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Finding Work. Tools and strategies for getting the job you want. The Job Market.
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Finding Work Tools and strategies for getting the job you want
The Job Market Maybe you want a part-time job so you can gain work experience, or you need a summer job to start saving for college, or you intend to work full-time once you graduate from high school. Whatever your occupational, learning or personal goals are, you need to know how to put a work search plan into action.
Open and Hidden Job Markets Open Job Market: 15% of all available jobs. Advertised in: Newspapers Internet job banks such as the National Job Bank and the Electronic Labour exchange Company websites Human Resource Career Centres Youth Employment Centres Trade publications (magazines published by specific industries such as the retail industry) Professional association magazines such as the Canadian Nurses’ Association. How Jobs Get Filled: Employers take applications or résumés, and interview applicants
Open and Hidden Job Markets Hidden Job Market: 85% of all available jobs. Jobs are not advertised anywhere. How jobs get filled: Employers hire people who have been recommended to them. People hear about the jobs through “word of mouth.”
Networking “It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know.” It might not be fair, but employers would rather hire a person recommended to them than take a chance on a stranger. Who you know gets you to the door and it’s what you know that gets you through the door and into the job – your education, skills and experience still have to fit the job.
What Do Employers Really Want? A skill is proficiency, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. Employability skills refer to a person’s capacity of gaining initial employment, maintaining employment and obtaining new employment if required. In simple terms, employability is about being capable of getting and keeping fulfilling work.
What Do Employers Really Want? Foundation skills are about knowing how to learn. This is important to employers because employees who learn efficiently are more productive and cost less money to train.
What Do Employers Really Want? Transferable skills are those skills that you already have that can be applied to new situations. For example, a student who plays sports learns and exhibits many leadership skills which may later help in their role in workforce.
Essential Skills Eight Keys to Getting Hired. The Skills that Employers are Looking for! 1. Personal Values: I have a positive attitude and I am willing to work hard to make the most of opportunities. I react well to challenges. I am willing to reach beyond personal limitations. 2. Problem-solving and decision- making skills: I can accept additional responsibilities. I can talk with others and resolve issues. I can make decisions and carry them out.
3. Ability to relate with other people: • I am friendly. I communicate well with people of all ages. • I can take initiative if I need to. • I work well with people in all levels of my team. • 4. Communication skills: • I am a good listener. • I express myself clearly. • I am not afraid to ask for help when necessary.
5. Task-related skills:I can complete my work on time. • I know how to care for tools and materials. • I follow directions and stick with tasks until they are finished. • 6. Maturity: • I am reliable, dependable, and responsible. • I take pride in my work. • I put in the time and effort to do a good job. • I work well with little or no supervision. • I am willing to take courses or additional training in order to develop new job related skills.
7. Health and Safety habits: • I know about common health and safety rules. • I follow established workplace rules and guidelines. • 8. Commitment to the job: • I am enthusiastic about my work and willing to learn. • I am always on time, and give consistent work and effort to the team.
Questions to answer: • Do you have strengths in any of these areas? Give an example of each strength you think you have. • 2. Which key strengths do you need to improve upon? Write down examples for each of how you can improve your strength in that area.
The Labour Market • Use the following website to help you answer the following questions: • http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca • Why do you need a Social Insurance Number? (SIN) • What are some resources available to you in researching a job? • What is The Labour Market (AKA, the Job Market)? Why is it important to know about this when you are researching careers and searching for work? What are the 7 areas of information found at the LMI (Labour Market Information Service)?
SIN = Social Insurance Number, a nine-digit number that you need to work in Canada or to have access to government programs and benefits • An available Job Searching resource available to you is the www.jobbank.gc.ca • The Labour Market Information (LMI) Service helps Canadians find information about occupations and labour market trends and outlooks, including skill or labour shortages and surpluses, and statistics on unemployment rates and the working-age population. It is good to know the Labour Market what jobs will be in high demand, where the jobs will be located and thereby directing us towards a career path. The Web site features information on these 7 areas: • National Occupational Classification job descriptions; • skills requirements for jobs; • employment prospects and labour market trends; • wages; • potential employers; • educational and training institutions; and • professional associations and unions.
