[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/job-searching-during-the-summer#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/job-searching-during-the-summer","headline":"Job Searching During The Summer \u2013 Don\u2019t Buy High and Sell Low","name":"Job Searching During The Summer \u2013 Don\u2019t Buy High and Sell Low","description":"When I recruited, I found my busiest months were often during the summer and holiday periods\u2014when most job seekers felt hiring activities slowed down during these times. In turn, job seekers curtailed job searching during the summer. On the contrary!\u00a0 Keep your job searching in high gear during the summer. Now if you need a…","datePublished":"2013-06-29","dateModified":"2014-11-14","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/author\/admin#Person","name":"Lisa Rangel","url":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/author\/admin","identifier":1,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d232d4d94c36a87067529574d8bf976cdcbe10988a09d79e9fbc2b75ce6cb95a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d232d4d94c36a87067529574d8bf976cdcbe10988a09d79e9fbc2b75ce6cb95a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Chameleon Resumes, LLC","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chameleon_FullColor-1.png","url":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chameleon_FullColor-1.png","width":1000,"height":442}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/98-summer-time-buy-sell-300x200.jpg","url":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/98-summer-time-buy-sell-300x200.jpg","height":"200","width":"300"},"url":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/job-searching-during-the-summer","about":["Blog","Job Search Planning"],"wordCount":589,"keywords":["Buy Low Sell High","Job Searching During The Summer Months","job searhcing during the summer","Peak Hiring Periods","Timing The Market","Wall Street Jobs","Wall Street Resumes"],"articleBody":"When I recruited, I found my busiest months were often during the summer and holiday periods\u2014when most job seekers felt hiring activities slowed down during these times. In turn, job seekers curtailed job searching during the summer. On the contrary!\u00a0 Keep your job searching in high gear during the summer. Now if you need a break, take that vacation you need to recharge your body and, ultimately your job search. But if you are in job search mode already, don\u2019t take your foot off the gas simply because the summer rolled around. I say kick it into gear for the following three reasons:(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Competition drops significantly since other job seekers think it is slow and stop looking. You are simply up against much less competition during the summer. Those job seekers who stop looking during the summer I feel may also abide by the \u201cbuy high, sell low\u201d mentality \u2013 they get in the market when everyone is in and get out when they think everyone is out. This herd mentality is bad for investing and bad for job searching. Go the contrarian route and job search during the summer.(2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The jobs open this time of year are really open! Why is that? Well, it is the summer\u2026hiring managers want to take it easy during the summer, often take a vacation, have their staffs take vacation\u2014they do not want to have to hire unless they really have to hire. If the hire could be put off until the fall, they would do so. Based on that fact then, if the job is open during the summer, it is a bona fide, most-likely-urgent, defined need to be filled. This is why, when I recruited, I had great months during the summer. I submitted qualified candidates to these urgent roles and hires were made faster often during this time.(3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is a real job opening. During the busier months, ads might get posted for wish list hires, newly created hires and strategic hires that can often not be as immediate of a need and can have nebulous definition as the team figures out the parameters for the role. When a need is a replacement and was unexpected, it was previously defined and easier to fill. Your professional resume will be more readily received when there is an immediate need. When it is a soft need, that is where ‘the wait’ and ‘indecision’ creep into the hiring process.Bottom line is there is no real good time to look or not look. Do not time the market. If you need to look for a job, you start to conduct a job search\u2014regardless of what the crowd is doing. If you are not feeling it and do not want to look, then do not look until you are ready. That is all there is to it. Do not succumb to the mental games of timing the job market to increase your success. If you have the right marketing documents, job search strategy and skill sets, you will find the right job for you in any market.Written by Lisa Rangel, Executive Resume WriterSign up for Chameleon Resumes BlogName: Email:   If you are interested in working with Lisa Rangel, an accomplished executive resume writer, social media profile writer and job search consultant, to achieve the social media exposure and land the interviews you want, sign up for an exploratory call now and learn about the Chameleon Resumes services that can help you land your next role."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Job Searching During The Summer \u2013 Don\u2019t Buy High and Sell Low","item":"https:\/\/chameleonresumes.com\/job-searching-during-the-summer#breadcrumbitem"}]}]