MYTHS;
The economy sucks, there aren’t any jobs, I’m overqualified, I’m overpaid or underpaid, I have grown too old, too many jobs have moved off shore. Companies in my business are being acquired at an alarming rate resulting in large scale RIFs. The job boards are mostly garbage and nobody responds. Companies post a lot of jobs that are not legitimate jobs.
FACTS
The reasons for the myths and the 39 week timeframe; Most searches are being conducted in the same manner as they were 3-5 years ago. If you have been out for 39+ weeks you are depending on the following methods and tactics. You are spending many days studying the major job boards searching and plastering your resume on all of them. You have contacted a dozen recruiters and call each of the once a week. You are calling your friends and past associates asking for help and they have stopped returning your calls. You are spending much of your time sending unsolicited/blind resumes to Human resources and filling out applications on company websites. Three years ago if you did all this you would have found a great job in about a month. Today you do not even get interviews. Unless you get lucky none of these methods work today
What you are up against; There is no doubt that there are fewer jobs available and the jobs that were lost will not be back. When companies were forced to do more with less they figured out how to do it. Now there expenses are lower and there revenues are up. When the government says the economy is improving don’t think jobs are. Why would they.
Despite all of this there is a GOOD job out there for everybody who is looking. I should rephrase that; there is a good job out there for everybody who KNOWS how to look. If you have been out for 39+ weeks you do not know how to do it.
YOU MUST
Go out and find someone who will teach you 1)Advanced Networking and account penetration especially networking with people you don’t know 2)Mastery of linkedin and I don’t mean just writing a profile and joining groups 3) proper company research, way beyond reading Hoovers 4) Become a master interviewer. Be better than the employers. 5) Time management and planning, This is a 40hr job.6) Negotiating, don’t give away money at the offer.7) Selling and communicating, talk to at least 20 people each week for the first time. This is just a partial list but it will put you ahead of 95% of the jobseekers you are competing against. Now! Go out and find the job that’s right for you and your family.
may i ask, what do you mean by "mastery of linedin"?
Posted by: Anika | October 05, 2011 at 12:37 AM