Your Job Search Isn’t Working – Now What?
Frustrations continue to grow as job seekers look for new positions in 2010. Is the market any different? What can people anticipate? What should you do to make an impact on your job search so you can get the job you want?
In taking a historical view at the way people look for a job, it is apparent to many that the old way of looking for a job is simply not working. So what can you do that will bring the results that you are looking for?
The Old Way:
- You put together your resume with everything you believe will impress an employer.
- You email your resume, along with a note telling your network that you are currently looking for a new position and what you are looking for. You enlist their help in forwarding your resume to their contacts.
- You wait.
- You post your resume on multiple job boards and company websites.
- You apply for lots of jobs on job boards.
- You wait.
- You hope.
- You call recruiters and they tell you “they are looking for you.”
- You call your network and meet at Starbucks to “network.” They tell you that you have a lot to offer a company and they know you will find something. They promise to forward your resume on to their contacts. You feel hopeful when you leave.
- You wait.
- You hope.
- 5 months later, you are still doing the same thing...getting the same results.
- You are frustrated, angry and can’t understand why no one sees how great you are.
- You change your resume and the cycle continues.
- You wait, you hope, you network…and you change your resume again.
- The cycle continues...
The New Job Search Methodology:
- You change your current thought patterns about your job search and look at yourself as “the product.”
- You analyze industries where your skills are a match and put this in writing.
- You identify sizes and types of companies in your area, region and national companies (with a regional presence) where your skills are a match – or national companies if you are open to relocation – Put this in writing.
- You look at the marketing channels into today’s market that will help you get more exposure. (Most people look at 3 channels – Job Boards/Company websites, Recruiters and Networking – but there are 11 marketing channels in this current job market) – Put this in writing.
- Once you get the above scoped out, THEN you identify which skills those industries, sizes and types of organization need. – Put this in writing.
- If you have those skills, you identify how you can use those skills to help those companies (now your prospects) make money, how you can save the company money and how you can minimize their risk. – Put the skills in writing.
- THEN and only THEN, you start putting your resume together.
- Work your plan – like you would a project at work.
- Analyze weekly the ROI of your project and make adjustments. Work your plan.
By understanding that there are NEW rules for a job search in 2010, you can move ahead of the competition and get the new job you want!
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