Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough

Chapter 15. Opening Day: How to Organize Your HJM Search Campaign

If there’s one good thing to say about the traditional job search approach, it’s this: It’s really easy to stay organized. First of all, you have tons of time because you aren’t that busy anyway. Second, all those automated job search concierges will be delivering job postings directly to your computer—just as they’re doing for millions of other job searchers. Third, how organized do you have to be to stand for hours in line at job fairs, marveling at the way your fellow line-standers are dressed? Instead of having your pick of “gobs of jobs” at these events, you’re watching gobs of slobs in line ahead of you. Despite your obvious advantage of being appropriately dressed, you ...