Getting A Job In The Summer

By Harold Spencer

For the average adult, summer is generally considered to be the worst time to go on a job hunt. Between college students and high school students eating up the market, vacations, lagging budgets, etc. hiring would seem to lag during the summer making it a bad time to conduct a job search. Au contraire – if you read on, you just might find a job in the summer. This is only an abridged list of tips for the summertime job seeker, but these tips can all be put to good use with little difficulty.

Spiff up your telephone skills. With people on vacation, you will be receiving more voice mail messages than usual as you try to reach people in your job search network. Always make calls with a notepad or organizer nearby and take note of when your contacts will be back in the office. One nifty technique you can employ would be to schedule your emails and phone calls one day and two days respectively AFTER the person returns from vacation.

Make sure you leave a clear, informative voice mail. Make sure you state your name twice, your telephone number twice, and your message once. Make sure you do not forget to leave a call back time. What follows is the recipe for successful voice mails, replete with all the ingredients.

“Good (morning/afternoon), my name is (state your full name). My number is (state your number). This call is regarding (state your reason). You can call me back at (state the time). Again, my name is (repeat your name) and you can reach me at (repeat your number). Thank you/Have a blessed day/Best regards.”

When giving out your telephone number, do not forget to include your area code. Many times, people cannot return calls because they are not sure where the caller is calling from. It is also helpful to give your time zone, as the recipient of the message might just call you at, say, 9 AM Eastern time which is 6 AM in Pacific time (assuming you are located in California or other Pacific states) as you are still trying to sleep in! Particularly if you are not a native English speaker, enunciate your words clearly, and speak at a moderate pace. Spell out your name if it is unique, unusual or uncommon. It would be better if you have an alternate contact number, and if you do, you want to repeat both numbers twice.

There is a plethora of social activities you can participate in while you search for a job in the summertime. Word of mouth often fills many a vacancy. Your job search could gain in efficacy if you are proactive and willing to meet as many new people as possible. Remember that summertime is the time for family reunions, charity events, ballet or piano recitals, sporting events, etc. If you have an opportunity to be in a gathering with a lot of people you know not from Adam, then that is okay – in fact, it would be the best possible scenario as people outside of your network help you expand it and usually can be of help in the job search.

Volunteer in the summertime. There is a grab-bag of volunteer work opportunities in the summer month. Volunteering is not just a great way to widen your network and gain more contacts for your search, but it can also fortify your reputation as an “all-around good person.” Looking for a job, especially for those who have been engaged in long searches (more than 3 months) is emotionally exhausting. Volunteering is a profound experience that gives you that copacetic feeling knowing that you are doing something to help somebody.

Be persistent. As we mentioned, many job hunters tend to avoid searching for work in the summer, so you have everything to gain from a watered-down competition. With your burgeoning efforts and the dearth in competition, your chances of getting a job should more than slightly improve.

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