" Career Success Story Online Coaching Series"
Manage Your Job Search to Achieve Results
Now that you’ve taken time to create a successful vision or picture of where your career is heading, your next objective is to create a strategy. Most importantly, your strategic plan of action should include tactics, steps, activities, etc., which you will be able to use throughout the length of your career. Despite the economic conditions of the day, or the state of your finances, your strategy should be tied a career success plan that has the shelf life of years...not months.
Within this online coaching session, I will provide specific information to help you:
design a strategic plan of action
design a strategic plan of actionmap out anticipated steps in your job search process
map out anticipated steps in your job search processmaintain a journal to evaluate your job search effectiveness
maintain a journal to evaluate your job search effectivenessAdditionally, this session includes a sample job search strategic plan of action for your reference and use.
1) Write down your short term goals
Most people seeking a new job want to end up with a new position and complete the interview process as soon as possible. Ideally, it would be great to find the right position during your very first interview. As you create a job search plan, look at how much time you realistically need, or have, to complete your plan. Then, with that endpoint in mind, work backwards so you can achieve significant results at the most appropriate time.
2) Map out the process
If you have no idea how much time it will take to get your first interview, then create a goal and work towards making it happen. The average time it takes to get a new position is typically three months. Your timeline could span three months, or it can be tailored to your specific needs. For example, due to financial reasons, you decide that you have two months in which to secure a new position.
As you work backwards from the date you’ve selected to be ideal for a successful completion of your job hunt, your key tasks could be listed accordingly. (see the Sample Job Search Plan below)
3) Create a journal
I’ve spoken with job seekers who complain about different aspects of searching for a new position. Most notably, job seekers are generally dissatisfied when the receipt of their resume is not acknowledged or confirmed by companies. And despite this feeling, most job seekers will devote large chunks of time submitting their resumes to nonresponsive job boards and anonymous company representatives. Through the use of a journal you can fully capture what is, and is not, working for you during the job hunt. Your journal serves as a record of your milestones, obstacles, breakthroughs, successes. It can help you evaluate what is working for you (job boards, direct referrals, networking, niche boards, etc.) and help you further refine your efforts. The journal can also be used for future job search efforts and provide a framework of what you did and what worked.
Sample Job Search Plan Final / Last Week of Job SearchAccept desired offer; receive confirmation letter7th - 8th week Complete additional interviews for desired positionsReceive & weigh benefits of desired offers5th - 6th week Complete initial or additional interviews for desired positionsContact hiring managers based on research3rd – 4th weekNetwork with associates, referrals, etc.Contact hiring managers based on researchMeet targeted contacts within your networkComplete initial interviews1st – 2nd weekConduct self-evaluations, establish goals, align with Career Vision.Conduct research to target companies & access hiring managersCreate network list and begin general inquiries.Revise or create new resumePost resume on national boards
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Self Assessment: If your career path has been altered due to the current job market conditions, have you faced how these changes will affect you in the long run? Do you plan to pursue a different type of postion or field? What have you done to prepare yourself mentally for the change in your plans?
Pre-Assessment: Given the current job market conditions, how have you prepared yourself for a longer job search?
Post Assessment: Do you have one person, or a team, to help you remain focused during the course of your job search?
