1 Introduction

A common misconception about job hunting is that all vacancies will be either advertised or visibly accessible to the job hunter - WRONG!

As much as 70% of vacancies are not advertised, visible. These vacancies are known as hidden (believe it or not). Instead of advertising, employers will traditionally fill these vacancies by word of mouth, head hunt or have potential candidates on file.......candidates who are switched on to the fact that these vacancies exist, like you should be.

The result of this misconception is that job seekers spend the majority of their time chasing the 30% of visible vacancies, where thousands of others are also concentrating their time. This makes the visible vacancies more competitive than hidden vacancies, leaving you with less chance of getting the post.

In a nutshell, the serious job hunter gets the ratio of time spent chasing hidden and visible vacancies right, spending more time on the hidden and less competitive vacancies that do exist. In some cases you may even be the only applicant.