job search survival kit part 26 -- my job search has stalled. wtf, now what do i do?

The Job Search Survival Kit – Job Search And LinkedIn Tips. Part 26

Getting The Upper Advantage No Matter The OddsBy: Anthony Hines

A Reminder Of Who Am I & Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me?

Who Am I….I am a hardworking guy who, like many others, found himself out of work during the economic downturn in 2010. After a long battle of wrong turns, job search strategies that led to no where, and dead end leads, I decided to take a more strategic approach to my job search. Like anything else in life, I needed to treat my search like a full-time job and create a plan that would allow me to stand out above the competition.

Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me…because I quickly realized that to handle an event like that is to focus on what you can control and share the experience to help others. I believe that an experience not shared is a lost opportunity in life, and that smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people’s experiences.

Step By Step By Step By Step.

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING MORE.Get Your Resume Checked Email your resume to [email protected] and tell them I sent

you. That way you will get a free comprehensive and detailed report of how your resume looks and flows. Go for it because without a great resume, you have no chance of getting any job much less a great job. The turnaround is quick and the service is stellar.

Read My Job Search Tip Document First .These are the Free documents that tell you everything that I did to get activity & visibility in my search. Email me at [email protected] and I will send you them.

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My Job Search Is Not Producing Leads

The next group of slides will discuss things that I believe you can do immediately to get your job search moving if it just

I will tell you the tip or idea and let you know why I like it to help you in dealing with the process.

Remember, I am by no means a professional and never claim to be. I am just giving you things as I see them to help you to see through the ‘fog’ and get ahead in your career.

I hope my ideas help you out and help me to end unemployment one person at a time.

My Job Search Is Not Producing Leads. WTF do I do?

Stop thinking that your job search consists of you applying for jobs endlessly behind a computer in the house. That produces many applications and limited results. Get that through your head and start making appointments to meet people for coffee.


Try to get informational interviews with people so that you can refine your skills. Whether it is in your industry or not, try get in front of people and talk with hiring managers even if it is unofficial. You never know what it will lead to.


If you are working with a transitional company, make them earn their money. Come prepared for every appointment and send the counselor an agenda for the meeting beforehand. You drive that relationship and quit thinking that the service has a miracle cure. They don’t. Get it through your head that it is on you and that you are responsible for you. No BS. Just the way it is.


Take every course you can that is offered in your unemployment office. It will keep you busy and your mind sharp. Plus you will meet people and feel a sense of accomplishment which will help you to stay confident which is just as important as any facet of this process. Keep busy developing you any way you can and that way you are building your skillset and making yourself more valuable.


Consider consulting on short term projects for a while and get over yourself regarding what you won’t do. Pride can get in the way here. Don’t let that happen to you. You may have to do that and it keeps you moving until your next opportunity. Perspective employers like people who did what it took to get through the tough times as this helps them to believe that they can come through for that company if hired. Believe me, it is true.


Get a subscription to the Business Journal publication in your city and attend all of their events. Yes, they can be pricey but few people in transition attend them and remember a great way to get noticed is to be in a place of many hiring managers with few unemployed people to compete with. This is a HUGE tip and will help you immensely as it helped me.


How updated is your LinkedIn profile. If it isn’t, spend some time on it and make it show your skills. Take an interest in yourself and get it updated. Check out my LinkedIn Tips document for lots of ways to get it noticed and request connections with people you have worked either in the present or in the recent past or even the distant past. People you know will remember you. Make a list of who these people are and ask them to connect? Ask them to meet with you to catch-up as well? You never know.


Join Linkedin’s Job Seeker Premium. You get a free month when you join and you then have the inside track to lots of recruiter eyeballs. I did it and it is how I got my current job. I am a big believer in it as you see the newest jobs and you see the person hiring checking your profile and its all done quickly. Transparency is very key in this process and this is one way to get it.


Do you have business cards? If you don’t, get them. That way when you network, you have something to give to the people you meet. Use my Business card tip document if you need ideas. It is one of my docs. Btw, when you get them, make sure you get quality stock and a quality card with a useful layout and the proper information. See my doc for more info.


Get certified and see if you can get your unemployment office to pay for it. Certifications give you an edge throughout the employment process and there are many federal programs to help you pay for it. Ask your unemployment office for info and if they can’t help you then go to another office. This will take legwork but it is worth it in the end.


Stay visible and stay with the process. Go to networking events and join your local chapter of your professional organization. That will get you with like minded people and get you in a place with people that talk your language. Plus you will be around people that are working and that is always an easier path to a job.


Bite the bullet and get all of your job search items done professionally. Get your resume done, your Linkedin profile done and also create Twitter profiles, Facebook pages and other social media items out to get the word out. The key to this process is volume and with it, you have a better chance to get a job. You have to believe in yourself and show that in all you do before someone can believe in you.


Dump the stubbornness and the guilt and the negativity in all aspects of your life. Those emotions have no positive value and only get in the way. You can’t focus on any distractions. You have to focus on you. Put the other stuff aside and yet pay forward when you can. I tried to help everyone else get a job when I was out because paying forward is a fantastic way to network.


See if you can volunteer to help a charity or cause using your profession as what you offer. You never know where that will lead and it will help you keep youe skills sharp.

This process is like building a spider web. One thread at a time. That is how you should focus and that way the process does not overwhelm you.

Job Search & LinkedIn Tips To Help You Land The Job

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Thoughts For You To Ponder

I want to reiterate that I am not a professional and only providing you with things I did that helped me out during my own job search.

I do these presentations because the job search process has a lot to do with attitude and outlook. That’s on you. Excuses are for losers. Be a winner and take charge. You can do it because you have done it before I bet.

Make sure you individualize any all of the information provided on this or any of my presentations. My ideas are to guide you and help you to understand concepts.


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If you have found this presentation helpful and found some ways to gain an advantage in your job search, then my hours of work to help the unemployed one person at a time has been a success.

please email me at [email protected] and tell me how its going. If you have read my docs and have seen my other Job Search Survival Kit presentations , I believe that you are on your way to your next group of opportunities. Embrace the challenge and do your best daily. Go for it and don’t look back. No excuses, no delays, no procrastination. Go for it.



Come join the LinkedIn group that I recently created. It is called the Anthony Hines Job Search Survival Group. It’s a unique group because the people in it really support and help each other to get their next opportunity.

Just log into LinkedIn.com, go to groups and join the above named group. People really seem to find it useful and I check in often as well. Come join today.


Go back to Slideshare.net and check out my other “Job Search Survival Kit” presentations because over the recent past, I have added a bunch of new chapters that enhances what you have just read and will also help to get you an even better edge in your job search journey.

Check out my Job Search Survival Kit on Youtube.com as well.

Just search for it and it will come right up.

Most importantly, make sure you email a copy of your resume to [email protected] for your free resume critique because you have no chance of ever getting a great job without a great resume to get you noticed.


job search survival kit part 26 -- my job search has stalled. wtf, now what do i do?

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