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Welcome back everybody I'm Lawrence -- and I can tell you when I think you should you do get a job but what do I know -- really wanna ask airlines say easily mean who is not only a career Coach for you are former recruiter and you are the co-founder of sixty years start.
Even have a book out called six steps to job search success so what I these steps had impact.
-- people best navigate the job search process I don't know where you wanna start with that that's a really big question must -- right away broke it down to sixty.
Those people do you think it's a big process and I don't know where to start.
So step one is to identify your target so I can't -- when it is that you're looking for the next steps used to create a compelling marketing campaign which means that resonate.
But also the cover letter that are online profile your networking pets OK let's stop here.
The -- -- what should it look like how long should it be held graphics it'd be to do Melancon DE -- to -- upload it.
OK -- the climate.
Before Earth Day doesn't marketing those four things -- not just the resonate as begin tightening people fret that -- so much -- -- feel like.
Is it -- TV exactly what you said and they put all of their energy into that he had you lined up ten employers and ask that is.
What will make -- may stand -- you get ten different answers.
So the reality is that you don't know and so you want a clean concise -- Wendy is always better than multiple pages.
That at the end of do you want other things to be.
Done as well -- your online profile your cover -- your networking that's what -- cover letter look like it if you can use if there's a sample out there that people should follow is there one and if there is much -- shorts and a number of samples are buck.
But what I can say he has got to cover letter to -- -- gonna -- -- -- resonate cats -- resonated very structured document format -- in a certain way.
A cover letter -- highlight certain things it's written like a letter so -- the story.
-- -- -- guide you into why am -- the best person to be hired.
What are some things that might not -- -- -- you Nebraska and Asia patent I think that's what people forget a lot of people rewrite their resume in their cover letter and it's like now maybe they're looking for something -- -- -- -- Course line.
Like you who used to look through resonance holiday coming that would entertain you write me that person stand out is that -- -- -- in a couple of interesting is that the third step is research and it's that you're getting to know the company and happy.
And this is on the legal Clinton -- letter because you can really spell out this is why I would be good for Fox News as opposed to some media company.
Good point to -- -- you know about that content and you've done your research I love it okay what else -- you recommend.
There's a -- recent -- for its networking and interviewing we put back in the same bucket because people think that it job interview is.
A standalone thing people think that networking as a standalone thing that the reality is.
He's -- when your networking with someone can very easily -- -- referral for an interview.
And when you're interning for specific jobs and to -- goes away at higher internally the budget -- a lot.
It happens a lot but you can develop that connection and if you develop a reports have been touching a person.
They'll think -- you first when something does -- what.
Happens when you win on the interviews -- AC interviewed ecology back.
Maybe on second your view is still -- it.
You're the top job candidate but then no one's hiring you start to hear while hiring is on a freeze or were waiting for the budget for the fiscal year to to be up.
What would you do as you're waiting and months go by and wait weeks and months go by and and you know he's got the job that you really getting yet -- Silly to be waiting for a very good reason -- -- there waiting for the budget to be released because they're seeing other candidates just in case.
-- want to -- front of my say you want to network.
Until -- you talk to the person he's -- you talk to the other people company left the chorus of interest and there's a fine line between being persistent.
And being annoying and -- -- interest absolutely I need someone annoying is playing their entire focus is on himself.
So I'm contacting you every week and saying.
Warrants having an Fox News sending -- -- fox is -- that Fox News break that's gonna be annoying if I contact you.
I'm on a regular basis talking about other things a story idea perhaps something that would be of interest to you.
And I can -- that -- it.
You're just asking what's going line.
It keeps me friend of -- but I'm not constantly asking you help me help me with my search across I got it that that's the biggest question I think.
People I know happen like we think we did well we just don't know how to make this go forward and what it what are the final steps that you would recommend several and that's -- his troubleshooting your search you want to make sure that your -- -- -- the way and then finally wanna negotiate includes the offer.
And the reason let me say drive to the offering up the -- he's -- you wanna drive towards multiple offers so when you -- talking to different companies.
You want offers from all of -- you can only take one job.
I think so many people and they get to the end of their thinking like really wanna work here too -- really like the people and you should be thinking those types of thoughts in the privacy of your home and not during the -- the networking process you want -- 100%.
For them to give you an offer you want the offer he wanted to be certain number and then you want to use those numbers.
To get more offers.
Offers -- I know that's the way to -- -- a lot of the chat now because you are giving.
Excellent points and these are some big questions coming in Chris service one had twice -- -- is a lifetime of experience on one page we've heard that before I didn't get.
Well part of his thinking about for the jobs that you're going forward what are the most relevant things of the person -- -- -- -- is still more work on your rent right yeah.
Anyone have multiple resonates.
But Smart.
The doctor very very different certainly want to highlight different things on an extreme example -- -- An actor by day and then your -- -- service manager and I have two very different resonates sons and they sent.
I'm uneasy -- sending more relatable.
You can have the same -- today -- it can't meet the objective of the summary on the top is going in different certainly that you network is going to be different okay.
I got it and -- ITs this segment -- I -- I have a very good friend who was a recruiter and Sheen gets every.
Job she goes on in -- -- for it's it's it's amazing.
And she says is that I just know they wanna hear.
Well I think the clean herself and yeah.
Employers in the news right he's the you're thinking what's in it for them and it was hard -- the job search there's all this anxiety even that's odd to me that.
-- -- But the employer needs some -- you they need to solve their business problem and you have to focus on.
Let's pull up here let's say six figure start dot com -- six figures saying everybody six figure salaries and for what -- -- -- -- people on warm management track leadership track who want to get there.
And Caroline -- easily -- thinking so much for coming on believe this -- the first time you run the -- those -- some exciting tips I hope.
They were useful you and you feel invigorated right now.
In your job search and we can get up your -- to get more information to go through -- six cents a little bit more.
So good luck jobs or -- jobs seeking job hunting and everything else thanks for joining us today.
