"What can I do to get a job" and what advice can be learned from a number of studies?

BySamuel Mann

Career guide site that provides information on occupation from a fair standpoint of nonprofit / independence "80,000 HoursAfter doing a lot of research, we have released a definite edition of advice for "How can I get a job?"

All the best advice we could find how to get a job - 80,000 Hours
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/how-to-get-a-job/


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According to 80,000 Hours, as far as advice on career change is concerned, such as "show confidence that makes me feel suitable to hire", "clean nails, shake hands firmly", "always hold business cards in my pocket" It seems that it was things. However, after researching over 5 years, he said that "returning to a job" is fundamentally a "selling" and returns to the basics and summarizes necessary advice.

◆ 1: getting an advantage · finding opportunities

ByWolfgang

The 80,000 Hours cited the first thing: "Lead other people, make superiority", and the use of connexion is also mentioned at the same time. The advice first made by career adviser is "to send resume to many companies at first", but on the receiving side, many people will be sent similar resumes from those who viewed the job offer slip. Therefore, if you introduce by using the connection, it is the dimension that you can obtain the advantage of "It is a person with a value worth asking for introduction".

The question is, how to meet with "people who introduce" that can use that connection. The first item listed as an item to be utilized here is a business specialized type SNS ·LinkedInis. Here, it is very rare case that "appeal succeeds and big work comes suddenly" etc. It is a very rare case that we are assuming that employees and stakeholders will check their profile. The contents are focused on conspicuous achievements such as "○ ○ in domestic third place", and unnecessary things are cut short and it is OK. Specifically, it seems better to have "only two impressive achievements" rather than "two impressive achievements and three thin achievements of impression" line up.

◆ 2: Convince the employer

ByNHS Employers

When trying to hire a web engineer at 80,000 Hours, most people sent only what was asked of by job recruitment, but only one person changed the design with some suggestions on the site's "career quiz" It seems there was a person who sent a plan. This person had little practical experience, but he seems to be put on the top 20% side of the applicant immediately.

The best way to prove that you can "do your job" is to show it in practice. Sending a design change plan at the time of entry is the best way to convince an employer that it has practiced this.

◆ 3: to negotiate

ByCOP PARIS

If the two so far go well, the last thing you need is "negotiation". It is not absolutely necessary to say, for example, it is better if the conditions are standardized and there is no room for negotiation, or if you do not have other candidates / alternatives it is better not to do it. Also, it is bad hands to say from yourself before the employer comes to negotiate. Still, the opinion of 80,000 Hours is that it is better to do if there is room for negotiation. That is the talk of only 10 minutes, there is a possibility that a difference of several hundred thousand yen units may be annual.

By the way, the name "80,000 Hours (80,000 hours)" of this site shows the time spent in the work career of life. It is a number that I achieve by about 40 years, repeating 8 hours a day for 5 days a week, and this information is summarized by saying "In order not to waste this time even a bit." In America and Japan, there are various job change circumstances, but certainly this information may be useful.