Suggestion One: Appear Optimistic — Even When You're Not.
How many times have you wondered what to say when asked: “How’s the job hunt going?” Here’s a hint. If you want to be successful in the recruiting process never publish negative results. Just say something offhand like “It’s promising” or “Lots of activity” and change the topic to another person. Bottom line: "Fake it 'Til You Make It."
Suggestion Two: Fruitful Networking Can’t Be All About You.
When you make networking calls be sure you have topics for conversation reflecting the interests of the person you are calling. You’ll see that people are much more generous with their time and help when they are first asked to talk about themselves.
Suggestion Three: Master Social Media Recruiting — Even if You Hate the Idea
Today social media techniques are the norm in the Silicon Valley. It’s passé to make fun of tweeting, branding, and Internet self-promotion. Be conversant in social media even if it feels foreign to every fiber in your being.
Suggestion Four: Take Advantage of NOVA’s Job Seeker Center.
The folks who pay out unemployment checks have a giant motive to offer effective classes on traditional and new job hunting methods at no cost. A huge benefit of these classes is that you are forced to make yourself presentable and get out of the house.
Suggestion Five: Look on The Internet for Free Social Media Hiring Seminars Usually vendors of larger ticket job hunting courses offer free introductory webinars designed to attract buyers of their bigger programs. Two representative vendors are http://ResumeWebinar.com a
Suggestion Six: Dive into LinkedIn It’s the single best job searching tool and it’s free. There is a ton of free training available on Linkedin.
Suggestion Seven: See if you would benefit from an individual coach.
Once you are on LinkedIn you’ll see lots of recruiting discussion groups and lists of individual classes and coaches. I am a social media recruiter and coach. In addition to the basics I work with clients to achieve quick individual targeted results.
Reach me at my email account: hrresults.pearce@
Hi Judy,
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot of these lists, and while the tips can be helpful, all too often they are duplicative and obvious, or worse, vague and abstract.
This list is not one of those! Your suggestions are fresh, yet instantly make intuitive sense. They are also practical, and readily implemented into the job search process.
I especially like your fourth suggestion. I was unemployed for six months last year, and I wish I had read this back then. Rather than avoid the unemployment office out of shame and embarrassment, I should have taken advantage of their services, and possibly gotten back into the workforce that much faster as a result!
I've enjoyed reading this blog, and I look forward to what you come out with next.
-Katie
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