This document outlines the Diamond Method for landing one's ideal job. It discusses signs you may be in the wrong job, frustrations hiring managers and candidates face, and strategies to stand out from other candidates. These include focusing on information gathering and networking initially, understanding the company's needs, tailoring your resume for specific roles, and avoiding common mistakes made by older workers such as not keeping skills updated. The goal is to land job offers through emotional connections rather than just submitting numerous applications.

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Diamond Method for Landing Your Ideal job
John Younger, President, CEO & Mojo Master
jyounger@hiremojo.com, 415.755.1202
June 6, 2016

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Today’s Goals

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6 Signs You Are in the Wrong job *
1. Nothing Comes Naturally
2. Receiving Consistently Poor Feedback
3. You Are The Ugly Duckling
4. No Desire to Share
5. Just In It For The Money
6. You Can’t Be You
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* Louis Efron, Researcher and Writer

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Hiring Managers AND Candidates are Frustrated
Company
Recruiting
Department
• Do I have to use HR?
• Should I use an agency?
• Can I get the budget?
• This is going to be painful!
• I don’t have the time!
• How do I get through?
• Do I fit the culture?
• Why do I never hear back?
• Do they know I exist?

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A day in the life of a recruiter

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Reduced budget
25-40+ to 1 ratios
No outside help
Average 150+ applicants for each job
Dissatisfied Hiring Managers
Upset Candidates
Limited knowledge of job details

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Only one rule:
Illegal
Immoral
Or Fattening
There are no rules as long as it’s not

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The Typical Strategy
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Looking for Job
Submit Application
Submit Application
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Submit Application

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Your Online Profile Matters
1. Photograph
2. Headline
3. What can “who you are” do for me
4. LinkedIn URL
5. Job Title
6. Media Content
7. Group Participation

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The Diamond Method
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Start Your
“Find Great Job”
Project
Focus:
• Giving
• Information Gathering
• Expanding Network
Focus:
• Following up
• Asking for Introductions
• Picking the right job
Start Your
Great Job
Looking for Job

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1. Find the person through your life network
2. Purpose: Information gathering only (non threatening)
3. Know as much as possible about the person, company and industry
4. Understand the economics of their business
5. Have a specific resume for that company, but only as a point of reference – you are not asking
for a job
6. Come bearing gifts
7. Send a hand written thank you note within a few days
8. Send another gift 2-3 weeks later
9. Recontact once cross center line that now looking for job
10. Conduct interview process, now as an employee referral
Basic Plan Per Contact

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Secret #1 – Your Network is the Key
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Secret #2 – Find the Emotional Triggers
What’s the pain and what needs to get done by when?
How will success be measured quantitatively?
What are common attributes of your top performers?
Why would the right person want this job?
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Secret #3 – Focus on Your Talent, Not Just Skills
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World
Focus on “I” with Data
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Company
Department
Team
I
Candidate
Interviewer

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Offers: Know the Answer Before Anything is Finalized
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Your Master Resume

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Secret #4 – Avoid the 4 Things Older Workers Are Doing Wrong
They’re not stepping up to the plate
Money expectations are too high
Not keeping skills up to date
Not using the best job search tools or strategies
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Diamond Method for Landing Your Ideal job
John Younger, President, CEO & Mojo Master
jyounger@hiremojo.com, 415.755.1202
March 31, 2014