How To Find a Job Before The Job Description is Written

- Jim Stroud

One sure way to get a jump on your job hunting competitors is to apply for work before the job description is even written.  How does one do that? Simple. Look for news stories that feature companies that are planning to make massive hires! More than likely if a company is going to hire hundreds of people at a time, they are not going to post those hundreds of jobs on job boards at once (especially in this economy).
What then? Network with people who work at those companies and send in your resume ahead of time to Recruiters. In this way, you get to be among the first in line.
Food for thought, check out the news stories below:
100+ Jobs pending in Cary, North Carolina

• To support its new $500 million, 5-year strategic engagement with Merck & Co., IT-services firm HCL Americas will be adding at least 100 new positions at its services-delivery center in Cary, North Carolina.

500+ Jobs pending in Dallas, TX

• A Dallas-based company owned by Xerox will open a call center in Oklahoma City and hire 500 people. Affiliated Computer Services will open the call center in December.

20+ Jobs pending in Saginaw, MI

• Saginaw-based ambulance company expansion to bring 20 new jobs

100+ Jobs pending in Orlando, FL

• Lockheed Martin Corp. wants to spend $2.4 million to renovate and equip a 64,000-square-foot industrial building in the city of West Melbourne and create 100 jobs.

240+ Jobs pending in VA

• Pulaski Co., VA – New jobs are coming to Pulaski County. Governor McDonnell has announced that Phoenex Packaging Operations is investing more than $20 million to open an operation in the county. The project will create more than 240 jobs.

Jobs pending in Costa Mesa, CA

• Costa Mesa CA, May 7, 2010 — UNITED ERRANDS EXPRESS is the world’s premier Open Online Market Place for 24/7 On Call Concierge Services and we are hiring.

80 Jobs pending in CA

• The Rancho Las Palmas in Rancho Mirage is hiring 80 people in anticipation of a very busy summer.

600 Jobs pending in Ohio

• When fully staffed, the Clayton Distribution Center could employ up to 600 people, depending on market demand.

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