The Most Accurate Pie Chart for Job Seekers
Once upon a time, an out-of-work job seeker was starting to develop a case of self-doubt wondering if he would ever get a job. After weeks of searching, spending a great deal of time and effort filling out applications, sending in specific information and waiting, he determined his experience was not what employers wanted.
From there, he began to reason that he might need to lower his sights and look for positions below his skill level and compensation just so he could get a job. He was so frustrated – just about ready to settle for anything – that he tried something new: He laid out his activities in a pie chart.
Within minutes of thinking about where he spent his time and energy, it became clear he was putting most of his effort into areas that produced the least results. He was spending 75 percent of his time answering ads, diligently applying everywhere there was a position. Sadly, he only spent 25 percent of his time on the “No. 1 Way to Find a New Job – Networking!”
This is a common scenario. So many job seekers work very hard but spend an enormous amount of time in the least-productive job-search areas. Once they see the connection between their job-search efforts and the effectiveness of those efforts, they’re relieved to discover it’s not about their skills or backgrounds, it’s about their job-search activities.
So what is the moral of this story?
1. Never – EVER settle for anything less than what you deserve.
2. Increase the size of your network (Pie) and your chance (Slice) of career success increases and improves with it!
Good Hunting!
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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.
