What time of year is best to look for work

January

Sad time for job search. Long vacation, and an emergency mode on the eve of holidays lead to a strange situation. While some officials slow and relaxed part of the new working year, while others hurried to finish the annual reports. Hardly any of them are configured to communicate with the personnel department about the vacancies in the department.

Approval of the annual budget in the first months is actually going on, so, too, finances until everything is clear: the company pull another employee or rational to do without it.

Applicants support this trend: they are resting after a vacation and waiting for the first really working month - February.

General sentiment reflects statisticsStatistics of Russia HeadHunter.

What is important

Look for a job in January as possible, but in addition to the skills required, and more luck. This is the period when most of the companies, even if open positions, considering the candidates is not very active. If all else fails, do not be discouraged - it's not you. Or, at least,

not only you.

From February to May

Despite the abundance of holidays, employers in these months, interest in new staff begins to grow. Positions becomes greater and this is due to two factors:

1. The company came out of the hectic activity of December and January hibernation, to approve the budget, decided on the goals for the year. They are ready to complement the team that will implement far-reaching plans. During this period, there are jobs not only linear, but also in senior positions: reports of the past year have shown, who both worked.
2. Organizations are actively seeking employees for seasonal industries: tourism, construction, and so on. This greatly affects the number of vacancies.

What is important

If you decide Back to workIt's time to update your resume. Great idea - to use figures from annual reports to illustrate the results of work at the current location. However, it should be adjusted to the competition: vacancies has increased, but also competitors.

From May to August

May - the month of the border, which is valid to be included in both periods. On the one hand, personnel officers job more close, open previously, on the other - the May holidays and the beginning of the holiday season has changed priorities.

In the summer of departments rarely operate at full strength. Someone goes on vacation, tasks are distributed among the remaining employees, so that they have no time to be distracted by training newcomers and interviews with personnel services. If the sphere suggests that the summer is possible to work in a relaxed mode, the issue of opening of vacancies also does not arise.

But this does not mean that the job can not be found, just the opposite. Few positions, but also a bit of applicants, the competition is extremely low. In such circumstances, just enough get a jobWhat is, for example, in April, you could not dream - simply because of the lack of better candidates. In this interview rounds can last for weeks because of the fact that one or the other will be the head of a vacation.

In August, the labor market as a whole is animated and is preparing for a stormy September.

The most favorable time for job search, in my experience - in August-September. And a lot of proposals and candidates actively respond to the letter of recruiters.

Elizabeth Rogalyov

What is important

If you do not believe that it is necessary to change jobs, but thinking about it, all the same update summary. Summer job a bit, but they are often important and urgent: are designed to close the hole in the state or to solve business problems have arisen suddenly. This means that recruiters are actively exploring the market and the candidates themselves can find you - with no effort on your part.

When a match for the position, do not hesitate: if there are specified requirements, to which you do not hold out a little bit, it is worth a try. In an extreme case, you will have time to learn everything until September, when the workflow will go down to normal.

In addition, it is the hot season for teachers of all kinds. Summer - the best time to change the school or university. Teachers can begin to look for students to break into the academic year with a full load.

From September to November

Spring rise was only a prelude to the fall activity. This is due to the fact that many lay their job search until September to was done on holidays and gather strength for career achievements. A similar logic and companies: the first six months has exposed the real needs for workers, also need to have time to close positions before the new year, to implement the plan.

Personnel officers working fast enough and smoothly, so free positions with the passage of time will be less and less.

What is important

Many vacancies, resume even more, the competition is extremely high. If you are applying for a leadership position, will have to fight with many applicants to prove that you are the best. For line employees the chance to find a job is extremely high: pay attention to all the options and job search is likely to find something.

December

In December, finding a job is really difficult. All departments sum up the year, fill reports to plunge into the abyss of corporate and go on vacation. Even if a company has a lot of vacancies and it is actively pursuing interviewMost likely, the final decision postponed to January. And after the holidays may well decide that the new employees are not so necessary.

The companies year-end closing, budgeting and holidays - here is not to find employees. But at this time - in December, January and May - becomes more offers for interns and trainees.

Elizabeth Rogalyov

What is important

To find a permanent job in December, you have to be lucky. But many companies need temporary staff for seasonal employment. Vendors at fairs, animators, organizers of the festival, and many others - pay attention to it.

remember that

1. If you can not find a job in December or January, it's not you, it requires a miracle.
2. If you want to choose from a variety of jobs, look them in the fall or spring. But the competition will be high.
3. If you are planning to make a career leap, do not relax in the summer. Take advantage of low competition, and do not be afraid to send CV to the best jobs.