New Career Bootcamp

The Cure for Career Confusion

Welcome to Job Search Breakthrough!

 

Introduction & Job Search Strategy Overview (START HERE!)

[Note: The content in this module is reserved for clients who have completed a Resume coaching session or Job Search coaching session, or are members of the Career Change Club]


There are 6 primary ways to uncover job openings and get interviews.   Each of them has ‘advantages’ and ‘disadvantages’. Before you launch your job search, read this quick overview and decide which job search strategies you will use:

1. Reply to online openings on Job Boards and Company Websites (see Online Job Search Program)

  • Pros: It can be easy and fast to find openings; you can do it at times of day and night when you can’t do other job search strategies
  • Cons: Only 15 to 20% of all job openings are posted online; not all ads are “real”; the process has the most competition; screening software will likely reject you unless your resume uses the strategies taught in www.ResumeBreakthroughCoaching.com or www.CareerChangeClub.com
  • Best for job seekers who:
    • Have created a resume that frames their background to communicate their relevant value
    • Are targeting types of jobs that have a sufficient number of job openings on job boards

2. Promote yourself to potential hiring managers (see Hidden Job Search Program)

  • Pros: Most jobs aren’t advertised and this is the best way to find them; the easiest way to get your contact information in front of many people who can hire you in as fast as two weeks; there’s often little or no competition for unadvertised job openings
  • Cons: Takes more time to execute this strategy; it’s a new strategy for most job seekers and you need to how to do it the right way
  • Best for job seekers who:
    • Have a fairly (to very) clear idea of the type of job(s) they want to target
    • Want to work in geographic areas where they can identify 30 to 200 companies that hire people for the type(s) of jobs they want to target – and/or – you know the names of very specific companies you’d like to work for
    • You have  relevant value, skills and/or education to offer
    • Want to get more interviews faster

3. Job Search Networking (https://newcareerbootcamp.com/welcome-to-job-search-networking/)

  • Pros: Most jobs aren’t advertised and this is one way to find them.  And a personal introduction will increase your credibility
  • Cons: Many people don’t have good networks into jobs and industries they haven’t worked in; requires a certain level of assertiveness and confidence; it can be a slow process
  • Best for job seekers who:
    • Have an existing network of helpful contacts in industries and companies that appeal to you
    • Have attended a well-known university / college with a large alumni base
    • Are willing to invest time and energy now without expecting immediate results

4. Get found on LinkedIn by internal and external recruiters (see LinkedIn Breakthrough Program)

  • Pros: Many companies used LinkedIn to find candidates for job openings they have; the hiring process can be fast; you only need to set up your LinkedIn profile one time
  • Cons: You have to change your LinkedIn profile if you are making a career transition, which might tip off company employees and clients that you are planning to leave
  • Best for job seekers who:
    • Are able to change their LinkedIn profile without much risk of it getting seen or noticed by HR, colleagues or the boss
    • Have created a resume for a career transition – because you can ‘copy and paste’ the content and have an amazing LinkedIn profile in 90 minutes

5. Approach Executive Recruiters (see Executive Recruiters)

  • Pros: You can upload your resume into their database once and done
  • Cons: Executive recruiters almost never work with people making career changes; executive recruiters fill a very small percentage of all job openings; some executive recruiters are not forthright.
  • Best for when
    • You’re not making a very big change
    • You have a lot of relevant skills and experience

6. Use Social Media

  • Pros: Great if you’re targeting a job in social media
  • Cons: Very few employers use social media to recruit candidates unless the company is in the social media space
  • Best for job seekers who
    • Are targeting jobs working in social media

Because social media job search strategies can be used by very few job seekers, it is not included in this program. If you are targeting jobs in social media and want to use social media strategies to look for a new job, I recommend the book “Job Searching With Social Media for Dummies” at https://goo.gl/tUk1A8

Here are the research-proven odds of finding a job in 90 days:

  • Hidden Job Opportunities Breakthrough search has 85% odds of success in less than 90 days. There’s a 50% chance that you’ll have multiple job offers.
  • Networking has 30% odds of success in 90 days. (Networking has 50% odds of success in 18 months – which means that if it doesn’t work for you in 90 days, it probably isn’t going to work for you.)
  • Job Boards have 30% odds in 90 days… if you use the strategies I teach in the Online Job Search Breakthrough program.  If you don’t use those strategies, you have a 12% chance of finding a new job in 90 days using a Job Board.
  • Outplacement has 25% odds of success in 90 days.
  • Recruiters have 1% odds in 90 days.
  • Resume posting has 1% odds in 90 days.