Using Newspapers in Your Job Search

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Newspapers help with your local job search by focusing your search on your own city or province. Other types of job boards have thousands of jobs, but only a fraction of those are actually jobs in your area. Most of the classified advertisements found in newspapers will be local, allowing you to zero in on your perfect local job.

Don't limit your use of online newspapers to the classifieds section. Newspapers are also an excellent source of local labor market information & trends. The Business section may contain articles on local companies that you can research and contact. Look for companies that are entering new markets, announcing new products and services, hiring a new manager or buying large ads. They may need more people, even if they haven't announced or advertised their expanding needs.

Most business journals research and collect information on businesses in their area which are frequently published in "lists" that are useful in expanding your list of target companies.

An underutilized job search resource is the club and meetings section found in many newspapers. This section may list organizations and job search support groups useful in your networking activities.

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