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A friend of mine keeps nagging and saying I need a job every time I see him so I decided to write this article for him hoping that he’ll stop his nagging. Finding a good job in this economy is not always an easy thing. You need a strategy that works.

I need a job

First of all, you need to keep some facts about job searching in your mind:

• 85% of jobs are not advertised. This is big, and it means that the main job search channels both online and offline are only telling you about 15% of the jobs out there.
• There are 3 stages to get through before you can get a  job:

1. Getting your resume looked at
2. Getting an interview
3. Getting hired

You have to get through all 3 stages to get the job.

• Most jobs filled by connections and referrals.

We know that only 15% of the jobs out there are advertised. We also know that about 90% of the people out there are competing for those jobs. And getting a direct referral from someone pushes you to get your next job. This means networking is the key and it is how the best jobs are always found.

Where to find Jobs?

• Contact Organizations in Your Field
• Search the Internet for Companies in your field
• Join Professional Associations
• Participate in Job Fairs
• Use online and offline Recruitment/Headhunter Agencies

Job Search

The sad news is that there aren’t many jobs out there. The unemployment rate is increasing in the U.S., call me a pessimist but it’s the truth. So you may decide to start your own business or work as freelancer, there are many options to find a job in your field such as Mineeds.com but first you need to know the things that you love doing or things that intrigue you that you’d like to try doing.

How to Find New Business Ideas:

Business Ideas

1. Ideas From your Knowledge and Skills: what is your knowledge area?
2. Find A Need: fined what people needs in your city and try to fill this need.
3. Create a Need and Fill It: in sometimes people don’t know what they want, if you can create a need then you are in the right path.
4. Add value to an existing products or businesses (offer something different to the other businesses in the same industry).
5. Enter a market where demand outstrips supply.
6. Then fined in which city the people are looking for your service the most.

How to Research your New Idea?

1. The Business idea: Think of your idea in terms of its product/service features, the benefits to customers, the personality of your company, what key messages you’ll be relaying and the core promises you’ll be making to customers.
2. The Costumers:  How many costumers for your new business? You may check the previous table or search for you business and city, to fiend if there is a real need.
3. The Competitor: There are three different competitors types you’ll need to keep in mind; primary, secondary and tertiary. Their placement within each level is based on how often your business would compete with them and how you would tailor your messages when competing with each of these groups.
4. The Partners: Think of businesses or people who may have an interest in your success but aren’t directly paid or rewarded for any success your business might realize, such as associations, the media and other organizations that sell to your customers.

In general a simple way to start a market research is to look at pre-published reports and statistics. These will provide data on how your market is performing, market trends, and may give you statistics on the average customer in your sector and his or her behaviors. These may be available for free from the government, or for a fee from commercial data companies, but be sure that the information is up-to-date.

One final point, find out how much this business may cost you, you may start small and expand if this business has a potential.

You may try our service at Mineeds, it’s cheep and there are many clients looking for professionals to fill their needs.

I hope that I answered your “I need a job” call, if you have any suggestions or more ideas please share them with us.

The soul of a successful party is good and engaging music that flows with the mood of the party. The right kind of music is a sure shot way of getting people into the party mood. Moreover, music helps people break the ice, feel part of the crowd and enjoy themselves thoroughly. However, music, if selected inappropriately, can also spoil the entire party. Thus, hiring a good DJ is one of the most critical tasks when you are hosting a party. However, the task of finding a good, yet affordable, DJ through the conventional methods may prove to be a harrowing task.

Yes, harrowing..unless of course you opt for an alternative method of searching through the MiNeeds site! MiNeeds offers a unique solutions to service seekers like you. Instead of hunting for an appropriate professional, MiNeeds offers a platform where the service providers find you for a change. All you have to do is post your need and sit back! This is exactly what the customer in Bellevue, Washington, did when she wanted a DJ for her party! Instead of choosing the conventional method, she opted to post her need on MiNeeds, which instantly notified all local DJs and prompted them to submit competitive estimates for the project. Within a few days, she had received responses from 3 professional DJs, which gave her an opportunity to check out the various services offered. She did not have to bother about feeling committed to any offer or feel pressurized by an aggressive marketing attitude. The system helped her take the decision on her own terms and she was able to select the professional who fitted the bill perfectly.

Save yourself the stress of trying to get quotes the next time you need to throw a party and hire the services of a DJ. You can browse from the list of Seattle musicians & DJs. Alternatively, you can simply post your needs and wait for the professionals to seek you out.

Music is the soul of life!! It can bring happiness and act as a balm for a person who is sad, tense, stressed out or depressed. Playing a musical instrument is an art that can not only help you feel good but also enables you to spread joy among others. If you want to benefit from this art, you need to train under the guidance of an expert, the search of whom can prove to be extremely challenging and time consuming. You might have to contact all professionals in your area, scan through countless references, haggle over the rates and verify the references before selecting a professional.

