how to get a job quickly in this video i'm going to share some actions you'll want to take if
you need to get a job fast asap tomorrow or in the next few days this is for anyone thinking
i need a job now please help me job search tips job hunting tips will also be included
as well as some realistic tips that you can take to find a job without applying there are also some
really important things that you need to be aware of if you're in a situation where you need to find
a new job fast so do stick around to the end so that you go away with all the tools that you need
to get hired fast without wasting your time i'm Amri Celeste an interview coach and hr recruitment
specialist and i make videos to help those looking for work to get hired so do subscribe if you're
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tip one the first tip is highly targeted search terms and i'll just show you what i
mean i'm going to use indeed there are many other major job boards in the uk but indeed
is a global job board it's in over 60 countries so because it's so popular i think it would be
helpful to a wider range of people plus what i'm about to share works on any job board so
once you know it on indeed you can use it on any job board or search engine so what you do is you
go to indeed and in the what section just type in so we'll start with immediate start and for
the location we'll use the biggest city so we'll go with london and then select find jobs now one
of the things that you'll notice straight away is that you'll see variations of your search
terms so things like urgently needed you might see you know start this week asap start and
what you want to do is open a document and note down these terms so i'm using google docs
so we'll just note down immediate start and some other terms are things like start monday
start this week start tomorrow uh yes asap start was one i mentioned
urgently needed and immediate requirement let's go with those to start off with now once you've done
this save it somewhere where it's easy to find like your desktop so the reason for doing this
is it opens up another set of job results every time you use a new search so let's say that i now
go and search the term urgently needed that was one one of the other ones on the list so let's
go with urgently needed so the jobs are varied and in different industries but it brings up a whole
new set of jobs so each time you do this you're kind of doubling the options that you have and it
increases the chances of you finding something quickly so one last tip with the job search
is narrowing down so let's say i have a bit of experience in customer service so i might search
customer service customer service and then immediate start just go back to immediate start so
you'll notice that the search results will still bring up jobs that say things like urgently needed
they're all jobs where you they want someone to start very soon but they're highly specific to
customer service and you can narrow this down even further and put in your location so let's
say something like west london um and find jobs and again you're now seeing jobs come up in west
london so you can get really specific with this now there are literally over 100 search terms
you can use for immediate or quick start jobs if you use the ones that i've given you in this video
to start off with you won't really need to sit around and think about what search terms you might
need to do because the other search terms will literally just come up in the adverts that you're
searching for and if you're spending something like 20 minutes 30 40 minutes a day on this then
your chances of getting hired fast go through the roof if you need to start tomorrow or in the
next few days then you'll want to put all your emphasis into targeting jobs with those search
terms like immediate start or start tomorrow if you want to know more about how to get the best
out of indeed i have a video where i've compared indeed to glassdoor and done a comparison on which
is best for job seekers so i highly recommend that video if you're job hunting or interviewing
and it includes job search tips salary comparisons and reviews if you're getting value from this
video do click like it makes a huge difference and allows this video to show up for more people
that need work immediately what to avoid so i need to make you aware of the pitfalls of searching
for these types of jobs so that you don't waste massive amounts of time and in some cases money
searching for things that don't pan out there are unfortunately some bad actors who target
people who need a job fast because they know that your primary goal is work and therefore sometimes
you might not go through checks and balances that you might go through were you not in a situation
where you needed to get a job quickly so there are four things to look out for the first are
jobs that ask you for money so this sounds really obvious but the scammers are getting more and more
advanced and they have clever ways of tricking people into thinking that jobs are legitimate so
if any job asks you for money just walk away sometimes they'll use jobs where you might
normally pay for something so for example security warehouse or like forklift truck driving there are
some jobs where you need a license to do it and you might normally pay to renew that license in
order to do the job so they might use that to solicit money it doesn't mean that all of these
jobs are not legitimate but just do a quick google search to make sure that the company's legitimate
and there aren't loads of bad reviews and you can also look out for things like misspellings
jobs that seem too good to be true ones where they pay over the odds or where they don't clearly
explain what the job is second thing is where the job itself is legitimate but it's misrepresented
in the advert so you don't really know what the job is when you're going for the interview sounds
a bit silly but these companies have really clever ways of crafting these adverts to get people in
