When the jobs are hidden
To get a job, you have to find the openings that no one's advertising, and really impress your potential employer. This is an interview I did with Jia Lynn Yang, writer-reporter from FORTUNE Magazine. There is more available on the Fortune site.
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- David Perry, a longtime headhunter, says you're
wasting your time if you're looking for job postings online. And he
should know: he's often the guy on the other side helping companies
lure new talent. Perry, who's based in Ottawa, says that in the last 22
years he has accomplished 996 searches totaling $172 million in salary.
And the bottom line in today's economy, he says, is you have to tap the
"hidden job market."
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