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Did you know that almost 80% of all vacancies are not advertised? All the most efficient ways of finding your next role involve you finding out about these unadvertised vacancies.

1. Ask your personal network for job leads

Its sounds easy to do… so why do so few of us shy away from talking to our personal and professional networks, whether they know of any vacancies that would suit us? 33 out of 100 job seekers found their next job by this method. This method is over 5 times more efficient than purely e-mailing out your CV to potential employers.

2. Meet with potential employers

Very simply this method involves meeting up, face-to-face, with employers that you are interested in working for. At this stage, you may not know whether or not they are hiring – but 47% of job seekers found success via this route.

3. Use trade directories

Very few people use this method, and you need to prepare to be methodical and face rejection! Go through a trade directory and pick out firms that have a presence in the geographical region that you are interested in working in. Then call up this firm and ask if they are hiring for the type of role you are looking for – or know anyone that is hiring… amazingly, this method of job hunting has a 69% success rate.

4. Working as a team & using trade directories

This is the same method as before, however, instead of doing this activity by yourself, complete it with other job seekers. Your chances of success will increase from 69% to 84%. This is over 10 times as efficient as purely sending out a speculative CV to an employer.

5. Doing your homework & using your network to specifically target potential employers

This method involves you firstly being very clear about what type of work you are looking for, what working environment you will thrive in… then, systematically identifying companies that can provide this for you. And finally, planning how you can approach hiring managers within these companies by using your existing network or growing your existing network. This method yields a 86% success rate for job seekers who use it.

As I read through this list, there are a list of job hunting tips coming to mind – I will share these with you in my next blog post.

The Efficiency Coach specializes in working with professional services firms – helping both the firm and the individuals achieve more for their time, effort and money. Why not have take a look at our website – http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk, or read our blog for more ideas and inspiration on how to achieve more – http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog.