Five Step Plan For Finding Jobs...

Solidify Your Game Plan!

Assess your most marketable profit making and problem skills. Re-assess your salary requirements. Target industries that show stable sales or high growth.

Target And Approach Employers Directly

Use professional job search tools to tap into a hidden job market of un-advertised jobs. Many career sites such as, CareerConnected.com, provide you with top industries, company listings, phone numbers, and key decision maker contacts.

Mobilize The Resources of Top Recruiters

Use work search tools to transmit your resume to targeted recruiters. Various sites, such as Careerbuilder, Monster, and CareerConnected.com, offer options that enable job seekers to electronically submit their resumes to targeted recruiters by area of expertise and location. CareerConnected.com's CareerWizPro resume distribution tools submit resumes to targeted hiring contacts, logs outbound emails and builds contact profiles for work search follow-up actions. When a respectable match becomes available, they will have your resume and contact information. Give Yourself The Competitive Edge!

Design high impact cover letters and resumes

With employment search tools, you can generate thousands of targeted letters and email broadcasts in minutes. Group contacts into personalized categories for future follow up. Many sites now provide tools that can automate the creation of a professional looking resumes. Sites like Monster and Career Builder will upload a copy of your resume directly from your computer. Be sure to have a professional help in the creation of your resume. At a minimum, have someone review it for typos. CareerConnected.com provides a resume builder that builds a comprehensive employment portfolio with a online cover letter from the candidate. This resume complements a career profile in their online professional networking service.

Stay Organized - Keep Focused

Follow up with work contacts on a timely basis. When you send out your resume, track who you are sending it to and what they are doing with it. Stay in touch with your personal network and recruiter contacts.

Follow these tips to optimize your job search and best of luck in your career search.

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