MyEasyJobSearch.com: How to Get a Job in the 21st
Century
During a period of 54 months back in the 80’s I had 8 different
jobs. I learned a lot about looking for
a job during this time. Over the years
as I helped others with their job search I developed a set of notes that I
would give out. Notice I didn’t write a
book about how to keep a job!
Other books concentrate on the mechanics of job search, like
writing a resume and looking for job information on line. People looking for a job spend their time
looking for places that have openings.
What they should really be doing is looking for places that they would
like to work for. The real key is having
a good plan and recognizing that job search is a sales process. In this book we concentrate on following the
sales process. Whatever you did before
or whatever you think you’d like to do, if you’re looking for a job, then
you’re in sales. To find a job you need to follow the sales
process.
The first step is
what I call answering the “Whats”: What do you want to do? And what do you bring
to the party?
Many people start out searching for a new job
when that’s the last thing they want.
You really have 5 choices:
·
Full time job
·
Temporary assignments
·
Temporary to permanent job
·
Work freelance
·
Start a business
7.
What about your second question:
“What do you bring to the party?”
So many people today do not have a basic
understanding of basic economics. Why
would somebody hire you? The answer is
so they can make a profit. So the
question is how is somebody going to make a profit from paying me? In other words what can you do that’s
valuable?
8.
How do people answer these
questions?
By a process of
guided discovery. I believe in
making lists
9.
Like what?
·
Make a list of your accomplishments.
·
Make a list of the things you've done that
you enjoyed or were fun.
·
Make a list of the things you like about
companies that you've worked for.
·
Make a list of the things you didn't like at
companies that you've worked for.
·
Make a list of your skill set
10.
What’s the next step?
Suspects… where do you suspect might
be a good place to work.
11.
What’s the next step?
Research the suspects to find out
which are really prospects?
12.
And then what?
The next step is to set up interviews with you
prospects. I often ask people who are
looking for jobs how many interviews they’ve had in the last week. The usual answer I get is one or none. So I ask, “so you’re the sales manager and you
just found out that one of your sales executives has only many one sales call
in the last week. How would you feel about that?”
13.
How can someone get your book?
It’s available on
Amazon.com. The exact URL is available
on MyEasyJobSearch.com