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Successful Job Search Strategies
If you're looking for any job it's very useful to produce a job search strategy. Yes, looking for a new position can be overwhelming. However if you've got a strategy in place you will have a clear guide to follow. This road map will help you define where you should spend your time and also how much time you need to allot to the different tasks essential to look for a position.
Below are tips about tasks that should be a part of an effective job search strategy. This practical advice comes from my very own experience as a 20 year veteran recruiter, success stories shared with me from human resource professionals and other people looking for work.
If you're unemployed, you need to dedicate Monday through Friday from 8-5 to finding a brand new job. That is 40 hours a week that you can now commit to finding the right match between your skills and professional desires with this of the new position.
For a successful job search you need to spend time every day on networking, researching companies, following-up on leads, new recruiter contacts, new corporate employer contacts, follow-up with recruiters and company contacts, sending out resumes and canopy letters, time for interviews, interview coaching and motivation. These job search tasks have proven to yield results. Not today or tomorrow but certainly with time you will see produces a successful job search strategy.
Here is a good illustration of a road map to a successful job searching strategy:
Monday 8-10 - spend time networking with friends, past colleagues, alumni etc. (the least 10 calls / 10 emails / 10 thank you notes) 10-12 - research no less than 10 new companies within an industry you have experience or interest 12-12:30 - break 12:30-2:00 - contact new recruiters and new corporate employers ( the least 10 each) 2:00-3:30 - send out resumes and cover letters 3:30-4:30 - read a motivational, self help or inspirational book, or schedule time with a career coach 4:30-5 - plan your time for tomorrow. Journal
Obviously everyday will be different because you will also spend your main time interviewing and preparing for interviews. Still, you need a plan, employment search strategy, for the days you are not interviewing or get yourself ready for interviews. If you will allocate your time to following the tasks inside your job search strategy, there is also a position.
Another great tip is to create a job search strategy journal. Journal after every day what worked the best today, any encouragement you received, new leads on companies, specific individuals or firms that you'll contact between the near future, new advice or strategy you learned from today that you'd like to employ tomorrow.