Email or Snail Mail?
Different coaches and career books have different opinions. I say, “It depends.”
The Cure for Career Confusion
Different coaches and career books have different opinions. I say, “It depends.”
In this module, you will:
After you complete this module, return to the Universal Hidden Job Search or the Customized Hidden Job Search to launch your job search!
To find unadvertised job openings, you must identify the name, email and telephone number of the employee(s) that you would report to at a company – for the type of position(s) you want. Throughout this program, I call those employees “hiring managers”.
Depending on the type of position you are targeting and the size of a company, there might be more than one potential hiring manager at each potential employer. You can target (e.g. contact) all of these potential hiring managers at the same time.
Also, there will be situations when you’re not sure if someone you’ve identified is actually the hiring manager. My recommendation is put them on your list and target (e.g. contact) them.
To create the largest ‘target market’ and most opportunity for your search, you want to identify and get the contact information for all of the potential hiring managers at each potential employer.
Here’s exactly how to do that…
LinkedIn.com is a free and terrific resource to identify hiring managers and in this module I cover the little known, step-by-step strategies of how to do it. Watch the training video now..
Wouldn’t it be great to find ANY connection you have to an employee at your target companies? Of course, it would – they might be able to:
In this training video, you’ll learn my 3 favorite ways to use LinkedIn to find insider connections who are most likely to help you (even when you don’t think you have any connections.)
In this program I show you how to effectively reach out to hiring managers when you don’t have any connection to them.
However, because an introduction is the most effective way to get insider information and contact a hiring manager, you might want to look for insider connections for a company that you want to target now.
Here’s how you can do that…
Now that you have identified potential hiring manager and insider connections, you need to do some research to see which ones are the best ones for you to target.
LinkedIn the best, most up-to-date source of professional information that can help you choose your targets.
Here’s how to access nearly anyone’s LinkedIn profile (even if it’s hidden or anonymous) so you can choose the right people to contact.
To get the contact information of hiring managers and insider connections, you can: