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Take time today to review your resume and your cover letter. If you were a hiring authority, would you clearly understand the opportunities you are pursuing? Is it clear what industry or profession you are targeting? Would you be impressed by the accomplishments you have achieved and the impact they have had on past employers?

Most employers will not take time to figure out where you would fit into their organization. Your resume and cover letter should provide them with that information. It is important to understand that an unclear resume may create confusion. If an individual screening resumes is confused by your paperwork, they may just move on to the next resume on the stack. Your resume is either a ticket to an interview or it is screening you out. If you are not able to schedule interviews, chances are you need to revise your resume and/or cover letter.

It is also important to have a focused target. If you are open to everything, you probably won’t get anything. Employers want to know that you have targeted their company and opportunity because you have a high level of interest in working for them. They need to sense your high level of confident that you can do a great job for them. If you were a hiring authority, would you schedule an interview based on your current resume and cover letter? If you answer is NO, it may be time to revise your resume.

Ask yourself each day, “How can I schedule an interview or an informational interview today?” The more you interview, the greater your chances become of finding that perfect opportunity!

Take time to review how you communicate throughout your job search.  This week’s Job Seeker Training Webinar titled “Communicate More Effectively” focused on both written and verbal communication skills and the great impact they have on your level of success.  Another topic that was discussed was non-verbal communication through body language.  One criticism we hear often from hiring authorities is the lack of eye contact.  If you look down or away when providing an answer during an interview or informational interview, it comes across as dishonest.  You can look away when you think, but when you begin to talk you need to focus on the eyes of the hiring authority you are addressing.

It is important to know what successful job seekers are doing that you may not be doing in order to help escalate your search.  After reviewing their actions and activities we’ve realized the significance of the number SIX as follows:

• Spending a minimum of SIX hours on their job search DAILY
• Utilizing SIX different methods of finding a job including:

1. Job Boards
2. Employment Pages on Web Sites
3. Direct Marketing to Hiring Authorities
4. Consistently working their Professional Network
5. Consistently working their Personal Network
6. Social Media i.e. LinkedIn, Facebook etc.

• Minimum standard of SIX interviews each month  (often more)
• Attended SIX networking, job fairs or social functions monthly
• Completed the SIXTEEN STEP PROCESS in our Career Portal in SIX weeks or less

You can learn from these individuals that were in the same situation as you just a few weeks ago. Follow their lead and give yourself the best gift of all in the New Year – a New Job!

GOAL SETTING FOR 2012 It’s time to write and read your new goals for 2012. If you have not yet written down specific goals, commit today to get them written BEFORE 1.1.12.  Your goals should include any and all areas that are most important to you. Examples:  Career, Financial, Personal, Health, Spiritual, Philanthropic, Education, etc. Write down your ten non-negotiable goals and follow them with 4 – 5 Action Items and Completion Dates.  If you don’t write them down, or include dated Action Items – there is a chance they will only have the longevity of some New Year’s Resolutions.  Lastly, post them where you can read them as you are conducting your job search efforts.  These goals remind you WHY it is important for you to focus on  your Job Search to turn the goals you’ve set into your reality in 2012.

During our last Job Seeker Webinar we discussed Seven New Year’s Resolutions You Should Make to obtain better results in your job search.  If you missed the training webinar, the recorded call and handouts will soon be loaded into the Library of our Career Portal under Job Search Solutions.  Our primary goal is to help you find employment and implementing the resolutions suggested during this program is a great way to begin 2012!

Life is often like a roller coaster filled with ups and downs.  Everyone has challenges whether it is their job search, finances, health, marriage or personal issues.  Right now, your challenge is your job search and we will do all we can in the coming weeks to help you!

We wish you and your family a Happy, Healthy, Blessed Holiday Season and a new wonderful job in 2012!

Use this URL to access the recording of “7 New Year’s Resolutions You Should Make”:  www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com/library.php?topic=job_search_solutions

It is easy to blame your circumstances or outside sources as the reason for not finding a job.  However, it’s the choices you make that have the greatest impact on your search.

• Do you choose to only utilize job boards?
• Do you choose to wait until January to continue your search?
• Do you choose to only communicate by email?
• Do you choose to use the same methods that are not working?
• Do you choose to justify you lack of results?

There are many situations throughout your job search that are uncomfortable and somewhat defeating. It is important for you to realize that you have 100% control over the choices you make each day.

• Choose to add people to your network daily.
• Choose to use many different techniques to find a job.
• Choose to only spend 10% of your time on job boards.
• Choose to market yourself directly to hiring authorities.
• Choose to spend 35-40 hours on your job search weekly.
• Choose to schedule informational interviews.
• Choose to set minimum result standards daily.

The choices you make not only impact your job search, they define the person you become!  Starting today, only make choices that move your job search forward.
MUST READ The Sixteen Step Process for finding a job WILL help you with your search.  Read the articles listed in each step of this process as well as the articles that are included in our Career Portal Library.  These techniques work for Professional Recruiters and they will also provide you with results.

Use this URL to access the various articles: www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com