However, this need not be the case anymore. You can simplify the search with the help of the MiNeeds site. With MiNeeds, it will be the professionals who will search for you and try to win your business, instead of it being the other way around. Moreover, since the professionals are competing with each other to win your business, you will end up receiving the best deals at the lowest prices. This will help in substantially reducing the time, effort and money you spend. Take the successful example of the customer in Burbank, California, who wanted to learn the piano. Instead of opting for the traditional search method, she chose to post her requirement, estimated budget and preferred start time on MiNeeds. The site automatically updated the professionals of the need as soon as she submitted her post and prompted them to competitively bid for the project. Within a day, she had received responses from 3 professionals, one of whom bid close to her estimated cost.

You can also save yourself the hassle of searching for a professional the next time you want to learn a musical instrument. You can either scan through the list of Seattle Music Lessons and Teachers or simply post your needs and wait for the professionals to contact you!!

The best way to market a website is to ensure that the link to the website is displayed by a search engine each time the related content is searched for by a web surfer. This can only be achieved by making the content of the website search engine optimized. Moreover, the content of the site should be interesting and relevant so that it can retain the interest of the visitor to the site. For all this to be possible, you need professional writers. Hiring an inexperienced writer to do the needful may help in optimizing the content to an extent but may fail to ensure that the link to the site appears in the first page of the search engine. The website might also not be able to retain visitors, leading to the site failing to meet its core purpose. On the other hand, hiring an experienced professional could prove expensive. A search for such an experienced, yet affordable, professional could prove to be a harrowing task.

But there is a way to ease your search. The use of the MiNeeds site not only simplifies the task but also makes it less time consuming. While using MiNeeds, all you have to do is post your requirement along with the preferred start date and estimated budget. The rest of the work of contacting relevant professionals and prompting them to place competitive bids to win the business is done by MiNeeds. Once you have received ample bids, you can simply select the professional who best meets your needs. This is what the customer in Sierra Madre, California, did when he wanted to get SEO work done on his blogs so that they can be read by more people. Within a few days of posting the need, he had received responses from several professionals, who were even willing to make special offers to him.

You can also save yourself the hassle of searching a professional through the traditional method the next time you want to get SEO work done on your website. You can scan through the list of Seattle Writers to contact the professionals who suit your need. Alternatively, you can simply post your needs and wait for the professionals to contact you!!

People living in rented houses often have to shift from one accommodation to another when their lease expires. At times, people also need to move from one place to another out of personal or official compulsion. Shifting from one house to another is easier said than done, as it also involves moving the entire household items and furniture, apart from your personal belongings. Shifting these heavy items generally requires the help of professional movers. Hiring amateur or inexperienced movers might lead to breakages or damage to your household items. There are chances that some of the belongings get lost during the transition. The best way to ensure that your belongings remain safe is by hiring an expert and experienced professional. The search for such a professional mover through the traditional way can, however, prove to be extremely tiresome, as it involves contacting several movers, soliciting bids, scanning through references, verifying their credentials and haggling for the right price.

This search can be made much simpler and less time consuming if one uses the MiNeeds site. Through this site, one can let professionals do the searching and contacting, instead of it being the other way around. All you have to do is post your requirement and then choose from the bids received from the professionals. Since the professionals are urged to submit competitive bids in order to win your business, you also end up saving money. This is the path that the customer in Seattle, Washington, chose to follow when he wanted to shift from one house to another. Right after he posted his needs on MiNeeds, all the professionals in his area were contacted and prompted to bid if interested. Within a few days, he had received responses from several professionals, two of whom even gave him a special offer. Since most of the professionals were licensed, he did not have to bother about getting their credentials verified.

You can also save yourself the hassle of searching for a professional the next time you want to shift from one place to another. You can either scan through the list of Seattle Movers and Moving Companies or simply post your needs and wait for the professionals to contact you!!

Music has great healing powers. It can transform a dull moment into a lively one and can help anyone distress after a hectic day. If you have the power of music, you can make your life and the life of people around you joyful and interesting. You can enhance your musical talents by learning vocal music or any musical instrument from a professional and dependable teacher. The best results can only be achieved by training with an experienced teacher. The selection of an experienced, yet affordable, professional could prove to be harrowing, considering that it involves searching for professionals, eliciting bids from them, checking references and finally zeroing in on the one who suits your overall needs.
This task can, however, be made simple with the help of the MiNeeds site. With MiNeeds, it will be the professionals who will search for you and make a concerted effort to win your business, instead of it being the other way around. Moreover, as professionals are bidding to win your business, you will end up receiving the best deals at the lowest prices. As a result, you will ultimately save immensely on time, effort and money. This is the route that the customer in Monrovia, California, took when he wanted to learn to play the guitar from a professional. The moment he posted his requirement on MiNeeds, all the local professionals were notified and prompted to submit their proposals. Within a few days, he had received competitive responses from 3 professionals, which helped him make the appropriate selection.

You can also simplify the search for a professional the next time you want to hire a music teacher. You can either scan through the list of Seattle Music Teachers or post your needs and wait for the bids to pour in!!

Life is unpredictable and it is crucial that you make adequate arrangements to ensure the future of your children and assets. This will keep you and your family prepared for any unforeseen circumstances. The best way to ensure that things are carried out exactly as you want is by getting a will made and registered with the help of an experienced lawyer. The same work done by a novice may result in lots of loop holes, which someone can take undue advantage of. Thus, you need to get your will made by an experienced professional, the search for whom is not an easy task. With several lawyers offering their services, it becomes a complicated task to select one who is highly experienced and can fulfill the task within your budget.

