Tips to Find Work in These Tough Economic Times

If you're struggling to find work in these tough economic times you might want to check you are doing everything possible to find work. Finding jobs in newspapers and job centres is just one avenue to check. But if you are applying for work without even getting to an interview you might want to rethink.

Is your CV really selling you and your best attributes? There is plenty of help available if you need help writing your CV. There are websites which offer to help you write a better CV but including plenty of free advice. There is a government website which helps with all aspects of CV writing. Also your local careers and colleges should offer advice and help with CV writing.

Once you have a decent CV it's a matter of getting it visible. Recruitment agencies are a great way of finding work as they do all the hard work for you. When you sign up with a recruitment agency you can sit back and let the jobs offers come to you. They will put you forward for jobs that they believe are suited to your experience, qualifications and needs. You will get paid via the agency and quite often you will get more money than those working for the same company.

Obviously this shouldn't be your only port of call when it comes to finding work. But if you sign up with a few agencies it won't be long before you get approached and offer a position. As well as joining agencies you should sign up for some of the professional network websites such as LinkedIn.

There are many online recruitment agencies and many specialise in a particular area of work. So if you are looking for work in the IT field your best bet is to look for an agency which specialises the IT field. Whatever your field of work is, you can be sure that there is a recruitment agency which has expertise in that field.

Employers tend to use these agencies when they want to find staff to cover holiday and sickness, tackle specific projects. Also many employers will use agency staff as a way of vetting potential staff. Many employers prefer to use agencies as it means they don't have to go through CVs and arrange interviews. The agencies do all the hard work and match potential candidates with relevant employers.