the door so they might say something like sales marketing business entrepreneur customer service
or no experience so it's a huge wide range of skills that would appeal to almost anyone and
then it will literally talk about soft skills or pie in the sky stuff like do you want to earn big
have you always known that you wanted to be a leader do you want to pick your own hours
and sometimes these jobs are things like street selling jobs where you're standing on the street
stopping people and getting them to sign up to a charity or a makeover day or some kind of service
and i want to be clear there's nothing wrong with these jobs i've done them myself years ago but
sometimes the adverts can be very misleading and they target people that need to get hired fast
because they're willing to go for anything or they target people that are younger hoping that the
younger people will be less experienced at looking at these types of adverts so they'll have things
like no experience required or become a manager in eight weeks or something and sometimes these
jobs are commission only which is the third thing to look out for so this means that you don't get
paid a salary for the hours that you work you only get paid when you sign someone up or make a sale
and often these products or services are really difficult to sell so if you think
about the amount of times that you've avoided someone that has tried to stop you in the street
then that's the type of thing that you might be doing and sometimes they don't just close up front
that is commission only so if you're looking for paid employment where you get paid for the hours
that you work not for the sales that you make or the people that you sign up then you'll just
want to look out for this you can earn money from commission only jobs but if you need money from
employment fast i would target jobs that pay you for the hours that you work fourth thing to avoid
is self-employed opportunities now i want to be clear that being self-employed is fine but this
video is for people looking for paid employment and sometimes on job boards adverts can look like
they're paid employment but actually they're self-employed opportunities so the ad might
say something like be your own boss make 100k in year one pick your own hours and you apply for the
job thinking that it is a paid employment job you end up on the phone with a persuasive salesperson
who positions that opportunity as better for you than paid employment when really you just wanted a
job to start as soon as possible tip two so the second tip to find a new job fast and this one
is without applying is agencies so you want to target temporary agencies and temp agency jobs
however there are different types of temp agencies you don't want to waste your time with the wrong
one if you want to get hired quickly but if you do consider agencies sometimes you can just give
them a call instead of going through an online application process and they will sometimes do a
lot of the searching and the work for you or they may even have jobs ready so how do you know which
ones well one way is again a targeted search so i'll show you a quick example on google i am going
to go for a different job so we'll do a warehouse operative job so we'll search warehouse operative
whoops warehouse operative we'll put in temp agency immediate start
so we'll get really specific straight off the bat here and you'll see agencies pop
up straight away in the first few results that specialize in temporary roles which tend to have
a quicker start so temporary staff specialists you've got an app here and one of the other things
is just going back to my point about the job boards some of the agencies on there are ones to
note down so we can see here warehouse operatives they may deal with temporary roles and you just
scroll down and you'll see a few agencies as you go down and you just make a note of them
and then you do that for each of your search terms make a note of the names of those agencies
so that you don't forget them as you might be doing multiple searches and let's say you said
right i'm going to call four of those agencies and when you call just clarify your situation up front
and ask them if they tend to have immediate start jobs on their books because some will say
oh we do occasionally get temp jobs and sometimes they will want people to start in a week or two
if you need immediate work that's not what you want so you want agencies where they regularly
have quick work and i remember years ago there being agencies and i'm sure a ton of them
still do this where and they have a side of the business that deals with temporary work and if
you're looking for urgent work you can go into their offices for something like 6am 8am on call
ready to work and they have hundreds of employers on their books and there's always someone calling
in sick or quitting and they need immediate cover and what these agencies will do is they
will prioritize people that have got dressed and are sitting waiting for work in their offices so
if you've registered with them and they may still contact you but they will prioritize people who
are waiting in their offices ready to go to work and this vastly increases your chances of getting
hired fast now i appreciate on the tail end of covid many agencies won't be doing this they won't
be asking you to come in and register in person and i don't want you to put yourself in harm's way
but many of them are now operating this service by phone i think it was called an on-call candidate
service but if you do speak to an agency that does this service they are the ones to register with
because they likely have a high volume of jobs and high availability of temp agency jobs coming in
and sometimes these jobs can turn into permanent jobs if of course you like them and they like you
tip three now tip three is networking now this is great if you have people in your network that can
help you get a job quickly or you can put out a notice on social media or linkedin and i've seen
this work it definitely works however i am aware that not everyone is comfortable asking their
