10 Power Principles to Guarantee Your Job Search Success
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 04:42PM If you’re disappointed in your job search success, you’re not alone. An alternative job finding plan can turn your frustration into campaign success.
Why? Well, people go into the job market with a set of expectations … especially about how long it should take to find a good job. And most people seriously underestimate the time it takes to be a success.
So they get understandably nervous. Then the pressure of being unemployed gets intense. And job seekers start to take seriously unhelpful actions.
For example, they resort to mass resume mailings or desperate postings on job websites. Or they start making useless phone calls hoping against hope that they’ll run into someone who will want them.
If this sounds like you, it’s not a very pleasant position to be in. The good news is that there are plenty of great job opportunities out there for you. Your success is actually just around the corner. Your problem is that you’re going about finding it the wrong way.
I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Most people rely on the job search methods they learned the first time they went into the job market. Most focus their attention on creating a fine resume. In fact, the resume is the least important component of your job search.
So what’s a serious job seeker to do?
Well, what you need is an alternative job finding plan that can get you past the old-fashioned methods and ram your campaign into high gear!
Over the years I’ve had the good fortune of personally working with hundreds of job hunters. In doing so, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to turn your job search into a winning effort.
Here are the 10 power principles that have worked exceptionally well and that can virtually guarantee that you’ll be a success:
1. Run your job search like an entrepreneurial business using basic marketing strategies.
2. Prepare a list of your strengths, capabilities and key transferable skills.
3. Identify and recruit personal contacts and career partners.
4. Research and target organizations that match your interests and skills. Identify specific hiring
decision-makers to approach.
5. Develop a compelling communication and presentation plan to position you as a highly attractive job candidate.
6. Utilize various alternative methods to arrange non-interview meetings with targeted decision-makers.
7. Practice and perfect assertive face-to-face communication techniques. Do not limit presentations to traditional interviews. Prepare job creation strategies.
8. Master powerful closing and negotiating techniques.
9. Follow through and follow up on each employer contact.
10. Repeat the process to acquire multiple job offers so you can select your next job rather than settle for it.
The job market and its expectations have changed dramatically since the last time you were in it. You need to arm yourself with the very best modern strategies and techniques that will help you accomplish your job search goals.
About the Author:
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