Job Searching During The Summer

Job Searching During The Summer When I recruited, I found my busiest months were often during the summer and holiday periodsâ€"when most job seekers felt hiring activities slowed down during these times. In turn, job seekers curtailed job searching during the summer. On the contrary!   Keep your job searching in high gear during the summer. Now if you need a break, take that vacation you need to recharge your body and, ultimately your job search. But if you are in job search mode already, don’t take your foot off the gas simply because the summer rolled around. I say kick it into gear for the following three reasons: (1)       Competition drops significantly since other job seekers think it is slow and stop looking. You are simply up against much less competition during the summer. Those job seekers who stop looking during the summer I feel may also abide by the “buy high, sell low” mentality â€" they get in the market when everyone is in and get out when they think everyone is out. This herd mentality is bad for investing and bad for job searching. Go the contrarian route and job search during the summer. (2)       The jobs open this time of year are really open! Why is that? Well, it is the summer…hiring managers want to take it easy during the summer, often take a vacation, have their staffs take vacationâ€"they do not want to have to hire unless they really have to hire. If the hire could be put off until the fall, they would do so. Based on that fact then, if the job is open during the summer, it is a bona fide, most-likely-urgent, defined need to be filled. This is why, when I recruited, I had great months during the summer. I submitted qualified candidates to these urgent roles and hires were made faster often during this time. (3)       It is a real job opening. During the busier months, ads might get Bottom line is there is no real good time to look or not look. Do not time the market. If you need to look for a job, you start to conduct a job searchâ€"regardless of what the crowd is doing. If you are not feeling it and do not want to look, then do not look until you are ready. That is all there is to it. Do not succumb to the mental games of timing the job market to increase your success. If you have the right marketing documents, job search strategy and skill sets, you will find the right job for you in any market. Written by Lisa Rangel, Executive Resume Writer Sign up for Blog Name: Email: If you are interested in working with Lisa Rangel, an accomplished executive resume writer, social media profile writer and job search consultant, to achieve the social media exposure and land the interviews you want, sign up for an exploratory call now and learn about the services that can help you land your next role.