JOB HUNTING FOR THE HOLIDAYS  

Category: Practice Management

DURING the holiday season, most job hunters are under the mistaken notion that companies do not fill new positions, other  than seasonal workers, from late November through early January. The truth, however, is that job hunting is often at its  finest, with increased opportunities for power networking and a unique avenue for securing a place at the top of a company's "call list."

As companies realize underutilized personnel budgets that if left unfilled will be lost, and as holiday gatherings situate  job hunters with the very people who can best assist them, the holiday season can bring into focus a job candidate's opportunities like no other time of the year.

The fact that so many other potential candidates are putting their job hunting efforts aside during the holidays creates another advantage for the smart job hunter: it clears the way for even greater opportunity wit...