1. Have you ever reached to your 50 warmest friends to update them on that which you are currently doing ?
Otherwise, send a contact to your 50 closest friends, family members, old clients and ex-colleagues to update them. Tend not to contact them merely to send a "with your resume" asking for job leads, simply update them in order that they know your circumstances.
2. If i glanced your Linked-In profile, would I know you're in the market for job opportunities? Would I realize what you're trying to do?
3. Are you posting some type of update on Linked-In at least one time every week? (i.e. so that you are subtly on people's radar.)
Otherwise, get into the habit of posting something of value once weekly. Post status updates which will be valuable to your network, answer a question inside the answers section to demonstrate your expertise or put in a valuable comment in a discussion within one of several groups you're a part of.
4. Are you currently ‘out and about’ one or more times per week meeting people in person?
If not, schedule time next week in order to meet with ex-colleagues, clients and friends over coffee - lunch - drinks only to catch up.
You'll stick to people's radar for potential opportunities, often receive some useful advice, laugh and generally feel much better about yourself than you would sitting at home looking through project sites the whole day.
5. Would you speak with no less than two of your fellow job seekers once weekly to share ideas and help one another?
6. Do you have a spreadsheet to track almost every lead, contact or job you're pursued?
Otherwise, set up a simple spreadsheet to help to trace progress and be sure you don't neglect to follow up on a possible opportunity.
7. Would you religiously and systematically check in each and every contact, lead or loose conversation about an opportunity within 24 hours? (48 hours at the very latest)
Otherwise, how may you get more organised and disciplined in your follow-up?
8. Do you give yourself permission to have a bad day or a bad week?
If not, go easy on yourself. It's completely normal to be a little ‘up and down’ emotionally when going through a career search or change process.
About the author: Marie J. Duprey writes for the http://www.humanresourcescareer.org/ . Her mission is to offer free info to help individuals take charge of their job search, build confidence and advance their careers by connecting job seekers with the best minds in career counseling, resume writing, personal branding and recruiting.
