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Do You Have a Job Search Plan?

Do you feel like you are flitting around working on a lot of different things in your job search? Are you getting telephone interviews and on-site interviews? Are you confident that you are investing your time wisely in your job search to deliver the best results and find the right next step in your career in the shortest time possible?

Pilots have a flight plan; troops have a battle plan; New Product Development Teams have a Project Development Plan – but do you have a detailed, written Job Search Plan that outlines where you should be investing your time? You know you shouldn’t be investing most your time applying for on-line job postings, but at least doing so makes you feel like you are making progress. Once you apply on-line your application often disappears into the black hole of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) or is immediately rejected based on their keyword matching system. This is maddening!!

Three Myths of Job Hunting

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As a job search architect it is frustrating that these three job search myths are still around and readily believed in today’s job market. Here are 3 of the top job search myths that will kill your job search if you believe them:

Myth #1 – Only Apply Online for Jobs: Yes it is very easy to find a job opening online using a plethora of available resources:

Search Engines: Google, Bing, etc.
Job Posting websites: Indeed, Simply Hired, LinkedIn Jobs, etc.
Company’s website: Many companies have a career page and post their job openings there.

Stay Organized and Stay Sane in Your Job Search

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Most Job Seekers don’t have a system to keep track of all their activities in their job search. This includes networking contacts, job boards that you have posted your resume to, resume submissions, etc. There is nothing more detrimental to your job search than not being organized and keeping track of your activities. This can be done with a spreadsheet, manual folders, on-line with tools such as Evernote; the choices are infinite. Just pick a system and stay with it!

During an On-Site Interview Make Sure You Don’t Fidget

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“It’s not only what you say, it’s how you say it” is absolutely true when you are interviewing in person. Your spoken content only provides 7% of the message the interviewer receives. Your body language delivers 55% and the tone of voice the remaining 38%. Therefore, you need to focus on your body language and voice as well as the words you use in your job interview answers.

The interviewer will often analyze your body language, your mannerisms and facial expressions and if your body language is perceived as negative, this could cost you the job!

The U.S. “Hidden” Job Market and Why It’s Important to Job Seekers

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If you’ve yet to find the perfect job, it’s maybe because it’s not posted anywhere. You might be thinking “how this is possible?”, but it’s actually something that’s practiced in today’s business climate and it’s called the “Hidden Job Market”. This consists of jobs that have never been posted on either job boards or the company’s own website. These positions are never get formally posted anywhere, yet accounts for up to 70+% of hiring activity in the US based on many credible estimates, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Some Sobering Numbers From Recent Career Experts: 45 – 3 – 4 – 6 – 9

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Some sobering numbers from recent career experts: 45 – 3 – 4 – 6 – 9. What do these numbers mean?

In a Job Search Proper Planning Will Prevent Poor Performance

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower is famously quoted: “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”

Based on my experience as a Job Hunter, Recruiter and now Job Search Coach, I know that when you are a job hunter both the PLANNING and the PLAN are critically important. Here’s why: