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- WHO ARE EMPLOYERS HIRING?
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- Employers are typically scared of hiring someone about whom they
- have little knowledge. They wonder if the applicant has the skills
- to perform the job, whether he or she is dependable and honest, and
- will the applicant fit in. In essence, employers fear making a
- hiring mistake. Employers are always happier to hire someone that
- is recommended by an acquaintance or employee who can help assure
- them that they will not be making a mistake. Employers also know
- that, statistically, applicants that have been recommended make
- better employees and stay longer with the company. The person
- making the recommendation becomes a vital link in explaining the
- work environment to the candidate, and providing information to the
- employer about the candidate.
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- The easiest and most obvious job search methods, reading the want
- ads or walking into employment agencies, are the least likely to
- bring an unemployed person into contact with the most desirable job
- openings. This is especially true for those easy-to-fill
- semiskilled and blue-collar positions. This is because the typical
- employer first considers promotion from within the company or from
- those recommended by employees and then from those who contact the
- employer on their own initiative.
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- The job market actually consists of two job markets - the
- Traditional Market (want ads, placement agencies, and employment
- departments) and the Informal Market (jobs that are not formally
- made known to the public). For example, every day there are
- approximately 300,000 available job positions in California, of
- which only 70,000 (24%) are available through the traditional
- market. The job market can be broken down as follows with the
- percentage of jobs obtained from each source:
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- JOB SOURCES: PERCENTAGE TYPE
- Friends/ relatives/ acquaintances/
- professors/ informational interviews 34% Informal
- Direct approach to employers 30% Informal
- Answered ads 14% Traditional
- Private agencies 5% Traditional
- State agencies 5% Traditional
- School placement service 3% If graduate
- Civil service 1% Traditional
- Union hall 1% If member
- Others 5%
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