CHICAGO (CBS)-with so many people looking for work, it may seem impossible to even set apart from the rest.
But according to Chicago's Challenger, Gray & Christmas, there are ways to do it. job search advice, the company offers free of charge to anyone who has should therefor, reports CBS 2′ s Mai Martinez.
As soon as the phone lines open on Monday morning, people started looking for a leg on the labour market call. Perry Ditore was just one of the coaches job to try to get them on the right track.
He says many are surprised at how much of the labour market has changed, and how the old fashioned face-to-face networking has been the best way to find out what is really like.
"If they spend 90 percent of their time network, i.e., where the" hidden "labour market is," said Ditore. "This is where 80 percent of the jobs are."
The Internet's also not the job source it used to be.
"Unless you are a perfect fit to an online job description, something that is out there on the Internet, you just come in as the pool of a million people. It is crazy, "said another job search coach, Maralyn Meshenberg.
Job coaches are saying in this tough market to know yourself and what you have to offer is the key to getting recruited.
"You have to be able to tell them what you bring to the table," said Meshenberg.
The coaches say the easiest way to do is identify your strengths and skills and then figure out who is transferred to the job you are looking for, and — more importantly — how they can help your potential employer. Practice, says it high for 30 seconds or less.
"You are placing on the market itself, absolutely," said Ditore. "So what your brand look like?"
This is the 25th year of Challenger, Gray and Christmas have offered free job search advice.? Telephone lines will be open again on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The number is (312) 422-5010.
New this year is nearing the dedicated lines for military personnel for veterans, reservists and the service men and women, their service period.
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