{"id":13449,"date":"2025-05-19T08:46:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/?p=13449"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:27:20","slug":"glossary-job-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-job-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Job search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job search and applying are not the same. Those who do not understand the difference overlook a crucial step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application<\/a> and job search are often treated as identical \u2013 wrongly so. In a speculative application, for example, most of the work happens before the application itself: building market knowledge, researching companies, identifying the right contacts. That is job search. If you do not name an activity, you are less aware of it \u2013 and are more likely to neglect it. In the overall process of career reorientation, job search is the third of four steps: <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-personal-and-professional-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal and professional assessment<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-job-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">job research<\/a> \u2013 job search \u2013 application.<\/p>\n<p>A comparison makes the difference clear: a <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-headhunter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headhunter<\/a> spends a large part of their work identifying suitable candidates \u2013 through market knowledge, research, long lists and shortlists. Only then does the actual approach begin. Job seekers can learn from this. Those who search across multiple channels and actively identify organisations act like a headhunter on their own behalf. The counterpart to <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-direct-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct search<\/a> is the <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-initiative-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speculative application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well-executed job search is demanding. But it often matters more than the application itself.<\/p>\n<h2>Articles on job search (<a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all articles<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-job-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Job search? Think like a headhunter!<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/what-should-i-do-during-my-time-without-a-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What should I do during a period of unemployment?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job search and applying are not the same. Those who do not understand the difference overlook a crucial step. Application and job search are often treated as identical \u2013 wrongly so. In a speculative application, for example, most of the work happens before the application itself: building market knowledge, researching companies, identifying the right contacts. 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