Looking for work – eighteen alternative ways

1. Self – inventory of the transferable skills and interests
2. The Internet
3. Networking
4. School (ask a teacher for job leads)
5. The Feds (www.careeronesop.org)
6. In your state go to private employment agencies
7. Civil service (take a civil service exam to compete for a government job)
http://federaljobs.net/exams.htm
8. News papers (see http://tinyurl.com/d5818z or www.newslink.org )
9. Journals ( http://tinyurl.com/dlfsdz )
10. Temp Agencies ( http://tinyurl.com/dxrdjy )
11. Pickups (go to place where employers pick up workers
12. Job Clubs ( http://tinyurl.com/7a9xbb )
13. Resumes (mail out resumes blindly to anyone and everyone, blanketing the area)
14. Choose Places that interest you (knock on doors of any employer, factory, store, organization, or a office that interests you, whether they are known to have a vacancy or not.
15. The Phone Book
16. Volunteering ( www.volunteermatch.org www.networkforgood.org/volunteer )
17. Work for yourself (http://tinyurl.com/yqt7pc )
18. Retraining (go back to school)