Job Hunting 2022: What are the Odds?

Here is reliable research of the least and most effective strategies for finding a job in 2022.

As of this writing, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics has an unemployment rate of 8.6 percent. That number will likely become higher after Christmas and the end of the temporary holiday jobs. This fact, coupled with the sputtering economy, has discouraged many unemployed Americans from finding a job. However, research reveals that most Americans are using grossly ineffective job-hunting strategies. In this article, I list the methods which work least and best as researched and written by Dan Miller in his ground-breaking book 48 Days to the Work you Love.

Successful Job Hunting Strategies by Percentages:

1. Responding to an internet ad works less than 1 percent of the time.
2. Answering ads in trade journals results in a job 7 percent of the time.
3. Answering local newspaper advertisements is effective 8 percent of the time.
4. Placement with private employment agencies leads to jobs 4 to 22 percent of the time.
5. Using the placement service at the school or college, you attended results in jobs 21 percent of the time.
6. Asking relatives for job leads is successful about 27 percent of the time.
7. Asking friends for jobs is fruitful 37 percent of the time.
8. In 47 percent of the time, applying directly to an employer without researching the company is the best way to get a job.
9. Unannounced entry works over 50% of the time.
10. Knowing your skills, researching the companies that use those skills, arranging to see someone who has the power to hire, and requesting an interview leads to a job 86 percent of the time.

Job hunting is a full-time job.

According to leading vocational thinker Dan Miller, 66 percent of the unemployed spend less than five hours per week in their job hunting activities. Conversely, successful employment seekers spend on average 35 hours per week in their quest to regain employment or obtain a better work opportunity.

A job hunter’s guide in five steps

1. Determine your marketable talents.
2. Identify those potential employers that would benefit most from your skillset.
3. Research those employers to find out who is the hiring decision-maker.
4. Contact the decision-maker and request an interview.
5. Successfully engage in the interview process.

Suppose you are currently looking for employment or a better position. In that case, you should comfort the knowledge that few people will bother to do the groundwork necessary to place them in a powerful position to get the job. By following a proven plan of success, you will have significantly enhanced your chances to obtain Work or find better employment.