The task can be simplified with the help of the MiNeeds site. With MiNeeds, all you have to do is post your requirements and wait for the professionals to seek you out!! This not only simplifies the search process, but also saves you time and money, since the professionals are prompted to bid competitively for your business. Take the example of the customer in Seattle, Washington, who wanted to get his will made so that his children are taken care of by his choice of relatives and the money is placed in a trust fund for his kids. He posted his need for a professional lawyer on MiNeeds, instead of searching for the person through the traditional method. The moment he posted the need, all the local professionals were contacted and prompted to submit their proposals, if they were interested. Within a couple of days, he had received responses from 4 professionals, one of who also made a special offer. This helped him make his selection fairly quickly.

You can also save yourself the hassle of searching for a professional the next time you want to hire an advocate. You can scan through the list of Seattle Attorneys and Lawyers and contact the professional who fits your bill. Alternatively, you can post your needs and wait for the bids to pour in!!

All businesses need to file employee and state taxes and maintain account books. This is where they need the services of an accountant and a CPA. The accountants and CPAs hired for these purposes should be experienced professionals, experts in their work, since even a slight mistake can put the company’s accounts and reputation into jeopardy. Moreover, you could land up in legal trouble due to incorrect filings. Searching for experienced, yet affordable, accountants and CPA through traditional methods is a tough job, requiring extensive investment of time and effort.

But not anymore….You can significantly reduce the time and effort spent on searching for professionals with the help of the MiNeeds site. With MiNeeds, all you have to do is post your requirement and the associated details, such as estimated budget and preferred start date. The rest of the dirty job of contacting the professionals and eliciting competitive bids from them is done by MiNeeds. This is what the customer in Seattle, Washington, did when he wanted to hire an accountant to file taxes and other relevant forms. The moment he posted his requirement, MiNeeds contacted all the local professionals and prompted them to submit their estimates for the work. Within a day, he had received responses from 4 professionals, one of whom also made a special offer to him. The best thing was that all the professionals had quoted below the lower end of his budget range, helping him save immensely on expenses as well.

You can also save yourself the hassle of searching for a professional the next time you want to hire the services of an accountant. You can scan through the list of Seattle CPA & Accountants and choose the professional who best meets your needs. Alternatively, you can simply post your needs and wait for the professionals to contact you!!

When building a website, the knowledge of the latest technology, such as Dreamweaver, comes in very helpful. Gap in one’s knowledge of these technologies can lead to several problems in the website and might even hamper site navigation. The website should, therefore, be created by a professional so as to make maximum the impact on viewers. If you intend to create the site yourself, you need to think of undertaking training from a professional website designer to update your knowledge and sharpen your skills, enabling you to create a website that meets your requirements completely. However, search for a professional website designer through the traditional means could be a tough job, requiring huge investment of time and effort…

This need not be the case if you choose to use the services of the MiNeeds site. With MiNeeds, all you have to do is to post your requirement and the associated details on the bulletin board. The rest of the work of contacting the professionals in your area and prompting them to submit competitive bids is done by MiNeeds. Take the successful example of the customer in Seattle, Washington, who wanted to build a site using Dreamweaver and wanted a professional to work on the website and help him learn. The moment he posted his need on MiNeeds, all the local professionals were contacted and prompted to bid for the project, if interested. Within a few days, he had received quite a few responses from professionals, giving him ample opportunities to select the one who best met his overall criteria.

You can also save yourself the hassle of searching for a professional the next time you want to create a website. You can scan through the list of Seattle Web Designers and choose the professional who meets your needs. Alternatively, you can simply post your needs and wait for the professionals to contact you!!

In times when obtaining finance is becoming tougher and there is a cash crunch, it is very difficult to buy a new home or office. The best solution to the requirement of extra home or office space is to expand your existing infrastructure to build in the requisite space. This work should, however, be done by an expert contractor so that the space can be utilized in the best possible way. The search for an expert professional contractor can be pretty tough, considering that you might have to go through the whole rigmarole of looking for professionals in your area, eliciting quotes from them, verifying their references, checking out their experience in handling similar work and zeroing in on one.

The entire task of finding a professional through the traditional method is very time consuming and requires extensive effort. However, there is hope in the form of MiNeeds. Through MiNeeds, it is the site, rather than you, who does the dirty work of looking for professionals and eliciting competitive quotes from them, helping you save on time, effort and money. This is the path the customer in Tacoma, Washington, followed when he wanted to construct an office or apartment space above his garage. He posted his requirement and the specific details on MiNeeds, which automatically informed professionals in his area. MiNeeds also prompted these professionals to bid competitively in order to win his business. Within a day, he had received responses from three professionals who had the requisite expertise and were interested in his work.

You can also simplify your search for a professional the next time you want to hire the services of a contractor. You can either scan through the list of Seattle Home Repair or simply post your needs and wait for the bids to pour in!!