Getting a New Job

During these recession times, if somebody holds a job (even low paying!), it is great! The present time is quite different from previous boom-bust periods. The remarkable characteristic of the present times is job scarcity. If there are no jobs in the market, then as an employee how can you apply for a new job? At the same time, the market has not promised you that there will be a galore of jobs everywhere and every time whenever you need one! Right?

Getting a new job is quite difficult these days. The first difficult thing is to identify a genuine vacancy. Since it has become a fashion nowadays for companies to give recruitment ads just for the sake of publicity and not for real recruitment purpose, it is becoming quite difficult for the jobseeker to identify the real recruitment job ad from the fake one.

After identifying the genuine job ad, the next step lies in applying for the same. Since we are all reeling under recession times, you are not expected to demand high salary but to accept what the company considers and offers as part of their policies. The offered salary may be low compared to what you had got in your previous employment, but still if you want a job in these troubled times, don't hesitate but go for it.

The third step lies in adapting to the new situations and demands; this again is really a testing point. To overcome this obstacle, you need to be flexible in your mindset.

In summary, to survive in these recession times, you need to be flexible in your salary, relocation, and work stress demands.

This is the time to be flexible but not to flex your muscles!