Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
Search
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Blogs Careers
    • Blogs
    • Careers

    Rebooting a Job Search

    By
    Donald Sears
    -
    March 2, 2010
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      After scouring the endless number of technology job boards and Websites, sending out countless resumes and meeting with your network, at what point do you stop and say: This is not working. Job searching is a grind, and if the energy being put in is not warranting actual results, you may need some help rebooting the process.

      How do you know if your efforts are not working? When you are not getting interviews, you are not hearing about new opportunities and you haven’t been outside in three days, said outplacement expert Tim Schoonover of OI Partners in Cincinnati in a recent job search revamp article on MSNBC.com. He advised:

      “It’s when the job search starts becoming inactive, and you begin to lose interest in it, that you need to try something different.”

      So what do you do? There are a host of things to consider, but career experts advise targeting 20 to 30 companies that you would like to work for and put a serious amount of effort in researching names and contacts at these companies. Use LinkedIn and ask to connect to those people, ask kindly for informational interviews, and offer these contacts relevant contacts in your network.

      “LinkedIn is an important site for job hunters. So, create a profile if you don’t have one, and use it to post your résumé, articles you’ve written, key PowerPoint presentations you’ve created and so on,” said David Perry of Guerrilla Job Search.

      If you have been considering a career change or do not feel you are up-to-date with current trends in what recruiters and hiring managers are looking for from you, it may be time to invest in a career coach and a professional resume writer. Getting fresh, outside perspective can be a healthy option, but do your homework. These things can be expensive, so be a good consumer and research the market for your career level. The range of these services can be wide, so be diligent.

      Alison Doyle, career expert and author of “Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online,” suggests a series of steps to reboot the job search, including the creation of yourself as an online brand and focusing your job search. On professional branding, Doyle wrote on her About.com guide to job searching:

      ““There may not be much difference between personal and professional branding, but from my perspective, your professional brand is what matters to a potential employer, networking contact, or anyone who can help you find a job or grow your career. It’s more than a case of making sure your personal brand reflects who you are as a person. It’s also making sure that the information available about you online is visible, available, and relevant – to where you are in your career and where you want to go next.”“

      Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

      Avatar
      Donald Sears

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      eWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      Zeus Kerravala - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      Wayne Rash - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Information

      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×