A Systematic, Process-Oriented Job Search #LizRyan

A Systematic, Process-Oriented Job Search #LizRyan Im a sucker for a good job search story.  Enter a LinkedIn article by Liz Ryan, where she shares an awesome, inspiring letter from one of her job seeker clients, and then her reply.  Please read the entire thing its kind of long but if you are in a job search, this will give you a boost that you just cant get enough of! How Doug Got Hired After Two Years of Searching Dougs story is our story your story, my story.  We think that if we do a great job, well have security (I thought I was going to retire from that job.).  We think that we can send out hundreds of resumes, because its a numbers game, and eventually someone is going to interview us and hire us.  We are absolutely appalled at the resume black hole and the salt-in-the-wound auto-responders.  Finally, when something comes along that gives us a semblance of control, we gravitate towards that.  We thirst for control, since we feel like weve been thrust into this dark fantasy world where we have NO control.  Doug talks about Pain Letters and a consulting business card.  Its a great letter read it here. Liz responds with two awesome follow-up assignments that EVERY job seeker should do. The first is to get on LinkedIn, and get a good profile.  The second assignment is awesome: The second assignment is to write to everyone you met in your job search, and thank them. Tell them where you landed and thank them for their support, even if they didnt really do anything. Thats okay. Tell them that you appreciate having them in your network. Maybe your note will be the spark that grows their mojo just enough to do something nice for the next person they meet, or to take a step for themselves This is such a powerful assignment. I dont even want to call it a recommendation because I think that devalues it. Its not a suggestion this is a must-do assignment. I have heard from hundreds of coaches and career professionals that they all say something like this: when you land your next job, you need to continue networking! And the job seekers says Yes, of course, Ill never let my network get stagnant again!  You feel repentant, you are humbled, and even though you dont like networking, you swear you wont fall behind on your relationships again. BUT YOU DO.  You get busy onboarding yourself at your next job.  You can take a breather and release the stress of being unemployed.  You get to play a bit, and of course you dont have to go to any networking events.  Whatever resolution you had gets swept away in the new routines. YOu arent bad you just need some ideas on how to network moving forward.  And Lizs assignment, to reach out to every person you met in your job search (and the people you knew before that, who you were in touch with during your job search), is THE TACTIC that you need to pursue. Awesome stuff. Click the image to read the whole thing: A Systematic, Process-Oriented Job Search #LizRyan Im a sucker for a good job search story.  Enter a LinkedIn article by Liz Ryan, where she shares an awesome, inspiring letter from one of her job seeker clients, and then her reply.  Please read the entire thing its kind of long but if you are in a job search, this will give you a boost that you just cant get enough of! How Doug Got Hired After Two Years of Searching Dougs story is our story your story, my story.  We think that if we do a great job, well have security (I thought I was going to retire from that job.).  We think that we can send out hundreds of resumes, because its a numbers game, and eventually someone is going to interview us and hire us.  We are absolutely appalled at the resume black hole and the salt-in-the-wound auto-responders.  Finally, when something comes along that gives us a semblance of control, we gravitate towards that.  We thirst for control, since we feel like weve been thrust into this dark fantasy world where we have NO control.  Doug talks about Pain Letters and a consulting business card.  Its a great letter read it here. Liz responds with two awesome follow-up assignments that EVERY job seeker should do. The first is to get on LinkedIn, and get a good profile.  The second assignment is awesome: The second assignment is to write to everyone you met in your job search, and thank them. Tell them where you landed and thank them for their support, even if they didnt really do anything. Thats okay. Tell them that you appreciate having them in your network. Maybe your note will be the spark that grows their mojo just enough to do something nice for the next person they meet, or to take a step for themselves This is such a powerful assignment. I dont even want to call it a recommendation because I think that devalues it. Its not a suggestion this is a must-do assignment. I have heard from hundreds of coaches and career professionals that they all say something like this: when you land your next job, you need to continue networking! And the job seekers says Yes, of course, Ill never let my network get stagnant again!  You feel repentant, you are humbled, and even though you dont like networking, you swear you wont fall behind on your relationships again. BUT YOU DO.  You get busy onboarding yourself at your next job.  You can take a breather and release the stress of being unemployed.  You get to play a bit, and of course you dont have to go to any networking events.  Whatever resolution you had gets swept away in the new routines. YOu arent bad you just need some ideas on how to network moving forward.  And Lizs assignment, to reach out to every person you met in your job search (and the people you knew before that, who you were in touch with during your job search), is THE TACTIC that you need to pursue. Awesome stuff. Click the image to read the whole thing: