Many of the
most successful job seekers work with professional resume writers to ensure their resumes generate the highest possible quantity and quality of interviews.
Something similar works
for successful job seekers; they, too, are selective in what opportunities they choose to pursue, instead of taking whatever happens to fall into their laps.
By far and away, the most consistent feedback I hear
about successful job seekers is that they were able to follow the interviewer's cues and provide the information the interviewer sought.
Today's most
successful job seekers combine an awareness of modern technology with a desire to establish old - fashioned personal contact whenever possible.
In our
new Successful Job Seekers research, we surveyed over 550 professionals of varying ages and in different roles and industries.
This week, we hear from
successful job seeker Sandra who was hired for an entry - level, full - time, telecommuting medical transcriptionist job..
This person made a great point in how
successful job seekers at all levels (in their particular case they cater to the executive job seeker) are repackaging their skill sets to reinvent themselves within their existing profession or an entirely new profession.
• Interview Research, Preparation & Modeling Proper company research, thorough self preparation, interview question practice, expanded research into opportunities, culture and key players
enable successful job seekers to land the plum job.
A Five O'Clock Club statistic estimates that more than 80 % of
successful job seekers find their ultimate placement via networking, including directly contacting people, even cold.
But
successful job seekers also quickly realize there are resources that can help: mentors, college career services departments, and professional contacts are willing to assist recent college graduates in their quest for job search success.
Discover the latest practices and strategies used
by successful job seekers - covering social media, search engines, job boards, networking, and much more in my «99 Job Search Tips From An Executive Recruiter»
• Job Search Plans, Networking, and Social Media Usage Custom executive job search plans, strategic networking approaches and targeted social media use to unearth hidden opportunity and connect with key decision makers at companies are what
successful job seekers do on a daily basis.
Successful job seekers are absolutely maniacal when it comes to doing their preinterview research.
Optimism came easily and naturally to some of
those successful job seekers, but others chose to cultivate it because being negative, they realized, was an indulgence they simply could not afford.
Here's a list of practical suggestions that I have distilled from these two books as well as from my own personal experiences and those of
successful job seekers:
A lot of people believe
the successful job seeker has to put on a new face and act in some preprogrammed manner — the «interview persona.»