As a job seeker this is one of the best times of the year to be job seeking.

Managers are now planning for the upcoming fiscal year and closing out the current year.  Several things are going through their minds:

     1.  I am over or under budget this year… what do I do?

     2.  I want to get 'X' amount of things done but I only have 'Y' amount of money to do it

     3.  Do I add or subtract staff?  If I subtract staff, how do I get the work done that I need to get done?

    4.  Here's my personal goals as a manager… how do I reach them?

If you're a job seeker, this is all about OPPORTUNITY!   This is not the time to just send a resume and wait.  It is all about knowing who your target is, what they want to do, get in discussions with people there and targeting managers with ideas, concepts and ways to save/make money using your skills and talents.

Now is the time to shine as a job seeker.  I know a guy that used to work for McMaster Carr, and he would always says “Now go out there and solve someone's budget problems!”

One of the easiest ways for you to have an ongoing set of leads on a consistent basis is to set up Alerts that go right to your email address.  You can do this from almost any job board such as Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, etc…   but it's just as easy going to an aggregator of jobs such as Indeed.Com.  Type in the type of job you are seeking and location, do the search then provide the email address you wish this search sent to.