Tackle the hidden job market: Buy your next job

The hidden job market is not a secret to anyone. Approximately 80% of jobs are not published; meaning that employers are filling the positions by promoting their staff or employees' referrals. In this way is much easier, faster and cheaper.

Accessing the hidden job market is not easy; HR experts suggest: contact potential employers, use your network, make new connections on Linkedin, join a job-finding club and a professional association, visit career fairs, volunteer, attend conferences, speak with alumni, conduct information interviews, etc. Uff... Exhausted? But what if none of this is enough and you still cannot find a job?

Good Golem (www.goodgolem.com) tackles the hidden job market by giving job seekers the opportunity to buy their next job.

www.goodgolem.com

How it works?

Someone that is about to leave its job publishes the position at Good Golem and defines the wished amount for helping a job seeker getting the job.  The job seller decides if is willing to provide some job training, talk to Human Resources, act as a reference, introduce to the boss, tweak Resume/Cover Letter to fit position, prepare for the interview to ensure success and more.

Every posting will stay active for 3 weeks. Job buyers send their Résumés and bid for the position. Job buyers only pay until they have been hired and paid.

Good Golem does not assure that all jobs posted are real positions, but the website offers some recommendations to prevent dishonest behaviours and ensure the safety of all buyers and sellers.

It allows users to stay anonymous. "We do not verify any listings or identity of posters - so you should use same precautions and common sense when dealing with job sellers as you would when dealing with people from Kijiji or Craigslist".

For the moment Good Golem only has job opportunities available for the Great Toronto Area, but do not be surprised if in a few months it grows exponentially and has employment opportunities for other North American cities, given the amount of job seekers that have been unable to overcome the barriers of the hidden job market.

6 Ways To Crack The 'Hidden' Job Market, Nancy Collamer, Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2013/08/12/6-ways-to-crack-the-hidden-job-market/

The hidden job market, http://www.youth.gc.ca/eng/topics/jobs/looking.shtml

Aída Ulloa, Editor
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