If you are the typical job hunter in today’s job market, I strongly suspect that you are among the legions of those who are doing the same things over and over and still expecting different results. What I’m referring to here concerns going to the job boards to find and then apply for a multitude of open positions, many, if not most, of which you may not even be qualified to perform.
- You spend hour upon hour in front of your computer posting for job after job after job. Oftentimes, it makes little, if any, difference if you are even remotely qualified for the positions. All you know is that you “need a job”! Now!
- You send the same “generic” resume and the same “generic” cover letter (if you even send one at all) to virtually each and every posting.
- You get discouraged and frustrated when you hear absolutely nothing back from any posting.
- You continue to send résumé after resume to posting after posting.
- You become even more discouraged and frustrated.
Sound familiar? It should because this is precisely what literally millions of job hunters experience each and every day. And most have absolutely no idea why! It’s what I-and other “headhunters,” too-refer to as the “Online Lottery,” which I’ll explain at the end of this blog.
In this blog I am going to share a little known “headhunter” “secret” (approach) that still utilizes the job boards but with a uniquely different, far more effective “twist.” It’s a secret I love to share with job hunters, but I have to tell you right up front that, in order for this approach to work, you must first brand yourself as a candidate who is exceptional at what they do. That is, this secret will not work if you are viewed as a “mediocre” or “average” candidate. I must also tell you that I get mixed responses from those to whom I suggest using the approach. While many job seekers say, “Wow! That’s a GREAT idea!,” still others say such things as, “You have got to be kidding me. That is something I would never do!” Plus, the feedback I get from those who do try it ranges from, “I tried it but it didn’t work” to “I landed an interview with it!” to “I just got hired!”
With these caveats in mind, then, let me outline the five-step approach that I recommend using in conjunction with the job boards, an approach that can get you out of the job-huntingdoldrums, out of playing-and continuing to lose at-the “Online Lottery” and on your way to finding your next great job.
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