Why Your Job Search Will Take Longer Than You Want
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
One thing I know from my experience as an executive recruiter and now as a job search coach is that your job search will take longer than you think it will.
Why Should Branding Make a Difference to You?
When I first started in recruiting, there was a maxim that was believed that a job search would take a month for every $10,000 of income. That isn’t true anymore and no one quotes that belief any longer.
What I cOne thing I know from my experience as an executive recruiter and now as a job search coach is that your job search will take longer than you thinkan tell you is true is that most job searches take longer than anyone expects them to take.
Why?
Part of it is that most of you don’t know how to job hunt.
Part of it is that most of you don’t know how to network.
Part of it is you’re still applying to jobs as your primary strategy for finding work.
Part of it is that most of you don’t know how to interview PARTICULARLY if you think your experience interviewing job hunters translates well into YOU being interviewed.
Part of it is you don’t know how to negotiate and don’t recognize when a firm has started its negotiations with you (it isn’t at the end of the interview when they are making you an offer).
Branding Yourself Is Important and Easy
The fact is that almost everyone I have worked with is either recruiter or, as a coach is an amateur at job hunting. As a result of their ineptitude, they make mistakes that cost them opportunities and put themselves behind the eight ball with finding a new job.
Professionals have talent but know that isn’t enough.
They work with people who can get them to top performance.
Remember, when firms hire, competence is only one variable they look for. In addition, they like to see self-confidence, character, chemistry with the people in their organization, and, maybe, a little bit of charisma (for many jobs, charismatic people do better than non-charismatic people).
What they want to do is trust someone.
For many jobs, they want to feel inspired by someone.
They want to hear something different (in a positive way) than the last five people that they’ve interviewed.
They want to minimize the risk of a bad hire and maximize the possibility of a great hire.
What makes you different?
How can you package that in an interview?
I’m Jeff Altman. Visit my website, JobSearch.Community. I have some great free content to help you with your job search on the homepage. Become an Insider member and you get access to all of my video courses, books and guides PLUS you can ask me questions about your job search. I’ll respond daily.
Become an Insider+ member and you’ll get all of that PLUS you can get me on Zoom calls and I’ll answer your questions.
Become an Insider Premium member, and you’ll get all of that, plus we’ll do individual or group coaching so I can help you even more.
Have a terrific day. Be Great!
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