"I've literally never had to look for a job - until now. I didn't know where to begin. You took an otherwise intimidating experience and showed me that it didn't need to be. Your professionalism and follow through are to be commended. You've opened my eyes to career options I didn't know existed."
Barbara Koon,
Operations Manager
Food Merchandising Service

Be a Detective to Find Special Job Opportunities

First of all, what are "special opportunities?"

Basically, any change event that occurs within an organization creates potential special opportunities. These changes can include mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, expansions, contractions, opening new offices or closing old offices. Even bankruptcies can create opportunities for those who specialize in such situations. Smaller changes such as someone's resignation or promotion within an organization can similarly create new job opportunities.

Being alert to such changes occurring within area employers is the key to tapping such special opportunities for your job search. To do so, you must become an avid reader of local business news on a daily basis.

Do some digging and you'll uncover some special job opportunities worth pursuing.

Often, in your newspapers' business section, you'll find features on local employers that can tip you off to a potential opportunity. Online business news sources are another good source of potential special opportunities. In addition, most business sections announce promotions of managers and executives. If you notice that someone has been promoted from a position you'd like to have, but no replacement is announced, you may want to contact the promoted individual.

You can offer your congratulations on their good fortune while at the same time inquiring about opportunities for you within his or her organization. Professional, trade or industry publications can provide similar leads. But you've got to read them with more than casual interest. Become a detective. Make a game out of it if it helps.

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