Job Hunt is for the participant whose next step is a job, not a course. It is the only mode that overlays real labour-market information on their results, so use it when where and when matter as much as what.
The four steps
1. Job market. Choose the destination country, and then one or more regions within it.
You also set the timeline, which changes what the results mean:
- Immediate — looking for work now
- Planning — a move at some point, so current vacancy noise matters less
- Seasonal — with a target season, for work that comes and goes
2. Industries. Industries ranked by the strength of the signal in that market, not just by fit. You can sort by vacancy levels and filter out industries with too little activity to be worth a conversation.
3. Occupations. The occupations themselves, with the market data attached. Add the ones worth discussing — they go straight to Suggestions on the Planning Board.
4. Roadmap. Skills, gaps and education routes for what you gathered — the same analysis as Learning Path — plus live job listings where they are available for that country.
Reading the market data honestly
Two cautions worth carrying into the session.
Labour-market data is not a live feed. It comes from official statistics published on their own schedule, so it describes the recent past rather than this morning. It is good for "is this occupation in demand here", and poor for "is there a job open today". The live listings in step 4 are the part that answers the second question.
Coverage is uneven. Some countries and regions have much better data than others. Where the data is thin, the mode will show you less rather than inventing more — an occupation with no bar is missing data, not zero demand.
When to use something else
If the participant needs a qualification before they can apply for anything in the list, the market data is answering a question they cannot act on yet. Use Learning Path and come back to Job Hunt when the qualification is in view.
Related
- The NexPlanner wizards — choosing between the modes
- Learning Path
- Working on the Planning Board — where the results land