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Trying to Find a Job? Here’s Where You Should Be Looking

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If you are on the lookout for a job, either to change the course which your career has taken, or because you are currently without work, it is important that you are looking in the right places. Many people waste a lot of time and effort when looking for a job, because they do not cast their net wide enough. The global economy has had a tough decade and in many places the effects are still being felt which has lead to a highly competitive jobs market. With this in mind, it is crucial that you are doing all that you can to find the jobs which fit your criteria. Getting a job may be challenging but finding the right job in the first place is half the battle.

Online Sites

Online jobs pages are almost like aggregators, only with a bias, these sites work with various industries and sectors to offer a wide range of job. These pages will sometimes have the same jobs across multiple sites, but very often you will find different jobs on different pages so it makes sense to check each one out. On top of the aggregators, you should also look into specialised websites pertaining to your industry. If you work in the medical profession, you can find internal pages which look only at that field, if you’re a law professional then you can use a legal recruitment agency online to find the best legal jobs. As aforementioned, the key is to spread your search wide and far, and this is what you should do online.

Cold Calling Favourites

If you already know what job you would like to do, then it is time to start finding companies within your reach, that may be on the lookout for a new employee. Cold calling may see you get many rejections, but at the same time there is always a chance to get lucky, as well as the potential of a manager finding your confidence and resourcefulness to be an endearing quality. There is nothing to lose with this method of job hunting and you may very well find the exact job which you were looking for.

Freelance

The traditional idea of what a job is has changed, and is changing dramatically which is great news for anyone looking to start earning elsewhere. Regardless of what skill or speciality you have, you can earn money straight from your computer with a wide range of freelance jobs. On websites such as Upwork you can find a vast range of job offers depending on your skills, and you may find that you can turn your freelance role into a full time job. Try to get away from the status quo, whether you have great secretarial skills or you are a qualified doctor, there is more than enough work for you to find on the web, the key is to keep applying for jobs, and when you get them, make sure that you deliver.

 

Best jobs for living the life of a nomad

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We’ve all heard of people travelling around from year to year, never having a ‘real job’, but still managing to live, travel, drink, and enjoy life more than most other people. How do they they do it? Options are actually sort of limitless, the most obvious one being, of course, could be simply blogging about your travels and earning through your website. But that’s just one idea with its own cons.

Here are a few options for you if you’re considering living nomadic lifestyle, and travel the world, but don’t really know where you should start.

Writer, editor, or translator
Being a writer, editor, or translator, if you find a company that allows it, or if you become a freelancer/small private company owner offering your services to clients directly, that might be one of the best options, as you can really work from anywhere as long a you have access to internet.

Freelance programmer, designer
Exactly the same applies here, even though it really depends on what sort of projects you are capable of working on. Bigger projects usually require the entire team to be on-site somewhere together because of security issues and everything else (even though, let’s be honest, these days it shouldn’t really matter anymore where you are, security systems and team work CMS’s have evolved a lot). If you’re creating small websites to private clients, perfect.

Poker player, sports trader
If you have educated yourself in poker maths, statistics, and/or basics of sports trading, and you are able to actually be a winner player/trader, being a nomad poker player or betting professional, playing at CasinoUK.com or any other site, it could be a good job for you. Keep in mind though that gambling laws vary in different countries and as such, in some countries playing online might be problematic.

Become a blogger
As I mentioned in the beginning, if you are able to make it, becoming a travel blogger in order to travel, or travel in order to become a travel blogger, sounds like the best option of all. However, compared to previous options, it might not be as simple as it might sound. As, even though you might be able to forget some of the elements, you usually need to be able to write well, edit your own articles, create your blog, update your blog, take good photographs (getting them from google is boooring), promote your blog, learn how to monetize your blog, monetize your blog. Well, these are just a few things you should know about, or get to know about in order to make real money with your blog.

The main thing is that you need to think about jobs that don’t necessarily require being anywhere specific, at least not for a long time. And when you think about it like that, the options are really endless. Just one thing – it might be that you can’t find the job but instead choose to create it for yourself.

All in one, let’s be honest nobody’s goal in life is becoming a nomad just for the sake of it. It’s about what it represents – independence and freedom. It represents endless new experiences all year round. It means making new connections all the time, searching, and finding new opportunities. Obviously, nomad lifestyle also has its dark sides, but I’ll leave that for next time.