{"id":644,"date":"2013-04-19T15:45:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T15:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/internshipblog\/?p=644"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:57:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:57:02","slug":"job-search-fact-or-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/job-search-fact-or-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Search Fact Or Fiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Reprinted with permission from wetfeet.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Your job search<\/strong> is not doomed, but without networking you are doomed to suffer a longer more difficult one.<\/p>\n

Although networking is important, it is only one piece in a multiple-channel job search marketing strategy. You help yourself best by working all your channels. Some other channels are:<\/p>\n

– Online networking portholes such as LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace<\/p>\n

– Recruiters and Search Firms<\/p>\n

– Job sites such as Indeed, LocalJobNetwork, Ladders and CareerBuilder<\/p>\n

– Targeted mailing and Informational Interviewing<\/p>\n

– Career Fairs, Trade Associations, and Community Organizations<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, many jobs<\/strong> are found by being at the right place at the right time and that means a lot of deliberate networking. Some may say, \u201cBeing at the right place at the right time is all luck.\u201d I don\u2019t. I say it is resultant of \u201cpreparation\u201d meeting \u201copportunity.\u201d If you are not prepared, you may have opportunities looking you in the face and never know it; or you may recognize an opportunity and not be prepared to take advantage. It is only when preparation and opportunity meet you are likely to win a job<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The caveat:<\/strong> Opportunity is actually a compound-variable in the equation. The other piece to \u201copportunity\u201d is \u201ctime.\u201d In other words, you can be in a lot of right places (potential opportunities) and be prepared for each, but without a crystal ball you will not know it\u2019s the right time until you get there. So, you must be in a lot of right places at ONE time. Implementing a strategy using multiple channels simultaneously will virtually have you in many places at one time. Equation solved! Of course everyone will say, \u201cYou were lucky.\u201d I\u2019ll say, \u201cYou were prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the networking piece of the simultaneous multiple-channel marketing strategy\u2026<\/strong>
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\nI will tell you what I tell those who have substantial networks and still suffer hard times: Make it easy for others to help you and they will. Whether you are looking to build a network or jump-starting a stalled (existing) network, here are several tips that can help:<\/p>\n

1. Start building permanent relationships while you are still employed.<\/p>\n

2. Become known in professional associations.<\/p>\n

3. Reacquaint yourself with peers in other companies.<\/p>\n

4. Push out emails to update friends and acquaintance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reprinted with permission from wetfeet.com. Your job search is not doomed, but without networking you are doomed to suffer a longer more difficult one. Although networking is important, it is only one piece in a multiple-channel job search marketing strategy. You help yourself best by working all your channels. Some other channels are: – Online … Continue reading Job Search Fact Or Fiction?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10338,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/10338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}