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My Job Search Experience
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In September 2009, I was laid off for the first time in my career. I was given a 60-day notice by my previous company. So I had about 2 months to find a new job before officially becoming unemployed. But luckily enough, I was able to land a new job within two months. So today, I would like to share that intensive job search experience with you in my report.

Also as you already know, the financial crisis and recession began in 2008, by the time I was laid off, the job market was at its worst. There were not many job openings. Of course, I was afraid that I couldn't get a job. So after taking a few days off, I immediately started to look for a job. I quickly updated my old resume and send it out to any job openings which have my skills listed in the job description. Although I was able to get many interviews in the first month, none of them resulted in a job offer. So I decided to take a pause and think about what went wrong. After reviewing my job search campaign in the past month, I decided to make changes in three areas.

The first area was that I needed to narrow my search scope. I had been working in America for 15 years up to that point and I had learned many skills over time and worked in several different fields. But in reality, I am only very good at a couple of skills. For other skills which I am not very good at, it is almost impossible for me to do well during the interview. Also, there were many experienced people looking for a job, so a company can easily find a perfect match for an opening. So I decided to focus my job search only on one field which I am very good at and I like the most so that I can use my limited time and energy more efficiently.
The second area was that I needed to polish my resume. After one month's job search, I noticed that most of jobs were posted by human resource departments or recruiters, not by hiring managers. But these people by no means can have in-depth knowledge of the jobs they

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