Question

List four sources you can use to locate job leads

Answer 1

Take a notepad, and write down all the work that you can do that will pay you — this will be your skillset.

Pick out keywords from them. Say “writing" or “coding" “Agile" or “mathematics”. Highlight them in your profile.

Make a list of all the jobs you can do with your above skillset. This you can use the help of job portals. Now, look out for companies that hire for such jobs, and start your search.

While a personalized resume for every job is necessary, your generalized profile on professional networking sites such as LinkedIn or job portal sites such as Naukri needs to be updated accordingly.

Most important — tell everyone you know that you are actively seeking a job, and what type of job you want, along with your skill set. Post it on social media, job sites, etc; you will never know who will help you. People in jobs get notifications about opportunities quite a lot, and if you made it known that you are looking for one, they will let you know.

Keep searching. All my jobs, I got it because I never stopped searching. I search for openings, find the contact details of the company, get in touch with them, and most importantly, I keep on bugging them till I get a satisfactory response from them. For my current job, I called HR every day until they scheduled an interview.

Keep upskilling yourself. Education is never over with your college. There are so many skills that you should equip yourself with, and there are so many tutorials available online and offline for them, like Coursera, Udemy, EdX, etc. Utilize them, sometimes they have free content as well.