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From Mired to Hired: Another Guerrilla Job Search Success
You might think there’s never been a worse time to look for work in the traditional job market, with unemployment at 10.4% and no relief in sight. But you would be only half right.
There are positions available at companies, but as you know, it is much harder to get in the door. With limited budgets, companies are hiring referrals from their employees. By hiring a contact of someone in the company, they feel that they are taking less of a risk. They can’t afford to be wrong in this market. Money in organizations’ budgets is tight. Salaried jobs are few and far between and they need each of them to provide a return on their investment. There is no room for error. [click to continue…]
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“Open Sesame,” “Speak friend and enter,” and even “Swordfish”… These magic words open doors to all kinds of adventures in the movies. Wouldn’t it be nice to find something like that to put in your resume and open doors in your career?
Just as conjurors once used magic words to suggest their connection to mystical sources of power, effective use of resume words can show that you’re connected to the essence of what potential employers seek. [click to continue…]
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You’ve polished your resume and written a brilliant letter. You have prepared for your interview by touching up on talking points about your skills and experience – but you may not have factored in the value and power of perspective.
Who will you meet at the interview? Have you ever thought what they will take away from this interaction with you? They will form a perspective that will guide their decisions and follow-up actions. [click to continue…]
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If you brand it will they come? While it may sound like one big field of dreams, a carefully crafted and customized personal brand will not only convey your value and define your vision it will also offer a unique perspective to prospective employers and hiring managers. It’s all about marketing yourself in the way that is going to get you noticed and essentially get you the job. You might be tempted to brush off personal branding as a passing trend but in reality the only thing passing by will be your dream job – that is unless you make a commitment to developing your very own personal brand. [click to continue…]
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In the previous installment of this series, I talked about addressing others who are affected by the job you’d like to create. Two of the special groups that we should delve into deeper are Stakeholders and Gatekeepers.
Stakeholders are those people who would receive some kind of value from your work. This might be WHAT you deliver, HOW you deliver it, even WHEN it happens. But most importantly, it’s TO WHOM, FROM WHOM and WITH WHOM. [click to continue…]
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