The Internet makes research extremely accessible.

Whether you are unemployed, underemployed or NOT employed you need to commit to minimum standards daily which are outlined below.

ACTIVITY LEVEL IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED

1.       Mail out 10 resumes every single day to a prospective employer. Handwrite the envelope and put “Personal and Confidential” in the left hand corner, so the decision maker is actually the person who opens your envelope.
2.      Research additional companies in your profession.
3.      Call into those companies to identify the person who would be your supervisor.
4.      Read classified ads, Internet postings and the employment pages on the websites of the employers you have targeted.
5.      Subscribe to trade publications. Read articles that uncover possible positions or expansions.
6.      One week after mailing out your resume, contact your prospective employers with a goal of scheduling a face-to-face interview.
7.      Tell every person you meet that you are a “FREE AGENT IN THE OPEN JOB MARKET” so they can also network for you.
8.     Don’t make up your mind BEFORE an interview. Go on the interview with one mission…TO GET AN OFFER.
9.      Realize a job search is very FAIR. What you get out of it, is very commensurate to the effort you have put into your search.

Your new opportunity is not going to find YOU; you need to become extremely PRO-ACTIVE in your search! If you make 10 new contacts per day, it will only be a matter of time until you are working for your next employer in your great new position!

ACTIVITY LEVEL NEEDED IF YOU ARE UNDER-EMPLOYED OR EMPLOYED – BUT KEEPING YOUR OPTIONS OPEN

1.       Compile a list of targeted companies.
2.      Research the appropriate person to contact.
3.      Utilize Watch That Page or Indeed to monitor the employment pages of your targeted companies (these services are FREE).
4.      Join your Professional Association and become active so your efforts get noticed by prospective employers.
5.      Subscribe to trade publications. Read articles that uncover possible positions or expansions. Just as important, submit articles that you have written for those publications. When you get printed, you are automatically elevated to the status of “EXPERT!”
6.      Mail out a blind resume weekly (stressing accomplishments) to prospects.
7.      The week after mailing out your resume, contact your prospective employers with a goal of scheduling a face-to-face interview.
8.     Don’t make up your mind BEFORE an interview. Go on the interview with one mission…TO GET AN OFFER.
9.      The process of finding a new Job or making your next Career Move is a very FAIR process. What you get out of it, is very commensurate to the effort you have put into your search. Your dream job will not seek you out, you need to be pro-active. 

There are three kinds of people…

1.     Those who Make Things Happen
2.   Those who Watch Things Happen
3.   Those who Wonder What Happened?

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