidden Job Market (isnt hidden)

Hidden Job Market (isnt hidden) You can buy a book on the hidden job market but you dont need to.  It is all around you.  Heres a great post by Jim Stroud called The Hidden Job Report for 11.15.10. Jim says: If a company announces that they are planning to hire hundreds of people, why wait for the roles to hit the want-ads? Why not network with people in the company that are hiring enmasse now. Here are a few leads to get you started: And then he lists a number of companies that have been announced see his post for all of the info: 100 Nevada jobs (restaurant jobs) 100 Oklahoma jobs (manufacturing jobs) 100 Texas jobs (manufacturing jobs / engineering jobs) 100 new NPR jobs (or, reporter jobs, with a $1.8 million fund to find them) 400 more Nevada jobs (federal jobs) 120+ Tennessee jobs (Volkswagen jobs / automotive jobs) 500 Indianapolis jobs (healthcare jobs) And many more outside of the U.S. Jims point: why wait for these jobs to be posted when you can actively look for ways to network into those companies? That, my friends, is the hidden job market. Hidden Job Market (isnt hidden) You can buy a book on the hidden job market but you dont need to.  It is all around you.  Heres a great post by Jim Stroud called The Hidden Job Report for 11.15.10. Jim says: If a company announces that they are planning to hire hundreds of people, why wait for the roles to hit the want-ads? Why not network with people in the company that are hiring enmasse now. Here are a few leads to get you started: And then he lists a number of companies that have been announced see his post for all of the info: 100 Nevada jobs (restaurant jobs) 100 Oklahoma jobs (manufacturing jobs) 100 Texas jobs (manufacturing jobs / engineering jobs) 100 new NPR jobs (or, reporter jobs, with a $1.8 million fund to find them) 400 more Nevada jobs (federal jobs) 120+ Tennessee jobs (Volkswagen jobs / automotive jobs) 500 Indianapolis jobs (healthcare jobs) And many more outside of the U.S. Jims point: why wait for these jobs to be posted when you can actively look for ways to network into those companies? That, my friends, is the hidden job market.