network or even letting their network know that they are unemployed or need a job fast so that's
why i focus this video or at least the first two tips mainly on strategies that are more discreet
they're between you and the employer or you and the agency and they're ways that i've tried myself
in the past and was successfully able to find a job fast and also in some cases using an agency
is less effort for higher gain because when you do find a good agency they will find the jobs for you
and you don't then necessarily need to go out and find the jobs yourself passing an interview for an
immediate start job in most cases immediate start jobs either don't have an interview you go in and
start or they have a one-stage interview which means that you just go to one interview and it's
normally quite short but sometimes the one stage interview might be a full interview so a longer
interview that might be something like an hour or two and if this is the case then you want to make
sure that you prepare for that interview so that you don't waste your time going through that only
to not get hired in the end you can check out my interview prep checklist video which tells you
what to do how to prepare in the most effective way so i will link that in the description box
below this video but there's three things that i didn't include in that video that i'll share with
you the first thing is that if you need to find a job quickly you might be experiencing a lot of
stress and anxiety and that's totally normal and to be expected and trust me you're not feeling
that alone however even though stress or any negative emotion like frustration is a totally
normal emotional response it doesn't actually help you find something faster or secure a job
but it does make the experience more negative and when it's a severe negative emotion it can
prevent you from doing even something like looking for a job so three quick tips on this one is to
speak to someone so if you have friends or family you can speak to you that can be really helpful
or if you don't want to share with someone that you know then you can seek help so maybe through
your doctor or in the uk i know we have helplines for example on mind.org there are a range of
charitable listening services i'm not affiliated with them in any way but it does seem like a very
helpful service second thing is if you do any kind of meditation i highly recommend this before your
interview if you do this already then you know the benefits i won't need to go through that and if
you don't then you can look that up i am thinking of starting a small meditation group so if you're
interested in meditating with me then let me know there's a link in the description box below this
video where you can register your interest and let me know if you don't meditate then i highly
recommend some simple two-minute deep breathing exercises before you go to your interview to help
you project calm and confidence and steady your mood a little bit before you go it sounds overly
simple but don't discount how much of an impact simple deep breathing exercises can make sometimes
without knowing you can project what you're feeling during your interview so even though you
might need to find a job quickly you still want to put forward the best side of yourself third
quick tip to manage your mood before an interview is to avoid food or drink that spikes your mood or
energy up quickly and then crashes and this will be different for everyone i'm not a dietitian
but there are some common culprits to avoid so try to have fruit or a healthy breakfast and
also drink lots of water this actually helps with your memory and remembering what you plan to say
but it also keeps you hydrated along with hundreds of other benefits the tips that i've shared so far
in this video have helped me numerous times over the last 20 years when i've been thinking about
how to get a job quickly and i'm positive that they will help you too if anything does help you
then just leave a comment below and let me know especially if there was a key takeaway
or something specific that helped you to get results immediate start jobs quick bonus tip
to add to your list of search terms are specific job titles i'm going to share 20 top jobs that are
commonly associated with getting hired quickly so any jobs that appeal to you just add them
to the list that i mentioned earlier in the video to really widen the net in terms of opportunities
so jobs like leaflet distribution warehouse operatives customer service cleaning positions
event assistance and these would normally be short large term events where they need lots
of people such as stadiums and promotional events call center positions sales assistance night shift
roles telephone fundraising this isn't strictly sales but it is a targeted role where you need to
sign up a certain number of people per shift you can also have telephone market research which is
also entry level but is less targeted and salesy as telephone fundraising this job might also go by
the title telephone interviewer courier delivery drivers if you have a license data entry audio
typing but you would normally need a very fast typing speed to do this so if you're interested
in this it's worth doing a search on google for an online typing test to test your typing speed
kitchen assistant entry level catering jobs waiter or waitress laborers driver and this can be for
delivery or collection of almost any item or packages or shopping bartender and a couple more
bricklayers and care workers can also fit into this category i have been in a position where i
really needed work and i know what that's like so i really do wish you the very best of luck feel
free to keep me updated in the comments on how your job search is going i try to be super active
and check my comments regularly and if you need help with something specific that i i didn't cover
or i haven't mentioned in this video then let me know in the comments as well thank you so much
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