Preparing your resume and cover letter, are the first two elements of your entire portfolio. Now is the time for action on the job search front by setting action-oriented goals. If you do not set goals, you probably won’t start your job search right away.
If you want to get from where you are today to a new position in 60 days, the following steps can make it happen:
Days 1 – 3
o Compose, polish, and proofread your resume and cover letter
o Have an excellent and trusted speller review both documents
Days 2 – 5
o Finish your writing and information gathering for your portfolio, and assemble it in a dynamic presentation format
o Have an excellent and trusted speller review your portfolio
o Attend an interview skills seminar
o Review your affirmation and goals
o Reinforce your affirmations every day. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your hard work and dedication.
Day 6
o Research companies in your target market and job area
o Create a list of 25 target companies
Days 7 – 8
o Start your active networking, using every resource at your disposal
o Cold call and book informational interviews at 25 companies, as well as acting on any leads that they give you
o Reinforce your affirmations every day. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your hard work and dedication.
Day 9
o Relax
o Repeat your affirmations. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your work hard and dedication.
Days 10 – 14
o Attend informational interviews; send thank-you notes to everyone you meet
o Keep networking. As your contacts grow, increase your list of companies, and reach out to them as well
o Cold call and set up meetings with new companies
o Reinforce your affirmations every day. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your hard work and dedication.
Day 15
o Investigate obvious job market opportunities (advertised jobs)
o Keep networking and explore hidden opportunities
o Attend interviews
o Reinforce your affirmations every day. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your hard work and dedication.
Day 16
o Relax.
o Review your resume, portfolio, and interview questions and make any changes needed
o Reinforce your affirmations every day. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your hard work and dedication.
Days 17 – 25
o Celebrate your success to date – you are working hard!
o Continue to attend informational interviews and send thank-you notes to everyone you meet
o Continue to network; as your contacts grow, add to your list of companies, and contact them as well
o Continue to cold call and set up meetings with new companies
o Reinforce your affirmations every day. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your hard work and dedication.
Days 26 – 35
o If you are not getting the response that you expected from your inquiries and job search, enlist the help of a professional career counselor or coach
o Review your processes
o Review the readability and success of your portfolio
o Review the labor market again.
o Look back at companies you already targeted. Consider contacting them again and following up
o Check your notes for any companies that you were going to call back, but may have missed
Days 36 – 60
Continue:
o Scheduling informational interviews. Send thank you notes to everyone you meet
o Keep networking. As your contacts grow, grow your list of companies, and contact them as well
o Cold call and set up meetings with new companies
o Repeat your affirmations every day. Imagine yourself happy and confident in a new job because of your hard work and dedication.
This is an effective, active, and driven way to get what you want from your job search. It requires a great level of commitment and dedication from you, but that is as it should be since you are the one that will reap the rewards of your efforts.
Remember that:
o Your cover letter and resume introduce you to the company
o Your performance during interview(s) and any testing, as well as the quality of the competition, affects your ability to get the job
Unless you are in a period of serious economic recession or in an area that has been affected by some form of disaster, this approach should result in employment. Even in times of recession and disaster, this level of commitment will uncover any opportunities in your area.
Be open to happenstance: the idea that you can try things that are new or different. If your ideal job (one for which you are qualified, and that exists in your area) eludes you, consider other options. Sometimes the best jobs we ever do are the ones we never expected, or that give us the opportunity to try something we never thought that we would do.
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