More Focused Job Searching Strageties

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.