One
of the better ways to secure a job is to speak with decision-makers on the
hiring committee before openings get announced to the public. Then, when the
positions become available, these candidates, who are in the decision-maker’s
network, are more likely to be hired, partly out of the assumption that the
candidates are qualified for the open positions. According to a career consultant, job
candidates can typically talk to an average of 25 decision-makers before they
land a job.
Before
beginning their search for a job, job seekers should create a target market and
a corresponding target list. This target
market should include all organizations at which the applicant feels qualified
to work, and the target list should contain a list of decision-makers who work
in those organizations. Creating these lists
will make the job search easier and more effective by allowing the person to
become more focused on those organizations and people for whom you would like
to work. By having more focused job-searching
methodologies, people are more likely to allocate more of their time and
resources to the types of jobs that they would like to work in and the types of
organizations for whom they would like to work. Toward the end, they are more
likely to land the sort of job that interests them.
