12 things you could do right now to take 60 days off your job search

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12 Things You Could Do, Right Now, to Take 60 Days Off Your Job Search

Ken Lazar Founder, The Scioto Ridge Job Networking Group©, LLCDirector of Business Development, McIntyre Global Executive Search

March 26, 2013


1. Work Hard.

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. - Lowell Thomas


2. Focus

No one will remember you if you say “I can do anything.” – Todd Galleher


3. Develop a long and a short term strategy.


4. Title your resume.


5. Trash your functional resume.


6. Make an appropriate target list of companies.


7. Perfect your exit speech.


8. Exhaustively prepare for your interview.


The indisputable fact of hiring.

All things being equal, people hire people they know, like and trust.


Ask trust building interview questions.

- What do you like about your job? What else?- How long have you been with the company?- What would you like to be doing in three years?- What significant contribution would you like to make this year?- How can this position help?- Tell me more.


Personality Matching

- The best interviewees are the ones who have the ability to meet their interviewers at their level.

- “We hire people who are like us.”


What is the most frequently asked interview question?

Why did you leave your last job?


9. Spend 75% of your time in face-to-face networking situations.


10. Age discrimination is a state of mind.

Youth has nothing to do with age.


11. Get an attitude or lose an attitude.


12. Include staffing companies in your job search strategy.

Contract employees interview every day. – Bruce Rowles


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