With the increased competition in getting a job you should be proactive than waiting for the opportunity to strike your door. There are various jobs that are readily available and open to everyone in Northern Ireland. It would be your effort in searching for the job that would get you the income sufficient enough to manage the house or personal expenses. What you should be able to do is marketing campaign that would enable selling your skills to the most reputed company or the best paid salary. You should realize how important the job is for you but at the same time you should also the way your actions should tell about your attitude.
If you are desperate of the job and start responding to the job announcement that you see in the local classifieds then your action is termed to be reactive. The job that you attain in this process might not match to your skills. You will not be able to get satisfaction in committing to such job. When you have a firm grasp on your domain knowledge then you can be consistent with your energy levels and update your skills and then start approaching the employers or the job sites or the consultancies that will show you the right job. In case you are strong with extensive knowledge on marketing strategies then the best role that you can fit into is the marketing analyst or the marketing manager or any other marketing jobs provided you have some prior experience as well.
Also exposing the skills would let the employer know the level of benefits he would get with such skill sets. Also choosing the very specific field of expertise would rather help you to lessen the competition for you in searching the job. Than to reacting to the job market better be proactive and start searching for the desired job where you can completely or else at least minimally utilize your skills. But here you might definitely have a question as to whom to contact in this proactive process. The possible ways of collecting the information regarding the employers can be done through the database available online on the internet for each of the industry sector or by the location.
You can also refer to trade magazines, newsletters and the particular company website. Also the trade associations listing, career associations listing related to various events and officers will help you get into big circle where you can give some presentation or else a word talk that would be audible to them and can hire you. Also one popular site that is attracting the recruiters is the linkedin.com where you would see the various connections that your colleagues or friends have so that you can approach them for the best opportunity that you are looking for. While this would really sound to be bit complicated it actually works for those who can stay with patience till they hit the right job they are looking for. So try to spend some time in building the profile and then start being proactive.