Help For Corporate Road Kill
We're All In This Together ;-)
Nuker's Rant
Vol. 1.3
How’s your job search going?
Still looking for a job? How many months has it been? Do you hate these questions? I know I do. Unemployment is up and hiring is down. It gets frustrating. You start wondering why won’t anyone hire me? Why can’t I find a job? It’s tough out there.
So what are you going to do about the why questions? Setup a time to go back and review your job-hunting process. Read your personal marketing plan. Is it still what you want? Where are you finding your job leads? Have you made a list of places you would like to work? Do you check their job postings regularly? Do you have a contact at these places? Take a half hour and find other businesses that are similar that are not on your list. Now do some research on these new employment possibilities. How are you going to develop a contact? Check Company Low-Down as a place to start with your company research.
How does your resume and cover letter look? When applying for jobs are you fine tuning your resume and cover letter to match the job posting? One thing you may want to try is contact someone who has turned you down for an interview and politely ask for their help. Why weren’t you offered an interview? Are there problems with your resume and cover letter? You will be surprised how helpful people can be. It also helps to develop a relationship that may eventually lead to a job.
Are you still networking? Send out an email to your network and let them know you are still looking for a job. Go over whom you have applied to and whom you would like to work for. Remember the old adage “out of sight, out of mind.”
How are your interview skills? If you have had some interviews, how did they go? Did you jot down some notes afterward? Review those notes. Go back and read the same interview questions. Did any of these questions come up at your interview? How did you do? Go over the sample questions and write down your answers. Now read those answers out loud. How did your answers sound? Consider role-playing an interview with a friend. Check Interviewing.
Call some of your friends and ask them how they got their job. They may have new ways to find and contact hiring managers. People like to be asked for advice. Even bad advice can be helpful, just make sure you recognize it and why it is bad advice. Spend a little time considering the advice you receive.
It is worth taking some time and start at the beginning. Review is good.
©2007. nuker. All Rights Reserved
“Knowledge is power.”
Sir Francis Bacon Meditationes Sacrae [1597]
If you would like to reprint part or all Nuker’s Rant, go ahead. We'd like credit. So, link away. We'd also like to know if you do use it. Contact us: LaidOffHelp@LaidOffHelp.com We’re easy.
How’s your job search going?
Still looking for a job? How many months has it been? Do you hate these questions? I know I do. Unemployment is up and hiring is down. It gets frustrating. You start wondering why won’t anyone hire me? Why can’t I find a job? It’s tough out there.
So what are you going to do about the why questions? Setup a time to go back and review your job-hunting process. Read your personal marketing plan. Is it still what you want? Where are you finding your job leads? Have you made a list of places you would like to work? Do you check their job postings regularly? Do you have a contact at these places? Take a half hour and find other businesses that are similar that are not on your list. Now do some research on these new employment possibilities. How are you going to develop a contact? Check Company Low-Down as a place to start with your company research.
How does your resume and cover letter look? When applying for jobs are you fine tuning your resume and cover letter to match the job posting? One thing you may want to try is contact someone who has turned you down for an interview and politely ask for their help. Why weren’t you offered an interview? Are there problems with your resume and cover letter? You will be surprised how helpful people can be. It also helps to develop a relationship that may eventually lead to a job.
Are you still networking? Send out an email to your network and let them know you are still looking for a job. Go over whom you have applied to and whom you would like to work for. Remember the old adage “out of sight, out of mind.”
How are your interview skills? If you have had some interviews, how did they go? Did you jot down some notes afterward? Review those notes. Go back and read the same interview questions. Did any of these questions come up at your interview? How did you do? Go over the sample questions and write down your answers. Now read those answers out loud. How did your answers sound? Consider role-playing an interview with a friend. Check Interviewing.
Call some of your friends and ask them how they got their job. They may have new ways to find and contact hiring managers. People like to be asked for advice. Even bad advice can be helpful, just make sure you recognize it and why it is bad advice. Spend a little time considering the advice you receive.
It is worth taking some time and start at the beginning. Review is good.
©2007. nuker. All Rights Reserved
“Knowledge is power.”
Sir Francis Bacon Meditationes Sacrae [1597]
If you would like to reprint part or all Nuker’s Rant, go ahead. We'd like credit. So, link away. We'd also like to know if you do use it. Contact us: LaidOffHelp@LaidOffHelp.com We’re easy.
