Jobs With Friends: Work Together To Get Employed Faster
Job hunting can be lonely; but, it doesn’t have to be that way. In our minds, job hunting should be a team sport. Here’s why: while many job listings have the same title and description, further research might reveal something about the department, company, or industry that makes the job not quite right for you—but makes it perfect for your friend! In that case, we think you should let him or her know. In fact, you should work together and help each other find the right opportunities: the more targeted jobs you read, the better perspective on the job market you’ll have. You can be pickier. You can spend more time focused on quality job matches, increasing your chances at an interview and landing an offer. Which after all is the point, isn’t it? Generally speaking, the more that friends and family share jobs with you, the greater number of opportunities you’ll be exposed to. This enables you to focus on the companies and jobs that interest you most and discard (and/or share) the ones that aren’t right rather than apply to them all in the blind. Better yet, your family and friends will know what types of jobs interest you so if they come across the perfect job, you can apply right away. Last week, we launched Job Sharing: a quick way for you to share job listings with your friends directly from Huntsy. You can share job opportunities over Facebook (either as a private message or a wall post), LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, and e-mail. From there, they can check out the job and add it directly to their Huntsy dashboard. Working together will help you and your fellow hunters not only find jobs faster, but will help you find the right jobs for you both.