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Good Luck: Don’t discount the luck factor. Recall our saying that finding a job is a game of numbers. Sometimes that works for you – you find yourself in the right place at the right time for reasons which you may find incomprehensible. Sometimes you will miss being in the right place at the right time – the opportunity may have been filled one day before your call – also for reasons which may be incomprehensible.

The idea, of course, is to be in the right place at the right time – and that’s where the game of numbers takes place. You may find yourself creating three (or more) lists. Your first list may show actual openings that existed at the time they were first published.

Your second list, from the Hidden Job Market, will present those employers who, in our judgment are Most Likely to present your best chances-jobs that will be available in the near term.

Your third list would represent the remainder of employers who, in the not too distant future would be hiring those with your qualifications. This part of your selection is the most difficult to accurately identify. It is newly created every day because people, Quit, Die, Retire or are Fired.

Take heart in the idea that less than half of key people stay put on the same job during a given year. Dun and Bradstreet reported years ago (and it remains close to the same every year) that out of a thousand key people in industry, “365 people replace those who quit, die, retired or are fired / 149 shift to different locations with the same company and 65 change titles. This leaves only 460 out of 1000 at the same job during any given year.”

We look forward to hearing from you.

??Should I include this?? CLICK HERE Link “X” Codifying Your Information The USA Department of Labor codification includes the following: SIC refers to Standard Industrial Classifications NAICS refers to the North American Industry Classification System DOT refers to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles SOC refers to the Standard Occupational Classification These have been developed over a long period of time and have been very useful in the study of and subsequent allocation or use of human and other assets. In war or peace the information has been useful in economic planning. Our application and use of some of these statistics facilitates an ability to provide a studied and scientific opinion about events within the codification(s), particularly regarding the probability of future events such as hiring of personnel. Here is an example. Presume you are an engineer and you are hunting for a new challenge: A. You enter “Engineer” as a job title – Or, you use the SOC “tree” and select Architecture and Engineering occupations - #17 B. You are asked what kind of engineering job you are seeking, such as 17201 = aerospace engineer 17202 = agricultural engineer 17203 = biomedical engineer etc. (please note that the above are 5 digit descriptors C. Additional options are provided, such as 172071 = electrical engineer (notice the 6th digit 1) 172072 = electronic engineer – except computer D You can then select the Industry classification preference using NAICS codes such as 335300 = electrical equipment 334400 = semiconductor and other electronics etc. When your qualifiers are sufficient you are asked to click the SEARCH button. Then, within seconds, your selected list of potential employers is on your screen, ready for downloading. The file will be in XL format.