Creative Job Search Techniques
- Use the phone book! Cold call organizations in your desired field.
- Fax resumes with the headline “In anticipation of your next office opportunity”
- Put up a “job wanted” ad on Craigslist
- Snail mail resumes to a contact in HR at organizations in your desired field
- Hand deliver resumes to different departments
- Update your online resume profile weekly, this will keep you at the top of the list
- Most jobs are unadvertised (80%) subscribe to trade journals to find un-posted positions
- Attend local job fairs
- Subscribe to company newsletters
- Keep in contact even if you are passed up for a job
- Don’t take anything personally
- Fine tune your answers to standard interview questions
- Search niche job boards
- Practice your admin skills, up your typing speed
- Attend conferences and local events
- Email or call the CEO of your favorite companies
- Put links to professional profiles on your resume or email
- Have multiple people review your resume
- Research, research! Stay on top of industry news
- Expand vocabulary, incorporate industry buzz words in your everyday conversations
- Email all of your contacts on Facebook or your email and let them know you are looking for a job
- Plan a social event and ask your friends to bring a guest with them this expands your network
- Reverse look up phone numbers, faxes or emails to find contact information
- BCC yourself on every submittal you send
- Take the number of resumes you are sending out and DOUBLE IT!!
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