Jobs Search

Being in between jobs for a longer period of time can be frustrating, financially painful and confusing.

you can lose perspective. You are so busy "doing" that you analyze the results and to forget how to make necessary adjustments.

So how do you measure the success of your search? A few things that the strike to me because of my own search process history as well as discussions with colleagues and job seekers together to:

1st Do you have a reviewableStrategy?

In my opinion, job search success comes when hard work and preparation to meet timing. If you are without a strategy, you are likely to find "Acorns" by accident and in a way that provide a result but not good. My advice? Specific objectives for the week that phone calls, networking events, networking calls, or coffee, etc, and then evaluate include at the end of each week.

2nd If you are taking smart action, and anyevery day in order to progress the search process?

While IT Week is true that you have a job, not after 12 hours a day, 7 days, you must be active. If you see e sit before your computer waiting-mail alerts to get or scan and re-scanning job boards with different keywords, you are not working smart.

3rd Receive your calls returned?

This is a verymeasurable and important metric. The reality of this metric is important. In my experience, is a really good result 3-4 people out of 10 A pretty good hit rate in baseball, but a very frustrating result, if you diligently, act put a few well-designed communication and get back very little to show it. These discussions are in recruiters, hiring managers networked, employed persons who work on a target company. If you are no calls again and again - no - you are eitherDo not reach too high (wrong level in a company) or too far (touch with the people who are too far away from you relationally). If you get 2 / 10 is not bad, but wonder why the two returned and called to see if you can on your next round of calls, people who target a better reason / motivation to help you have, can.

4th Are you always calls Recruiter?

Here I am not talking while you work - these are easy to get (all call you manwho are employed, is not it?). I am unemployed talk calls seeking specific interest in an open search for you, while you are. So, if you mind, these calls are, what does it mean? It means a few things. First, the people you networking and sharing with your name recruiter. They do this because they are your availability, but more importantly, they are willing to share your name, because they believe in you. Your recruiter calls are not a measuring only onesuccessful search effort but also a measurement of how well you are cared for and respected your network.

5th Are you someone people seem to want to talk to?

If you are a typical networking event, where everyone is going their elevator speech *, there is always a period of informal networks at the end. Take care and you will notice are 7-8 smalls groups of 2-3 persons. In the middle of each group one of four people. They are: the organizers,Speakers, a worker who decided to show the networker and the 4 or 5 people, the really interesting things had to say in her elevator speech. They delivered it well, showed a confidence and made eye contact with in each room, as she spoke. How was your speech? Had you approached after your speech? Without a dynamic elevator speech, you will join the rest of the crowd waiting in line, to network with one of the four above-mentioned people (a tough start to separateyourself).

* (An elevator speech is a 30-60 second presentation that a summary of your professional experience, your target industry, target geography, target position, target companies and hopefully a few memorable stories about your successes - an unforgettable experience to be, it also includes Never hurts to job offer a few leads the group as IT) to make it worthwhile for others.

6th For phone interviews?

Telephone interviews are a measurement of the ability of your resumequickly and clearly communicate your credibility and fit with the firm's job description. If you are still no telephone interviews, it is likely that you are either applying for the wrong job (you are over or under qualified) or your resume is not strong enough to give the impression. In addition, a poor record on telephone interviews was also a mirror image of an over-written "to try hard" to cover letter. Get too cute with your cover letter stand out and you cana negative, immature or unprofessional way - landing your resume / cover combo in the trash.

So, look for the results you get and like the people react to you. Are they the introduction of other, or you find a convenient reason to move on ("Hey, the buffet looks good, nice meeting you")? How do your results in comparison with other job seekers in your network. When interviewing anyone and you are busy filling out your LinkedIn profile to get 100%, you have to work toto do!

Take time once a week to stop "doing", write your results and plan for adjustments to get back on track.

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