Struggling in Your Job Search? Here are 10 Action Steps to Take
It can happen to the best of us. We are struggling in our job search and the stress is mounting.
Here are 10 job search action steps you can to improve the situation:
- Wait before applying and sending a random application. Always work through your existing relationships and network first.
- Improve your resumé. It’s always a work in progress.
- Craft a compelling cover letter with your specific objective and reasons WHY you are qualified.
- Create a Job Search Marketing Plan.
- Update and optimize your Linkedin profile—and get a professional headshot taken.
- Practice job interview answers.
- Follow up and follow through. (This is the biggest mistake job seekers make.)
- Use networking to your advantage. Focus on your best connections. Don’t keep your job search a secret—tell your story and listen well.
- Read a best-selling book on job searching AND the interview process
- Attend a peer level networking event and online webinar
- Hire a reputable Career Transition Coach to provide you with structure and accountability.
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Mark James, CPC is the founder and CEO of Hire Consulting Services (HCS). Established in 1999, HCS is a highly customized executive outplacement and career coaching firm for executive-level professionals.
Mark is equipped with over 25 years of experience in Executive Career Management Coaching, as well as Outplacement and Executive Search Consulting. He is the author of the three best-selling books—Keys to the C Suite: Unlock the Doors to Executive Career Path Success, The Interview Mindset: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Your Career, and The Recruiter Mindset: The Ultimate Guide to Working with Executive Search Recruiters.
Mark uses a proven and successful strategy and structured process to fully enable his clients to conduct a professional job search campaign and with the singular goal of securing their next career opportunity in significantly less time it would take without a career coach. Clients gain a new perspective of their marketing value coupled with executing a strategic plan and closing the deal on their new role in their next job.
