5 Tips That Can Help You Land a Job Before the End of Summer

5 Tips That Can Help You Land a Job Before the End of Summer5 Tips That Can Help You Land a Job Before the End of SummerEager to meet your goal of securing a great new fleck before autumn leaves start to fall? While theres never a guaranteed way to speed up a search and land a job, some actions can help move things along.We asked career experts for their thoughts on accelerating the process, and they had plenty to sayHere are some of their suggestions to land a job before the end of summerIncrease networking.Perhaps the number one tip in any season, strengthening connections and developing new ones often brings exciting opportunities out of the woodwork. Make the effort to go to a professional conference, drop a line to a former coworker, or chat with other parents registering their children for school.Today, right now, join your college and grad school alumni associations, and sign up for their end-of-summer networking party. Its a great way to immediately get yourself in front of p eople, says success strategist Carlota Zimmerman. If people can register electronically, thus allowing other guests to see whos coming, keep an eye on that. Google those people. Do you have business cards? This would be an excellent time to get some basic cards, and think about what youre looking for.Pick up the phone.In our email and text environment, many job seekers fail to realize that hiring is a person-to-person activity, says Laura Handrick, career analyst at FitSmallBusiness.com. If you upload your resume, send an electronic cover letter, and follow up by email, youre missing the most powerful way to job hunt- by talking to a person.Why dont people commonly follow up by phone? Handrick notes that many fear rejection or think they shouldnt bother the hiring manager. But as she reasons, Its the hiring managers job to fill the position. If you feel you are the best fit, you will be doing that person a favor by calling to follow up after your email.Go beyond human resources.Tire d of being another resume in a pile? See if you can find someone to go to bat for you.Ask an employee at the company to refer you for a job. Employee referrals are more likely to get hired than cold applicants, so find a contact at the company who can make an introduction, says Susan Weil, cofounder of the career advisory firm Weil Wein. Write a brief paragraph that your contact can use to make an introduction to the hiring manager for a specific position and include a link to the position description and your resume.This makes it easy for your contact to forward your email to a key contact at his/her company.Contact recruiters.You needing a job + Recruiters having jobs to fill = Potential for mutual satisfaction.Get recruiters working for you- there are recruiters at all levels and in all industries. Make sure they have your resume and know youre on the market. They need to fill positions fast and with quality talent, says certified master coach Adriana Llames of XecuCoach.Beat th e rush.Finally, remember the old saying of the early bird getting the worm.As noted by Elizabeth Webster Felix, principal/team leader at the talent acquisition agency WinterWyman, Many candidates will say I am going to take the summer off of the job search. But the amount of candidates that hold off on their search due to vacations, nice weather, etc. results in a flood of candidates that are aggressively searching after Labor Day. This means more competition. If you can be flexible (about availability to interview and to start) and maintain your searchduring the summer, you will have an edge over the fall job seekers.Browse Open Flexible Jobs