A consolidated overview of the activities and resources necessary to conduct a job search - in today\'s marketplace - the Greater Chicago area.

1. The Plan - a compilation of the various job search activities / techniques that are reported to produce results in today's economy
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Marketing Friends /
Target Companies Internet Postings Recruiters Networking / Education Interview Support Teams
Materials Associates
-Resume -30 to 60 -e-Mail address -3 to 5 per week -Family -Unemployed -Information Interview Job Search Work Teams
-Handbill companies (professional) <5% of hires -Register with 10 to -Friends Schedule 2 to 5 weekly -Phone Screening Accountability Groups
-Business Cards -LinkedIn.com 25 Recruiters who -Groups/School Networking Events -In-Person Bible Study Groups
-Elevator Speech -Google Profile Use Postings to work in your industry -Church Coffee / Social gatherings Behavioral Volunteer Groups
-Differentiators -CareerBuilder.com drive you to / areas of interest -Co-Workers Phone / In-Person Tell Me About Yourself
-Brand (who/what) -Monster.com contact people -Retained -Manager Peer Join one or two (max)
-SAR's -Beyond.com within -Contingent -Activities -Employed Manager Be Accountable
-Indeed.com Remember you are -Associations Schedule 2 to 5 weekly -Ride-Along Complete agreed upon
organizations for building
-ZoomInfo.com -Better Bus Bureau Information Interviews Work for a day tracking documents
informal and/or relationships for
-Facebook Informal Conversations -Presentation (they help you keep to
-JigSaw.com informational your next search Phone / In-Person Develop / Present Solutions your plan / stay on
Stay with free conversations or -Contract track, and demonstrate
services, do not pay interviews -Education / Reading Short-Term / Part-Time
RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCES
Networking Arlington Heights Arlington Heights Friends / Family / Co- Networking Family / Friends Family / Friends / Co-Workers Daily / Weekly Plan
Resume Review Library Library Register @ each of Workers Business Card Does anyone you know, or are
your Target connected to, know someone in
Interview Training -Reference USA Former Co-Workers / Mgrs Daily Schedule
Companies - and company, get them to refer you
Job Counseling -D&B - Selectory IL WorkNet / IDES Kennedy Directory Handbill Follow-Ups
on the Internet
-St Hubert's -Hoovers (available @ most Church / Groups / Sports / READ: Ace the Job Interview (by New Appointments
Job Boards - and
-IL WorkNet / -Million $ Directory Family / Friends Library's) Resume BBB / Trade Associations Mark Warren, EW Solutions, Calls
select to be
IDES Job Seeker St Hubert's / BCC / ENG Columbus, OH) To-Do Lists
updated whenever
Workshops a posting fits your Job Boards e-Mail Research
Crain's Lists
-Barrington (Special Job Any local library (ask criteria Business Coach / Recruiter Company Web-Site Accountability/Progress Chart
Career Center Seekers Addition if they have remote Internet Searches LinkedIn News Releases / Articles
-St Matthew's @ $49) access to business LinkedIn / ZoomInfo / JigSaw Crain's / Business Week / Application/Contact Tracking
SAR (Situation- research databases) Recommended Facebook 10K / LinkedIn / Google / SEC
Action-Result) IL WorkNet / IDES -Reference USA Job Application Cold Call - Emp / Mgr / CEO Opportunity Pipeline
Template Job Seeker -D&B / Selectory Sequence: Google SAR (Situation-Action-Result)
Workshops -Hoovers Search Education - attend networking Informational Interviews
Plum Grove -Million $ Directory Network (find connection) meetings / seminars to
Develop / Write out your
Printers - Career -S&P Apply continually improve job search Coffee / Lunch Meetings
Interview Questions & Answers;
Assist Program -Morningstar Network (follow-up w/connection) skills, and to improve personal
Barrington Career rehearse them prior to interview
(www.plumgrovepr / work skills (i.e., Six Sigma,
Center (BCC) -Lexis-Nexis Follow-Up w/Contacts (about every 3 - 5 days) (bring with) Prayer/Bible Study Groups
inters.com) Project Mgmt, Word, Excel,
(Corporate AA/BS Degree, etc.) If this is a phone interview,
-100 Free "networking" Career Resource Affiliations) Weekly Goals: Family / Friends
USPS (hard have materials laid out on desk
Business Cards
Center (CRC) -STAT USA 5-Job Applications copy letters are for quick reference
-Other Free Printing - Vista
Lake Forest 4-Network Meetings (individual/lg grp) rare today, so Church
-Securities &
3-Information Calls/Interviews take advantage Read journals, business Connect (cold call, information
Exchange Commission
Books/DVDs:
(SEC) 2-Personal Growth Activities of this media) magazines, and/or books that interviews) with Hiring Manager or
-In Search of the Perfect help you stay current with your Peers / Employees to learn more about
Job - Clyde C. Lowstuter
1-Interview
industry company, issues, interviewer
-The Unwritten Rules of personality)
the Highly Effective Job
Search - Orville Pierson NOTE: Whenever writing any communications, always use a dictionary and a thesaurus, and ALWAYS Information Interview - allows you to When scheduling an interview,
-Guerilla Job Search-D. spell check (electronically & visually) every document before it is distributed! always ask who you will be talking
find out about company & get
Perry & K. Donlin
contacts - DO NOT ASK FOR A JOB; to - get names so you can look
Always write "thank you" note / e-mail after every informational meeting / interview! can ask if they know of any them up in LinkedIn, seek
opportunities that fit your skills connections, etc.
Developed by - Robert Barry Scott, 313 South Main Street, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 (312-749-4404 / barry_scott@comcast.net) - Updated 1-Feb-2010 (origin: 31-Jul-2009)