The best strategy to follow in order to get the job you love to have within 30 days is really to create a project around your job hunting.
What does that actually mean and how does it work?
Why Creating a Project Around Your Job Hunting Works
Remember any time you had only a very tight schedule to complete a project or task and you did just that? How was it that you did it? How did you go about it?
First, a clear goal was set: The task you needed to complete within a given time.
Next, you made it a priority to reach that goal, often learning what to do and then doing those things you considered helpful.
Finally, it goes. Work well done. You made it. And it didn't matter that there were probably hitches here and there or few errors that you had to fix. The point is that, all that was taken care of--mistakes were made and corrected. And the target was reached.
That strategy doesn't work only when applied to other projects. It works as well, very well, when applied to job hunting.
We humans work at our best when we have a definite task that compels us to take action. Creating a project around getting your dream job is a way of creating definite tasks that you need to follow to get the job of your dream. And we propose the time to be within 30 days. [ That's, 30 days or less].
How To Do Just That?
Follow the guides below:
- Define the kind of Job you want
- Discover What you need to get that job you love to have
- Organise Your Job Search
- Take on your professional development
- Master Your professional Branding
- Prepare for Interviews
- Follow up
What kind of role do you want? What kind of organisation do you want to join-- in terms of size, sector, and culture?
Those things are details you need to clarify to yourself. Just so, your investment in this project of securing the job you love becomes a sustainable one. Not something that after you finally get a job, you realise, it was a mistake. That, the job you found is not right for you.
Search through job descriptions and company profile to discover the qualities the companies, you seek to join, are looking for.
It will help if you walkthrough the profiles of professionals who have the kind of jobs that fit in with your career goal. What are the skillset of such individuals? What certificates do they have.
Knowing all that will guide you in meeting your career development needs.
Just to be clear, focus on the improvements you can make on yourself, in terms of skills development, within the time being. While making it a priority to fill the skills and certificate gaps you may have going forward.
There are many channels to use in getting the job of your dream. It doesn't help if you limit that to a single or few channels.
- Use your network
- Use Job Boards
- Use Companies Websites
- Jobs are still advertised on Newspapers and blogs
- Use cold calling
To make this work effectively, specify the channel to consult, when you should do that, and how you should do that
To get support from your network, discover persons to reach out to. Put your request in order and make it specific.
It's easier to get support by telling someone close to you, [who works in a particular company you want to work for], the post you seek, asking that person to introduce you or refer you, or to ask that person to guide you.
The same is equally true when you tell those persons what role you seek and requesting that they let you know if they come across such openings in companies known to them.
In all, you need to make it easier for those you need their support to know what you want, by narrowing your request down to something that is specific, simple and clear.
That doesn't mean that everyone you reach out to may be willing to help. But it ensures that everyone you ask to help you knows exactly what you want them to do for you. And you should be grateful to all those who support you to reach your career goals.
That's why the step one above, Defining what you want, is important.
Take on your professional development
Have you heard about "Highly sought after professional?". That is not some abstract word. It happens everyday that head-hunters go through the profiles of people and are offering those they find interesting a job to join the team of the companies they are headhunting for.
You may ask: What does it take to have head-hunters coming to you with job offers?
On-demand skills, and a proof of professional experience and achievements that such head-hunters find interesting. That's what it takes. That' why you need to make your professional development a priority.
No matter what you are, professionally, if you're not able to communicate that to recruiters, it won't matter.
That's an important part you need to master in professional branding.
Research the company and prep for interviews. No matter how well your cover letter and resume did convince recruiters that you're a talent to watch, you still need to ace your interviews to get the job you need.
Follow up
This is about sending a "Thank You" note after each interview, as well as calling back for update after, say a week or two.
Conclusion
Creating a good job hunting plan that will help you to get your dream job within 30 days will require that you:
- Define the kind of Job you want
- Discover What you need to get that job you love to have
- Organise Your Job Search
- Take on your professional development
- Master Your professional Branding
- Prep for Interviews
- Follow up
Creating a strategy doesn't work only when applied to other projects. It works as well, very well, when applied in job hunting.
To organise your job hunting and make it very easy to get the job you love, you need to make your efforts to flow by specifying what to do, when to do it each day. Strategy wins all the time.
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