Concepts to Remember
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Know and master the four routes to your new career.
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Spend your job search time on those methods that are most likely to provide the highest ROI.
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Understand the difference between retained and contingent recruiters, and understand what they can do for you.
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Learn to network well.
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Target the companies you would like to work for, even if they don’t have any published job openings.
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Develop a good elevator speech.
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When networking in a group or individually, be sure to clearly state what it is that you want.
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Stay in contact with your network, and offer to assist the people in it whenever you can.
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Know why people in your network will not talk to you, and change your approach so that they will.
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Use the networking meeting as a process for expanding your network and tapping into the unpublished job market.
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Manage your job search campaign like a project, and keep track of what is working.
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Develop your career “who-what-how” process, and create your plan to get a job you love.
