Proven Steps for Job Search Success for Boomers

Proven Steps to Job Search Success Phil Chipouras

Keys to Job Search Success
Determine your value proposition
Productivity
Marketing plan
Understanding the hiring process
Measurements and benchmarks
Collaborate with others

Understand Today’s Work Environment
Trends
Issues
Opportunities

Determine Your Professional Objective
Defines what you want to do
Gives direction to your search
Forms the core of your marketing plan
Provides an opportunity to explore your options
Is easily understood and focused

Create Your Communication Strategy
Your exit statement
Your positioning statement
Your accomplishment statements
Your resume

Determine Your Target Market
Design a clear, logical and practical definition of your target market
Establish criteria to prioritize your target organizations
Geographic location
Industry or type of organization
Size of organization
Organization culture

Research Marketplace Information
Identify appropriate target organization
Understand what is happening in your target marketplace
Uncover the activities your target organizations are involved in
Identify the right people to talk to

Networking
Locate and talk with the hiring managers inside your targeted organizations
Develop a sustained, focused communication effort
Increase your visibility
Continue to gather information

Conduct Informational Interviews
Uncover the needs of the organization
Position your qualifications as a solution to these needs
Explore possibilities

Utilize as Many Methods of Search as Possible
Search firms
Internet
Contract agencies
Networking

Interview
Position your skill, talents and experience as a solution to the hiring manger’s challenges
Cultivate offers by helping the hiring manager see you in a particular role
Negotiate

Transitioning into the New Position
Plan your entry into the new organization
Increases the likelihood that you will succeed
Continue to build your reputation

Phil Chipouras
phil@ whatsnextconsulting.net
303-565-1521

Proven Steps for Job Search Success for Boomers

by PhilChipouras on May 13, 2009

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