Whether you’re working full-time or part-time, have been laid off, or recently graduated, if you are job searching you’ll enjoy better results by organizing your search. It doesn’t matter so much how you do it, as long as it is organized in some way and works for you (i.e., includes the right balance of all the elements that will lead to your next success). Here are 7 key ways to organize your search. Use them to create and tweak a plan to fit you, and help you effectively pursue and reach your employment goal.
1) Have a clear idea of the job/field you want! This may sound simple or obvious, but
many people begin looking for a job without first taking the time to be sure they can answer
the question “What position are you looking for?”
As Alice learns when she asks the Cat “̒Would you tell me, please, which way I ought
to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.’”
–Lewis Carroll
Start with the destination in mind and work back to create a plan that will get you
there (or closer to it). Much of the rest of what we’ll talk about here depends on
knowing “where you want to get to.”
2) Create a weekly schedule with all 7days and either blocks of hours or morning/
afternoon/evening sections for each day. Use this to list activities that will be
a regular part of your job search and note when you’ll typically do each. These will be
activities such as networking; reading job ads online and in print, creating and sending
customized cover letters and résumés in response to the job postings; researching
companies you may want to work for and actively identifying positions that offer a
good match for your skills/passions; seeking effective ways to approach and connect
with someone in these companies; attending job fairs and networking/professional
development opportunities, and participation in professional social networking sites
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