Saturday, 12 November 2011

How to Find Entry-level Resumes in the York Region

In these more difficult times it is not too difficult to find entry level resumes from job seekers, but finding resumes from the more elusive groups of job seekers is a little more taxing. So if you are seeking entry level resumes from disabled people seeking work in the York region of Canada you need to be knowledgeable in your resume search.

A good place to start is to go where the disabled job searcher will be looking. So you might find resumes on a major online resume collection point like one of the large international job seeking web sites. The problem with this is that you will also be paying top dollar for what could only be speculative resumes. There is no doubt though that you will be in receipt of a considerable number of online resumes that you can work with, contacting the resume owners to discuss their career ideals and abilities.

A much better idea is to be focused. Try placing an advert for a specific career opportunity that you currently have on your books. If you use a general job such as an administrator and are not too specific about the job requirements. You can also add the line “we have many roles just like this available” to the advert. This will bring in many online resumes for not only the job that you are advertising but others that you also have on your books. This is a very cost effective way to advertise several career opportunities at the same time.

A second way to find resumes is to hold or attend a major career fair. This can be used to show case the abilities and experience of your career company as well as find potential resumes for current and future job placement. A well attended job fair that is targeted to your market area can play dividends in the future, both establishing your company as a “player” in the market and putting you in front of many job seekers at once.

Another effective method is to visit forums, social networking sites; clubs and agencies where the disabled young and less experienced congregate. You can place focussed online adverts with a view to obtaining entry level resumes from disabled job seekers in the York, Canada area. You should make online resume searching part of your marketing strategy. The results will build as you become more established. The benefits of this kind of marketing are that you are putting your name in front of current AND future job seekers.

One of your core marketing requirements will obviously be a web site. If you make it possible to submit online resumes for open and future job opportunities, this will also garner a number of potential resumes.

Finding quality entry level resumes for a specific geographic area is difficult and it is too easy to be swamped with substandard, speculative online resumes that you cannot use, so job fairs are definitely the best option. However it is important to have a rounded marketing strategy so it is important to use other methods in your resume search.