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Job Search Tips 2/27/09
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My tips for the day
- Get out and get noticed, a great local resource in Phoenix for networking events is networkingphoenix.com search the internet for local network groups for your own area
- Set daily, weekly and monthly goals in your job search, make them realistic, not unattainable, you don’t want to set yourself up for defeat
- Take constructive criticism gracefully. I’ve learned from some very helpful people that if someone tells you something about how you handle an issue, that more than one person likely has seen the same thing, so don’t over-react.
- These are more than likely people in your ‘inner-circle’ and noticed something, whatever it is. Pause a moment and listen, they care and want to help you succeed in your life.
- Use it to your advantage
- Take time to reflect on it
- Grow and learn from it
- Thank the person for bringing it to your attention later
- Find someone else who shares your story, and bounce ideas off each other. Remember the saying, ‘there is no I in team’, and teamwork is something that will help out in the long run, so don’t try to go it alone, here are some resources you can utilize:
- Alumni association and/or career services office of colleges you attended
- Your LinkedIn Network
- People you previously worked with in your field
I came across the following message on twitter this morning from a buddy of mine who runs jobshouts.com, Mike Quale that was Retweeted from another couple of people.
Tall_Geek: RT @jobhuntorg: Great ideas from Liz Ryan – RT @JSSM: 8 Little-Known Tricks for the Job Hunt: http://cli.gs/BV0uQa [via Yahoo! HotJobs]
So I had to go look at it, and just a quick overview of that article, I am doing 5 of these things, I will go over them here. The full article is located here if you don’t click on the short link above: http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-experts-8_little_known_tricks_for_the_job_hunt-79
- Add a signature to your outgoing email messages
- While I have almost always included my name and email address, since I’ve been searching for a job and since starting this blog, I have added a bit of additional information to my email signature, to include name, email address, blog site and LinkedIn profile URL and I do recommend everyone not currently doing something like this to add one, most webmail providers also include an option to add a signature.
- Include your LinkedIn profile URL in that signature
- This is something I started doing once I had my LinkedIn profile up and running, my LinkedIn profile mirrors my resume for the most part, but still does need some tweaking
- Use Twitter to keep your fans in the loop
- I’m making a point to connect with people, and I send relevant messages, also letting people know when I’ve made a new post here so they can read it and follow what I’m doing, not only do I do that but I have my twitter feed pulled in to facebook, and I utilize the LinkedIn “What are you working on?” status update as well
- Make your Facebook page work for you – not against you
- This one is the one that I’m not doing, I just need to figure out how to work this, if there is anyone out there that can help me with this, I’d appreciate it
- Add a qoute to your resume
- This is another that I’m not doing, I can think of several things, but if anyone has a format or idea on where and how to place it on the resume, I’d like some suggestions
- Get a Moo card
- I have a ‘network’ card, listing my contact information, this Moo card idea is a bit different and something I will be looking into
- Put a voice on your job search profile
- This is one that I plan on implementing in a different way, currently my ‘voice’ was the short news interview I had on ABC15 which there are links to from my sidebar here on my site, but I need to expand on that a bit more in my own video or audio
- Rewrite your resume so it sounds human
- Currently working on my resume with Christian Kaijser of Career Evolutions to retool my resume and take it to the next level.
Happy Reading!
Martin