10 Easy Ways to Find a Job in COVID-19 Days

  At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic spread out slow-down has affected the job market and most businesses are cutting costs to survive, it is again difficult when it comes to job search for freshers.

Here are a few job search tips that you can easily find your chances to get a job in COVID-19 times:

1. Be Positive

This is a fact that the situation is tough but with patience and positivity, you can surmount these tough times as well. Attend free motivational classes from Sinet Education, See motivational videos and make a team with job aspirants who are ready to fight up to a job positively. 

2. Upgrade and Sharpening your Soft Skills

As the important thing is not giving up. And the most important part is to update and keep sharpening your soft skills. Leadership Skills, Teamwork, Communication Skills, Problem-Solving Skills, Work Ethics, Flexibility, Adaptability, Interpersonal Skills etc has to achieve. Don't think after completing a course you are perfect. Go online and join online communities to develop your soft skills. Attend online or offline soft skill development programs conducted by Sinet Education. 

3. Upgrade your Job Skills

This is the time to take stock of your job skills and see what’s that you’d need to stay relevant in these changing times. Look at your career and what’s that you want to achieve in the near future. Now, make a list of your current skills and the ones you’d require to achieve your next level. Work on the new skills that are essential to achieve your career goals and improve on your existing skillset. Sinet Educational Services provides many learning platforms that will upgrade your skill set in Accounting and Business Management, Software Development, Networking and Multimedia sectors to advance your career.

4. Ask for Help

On the road when you are not sure of the direction you should take to reach your destination, what do you do? You ask for help. You ask for directions. Same goes for achieving your career goals. You know, what’s that you want to achieve but you don’t know how to get there. The best that you can do is to ask for guidance. Network with professionals who’ve already achieved what you desire for. Follow the experts in your domain on social media. Interact with them. Build relationships. Let them know how much you respect them and how valuable their advice would be for your career. Sinet provides Free Job Help Desk support for students those needy.  

5. Update your Resume

Your resume is your representative in front of the recruiters. Take a fresh look at it to get your resume noticed in these times. Make sure you add the new skills and certifications you have acquired for making a positive impression among recruiters. The fact that you are constantly upgrading your skills and getting yourself ready for the new challenges will make recruiters think about your candidature for a job. Moreover, make your resume visually appealing. All this will help you in increasing the visibility of your resume in front of the recruiters and can increase your chances of getting selected for the interview stage. A single resume for all jobs will create will not help you to impress the recruiter, instead, create a resume pointing to a particular job type, reorder your skills, qualification according to this priority. Sinet Institutes provides Free Resume Auditing Service for career students.     

6. Keep your Job Search on

With reports of businesses closing down, job cuts and hiring restrictions, it’s obvious to assume that there are no jobs in the market. However, that’s not true. Lots of companies are still hiring. Instead of looking at the negative side of the job market and slowing down your job search, it’s wise to keep your search on. Look at the industries that are hiring. Search for job roles that are in demand.

7. Send Clear Signals

If you are actively looking for a job, let the world know about it. To increase your chances of getting a job, you should send clear signals to recruiters that you are open to a job. So, how do you do that? On most placement portals, you can do so by:

1) Keeping your resume updated
2) Updating your notice period
3) Verifying your contact details
4) Regularly applying to new jobs

8. Prepare for Virtual Interviews

Many companies are using online interviews to screen and hire candidates to limit the spread of COVID-19. This means that as candidates you’ve to prepare for online job interviews to stay relevant. Some of the common forms of remote interviews include a telephonic interview, skype interview and video interview among others. So, it’s important that you start preparing for the virtual interviews.

9. Find a Temporary or part-time job

   It may take time to get a job as per your expectation. To keep searching and to survive you need to find a temporary job. Don't think about its financial or social benefits, just engage and get experience even it is not your job. You can see it will sharpen your objectives and give you more confidence. 

10. Understand the Industry you are searching in

    It is very important to study, analyse, research and understand the industry or business that you are looking for. It will help you on the interview time to perform well. Most of the time recruiters will ask about the domain knowledge of the candidate apart from the technology or educational ranking. So understanding the industry candidates can take necessary preparations and precautions.    

 Author:

   Noosath M
   Content Writer
   Cybogix  Solutions 
   (group Company Sinet Educational Services)      www.sinet.in