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Kicking off your Job SearchA 3-week plan to success

Stuart Rosenfieldstuart_rosenfield@yahoo.com

www.linkedin.com/stuartrosenfield

www.tinyurl.com/jobstartjobsearch

© Stuart Rosenfield 2013

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Perseverance =+Focus

REMEMBER:

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Week 1The Most Important Week

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Update LinkedIn ProfileUpdate Resume Get/Order Business Cards

Develop 10 second pitchGet Day Calendar Get Manilla Folder

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Week 1 Develop your toolkit

• Master Resume + Cover Letter• Company Folders• Excel Workbook +Worksheets

– Contacts– Companies– Other Job Search Sites– Mileage– Submitted Jobs– Unemployment Insurance– Job Hunting Expenses– Who Am I Helping

Get Job SearchFlash Drive

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Contacts Worksheet

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Companies Worksheet

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Other Job Search Sites Worksheet

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Mileage Worksheet

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Submitted Jobs Worksheet

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Unemployment Insurance Worksheet

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Job-related Expenses Worksheet

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Week 1Develop your toolkit

Who am I helping Worksheet

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Week 1Activate Unemployment Insurance

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Week 1Inform your network

• Your 10 second pitch• Who: Family, friends, former co-workers, clergy, dentist,

barber, fraternity/sorority, insurance agent, financial planner, recruiters

• How: E-mail, phone call, LinkedIn, FaceBook, In-person• Where: LinkedIn, FaceBook, soccer games, Boy Scouts, PTA,

kid parties, gym – anywhere!• You want 1000s looking for you!

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Week 1Determine Networking Groups

3:00 - Jewish Family Service

9:30 – Women’s Networking Group

6:30 – St, Andrews

10:00 – Southlake Group

5:00 – Dallas Business Club

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Week 1Establish your Board of Directors

Previous Co-workersPrevious BossesTrusted Friends

Family

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Week 2Establishing a Routine

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Week 2 Activities• Get out of house at least once a day and meet people (networking groups,

food shopping, extracurriculars)• Goal – meet/connect with at least 8 people a day• Attend career network groups

– Get on their job boards/yahoogroups– Get to know facilitators, key people, volunteer at 1 group only– Set up job lead share network (Accounting, HR, Marketing, PR, Sales,

Purchasing, IT, Customer Support, etc.)• Linkin with as many recruiters in your space as possible• Go to lunch with an employed person at least once a week• Search your URLs at least once every 2 days; apply where appropriate and

log/file in excel workbook and flash drive; refresh Monster, CareerBuilder resumes

• Volunteer and help others• Check-in with Board of Directors

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Week 3 and BeyondFocus and Perseverance

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Week 3 and Beyond Activities• Establish a focused routine for each day of the week• Work on expanding your network– Volunteering, affinity group social events/lunches,

seminars– Get out of house at least once a day and meet people (networking

groups, food shopping, extracurriculars)– Goal – meet/connect with at least 5 people a day

• Attend career network groups religiously• Refresh Monster, CareerBuilder resumes• Linkin with as many recruiters in your space as possible• Go to lunch with an employed person at least once a week• Check-in with your Board of Directors

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Find a job you like?

• Submit application on-line• Find someone in the company who can hand deliver

to hiring manager/internal recruiter– LinkedIn, friend, family, Board of Directors

• Follow up with them to make sure the hiring manager saw it and work to get an interview

• Log job in excel spreadsheet and file resume/cover letter in company folder on flash drive

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Got an interview?

• Get on the company website and read it• Understand who their competitors are• Understand what is going on in their space• Know almost as much about your interviewers as they

know about you– Company insiders, ex-Company insiders, LinkedIn, Facebook

• Send thank you note within 24 hours to everyone who interviewed with you

• Follow up with hiring manager once a week

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Got the job?• Celebrate with family• Save your excel workbook (you may need it in the

future)• Thank everyone who really helped you/cared• Keep helping others to find jobs– Don’t unsubscribe to network job boards

• Unsubscribe to personal job agents • Update Linkedin Profile one week after you start• Do not stop networking; continue with professional

orgs, volunteering, and linking with others

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The Four Gets

•Get it together in Week 1•Get out everyday•Get after it everyday•Get a job!