A 3-week plan for success in your job search

1. Kicking off your Job Search
A 3-week plan to success
Stuart Rosenfield
stuart_rosenfield@yahoo.com
www.linkedin.com/stuartrosenfield
www.tinyurl.com/jobstartjobsearch
© Stuart Rosenfield 2013 1

2. Perseverance =+Focus
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3. Week 1
The Most Important Week
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4. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Update LinkedIn ProfileUpdate Resume Get/Order Business Cards
Develop 10 second pitchGet Day Calendar Get Manilla Folder 4

5. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
• Master Resume + Cover Letter
• Company Folders
• Excel Workbook +Worksheets
– Contacts
– Companies
– Other Job Search Sites
– Mileage
– Submitted Jobs
– Unemployment Insurance
– Job Hunting Expenses
– Who Am I Helping
Get Job Search
Flash Drive
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6. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Contacts Worksheet
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7. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Companies Worksheet
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8. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Other Job Search Sites Worksheet
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9. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Mileage Worksheet
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10. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Submitted Jobs Worksheet
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11. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Unemployment Insurance Worksheet
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12. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Job-related Expenses Worksheet
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13. Week 1
Develop your toolkit
Who am I helping Worksheet
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14. Week 1
Activate Unemployment Insurance
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15. Week 1
Inform your network
• Your 10 second pitch
• Who: Family, friends, former co-workers, clergy, dentist,
barber, fraternity/sorority, insurance agent, financial planner,
recruiters
• How: E-mail, phone call, LinkedIn, FaceBook, In-person
• Where: LinkedIn, FaceBook, soccer games, Boy Scouts, PTA,
kid parties, gym – anywhere!
• You want 1000s looking for you!
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16. Week 1
Determine Networking Groups
3:00 - Jewish Family Service
9:30 – Women’s Networking Group
6:30 – St, Andrews
10:00 – Southlake Group
5:00 – Dallas Business Club
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17. Week 1
Establish your Board of Directors
Previous Co-workers
Previous Bosses
Trusted Friends
Family
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18. Week 2
Establishing a Routine
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19. Week 2 Activities
• Get out of house at least once a day and meet people (networking groups,
food shopping, extracurriculars)
• Goal – meet/connect with at least 8 people a day
• Attend career network groups
– Get on their job boards/yahoogroups
– Get to know facilitators, key people, volunteer at 1 group only
– Set up job lead share network (Accounting, HR, Marketing, PR, Sales,
Purchasing, IT, Customer Support, etc.)
• Linkin with as many recruiters in your space as possible
• Go to lunch with an employed person at least once a week
• Search your URLs at least once every 2 days; apply where appropriate and
log/file in excel workbook and flash drive; refresh Monster, CareerBuilder
resumes
• Volunteer and help others
• Check-in with Board of Directors
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20. Week 3 and Beyond
Focus and Perseverance
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21. Week 3 and Beyond Activities
• Establish a focused routine for each day of the week
• Work on expanding your network
– Volunteering, affinity group social events/lunches,
seminars
– Get out of house at least once a day and meet people (networking
groups, food shopping, extracurriculars)
– Goal – meet/connect with at least 5 people a day
• Attend career network groups religiously
• Refresh Monster, CareerBuilder resumes
• Linkin with as many recruiters in your space as possible
• Go to lunch with an employed person at least once a week
• Check-in with your Board of Directors
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22. Find a job you like?
• Submit application on-line
• Find someone in the company who can hand deliver
to hiring manager/internal recruiter
– LinkedIn, friend, family, Board of Directors
• Follow up with them to make sure the hiring
manager saw it and work to get an interview
• Log job in excel spreadsheet and file resume/cover
letter in company folder on flash drive
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23. Got an interview?
• Get on the company website and read it
• Understand who their competitors are
• Understand what is going on in their space
• Know almost as much about your interviewers as
they know about you
– Company insiders, ex-Company insiders, LinkedIn,
Facebook
• Send thank you note within 24 hours to everyone
who interviewed with you
• Follow up with hiring manager once a week
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24. Got the job?
• Celebrate with family
• Save your excel workbook (you may need it in the
future)
• Thank everyone who really helped you/cared
• Keep helping others to find jobs
– Don’t unsubscribe to network job boards
• Unsubscribe to personal job agents
• Update Linkedin Profile one week after you start
• Do not stop networking; continue with professional
orgs, volunteering, and linking with others
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25. The Four Gets
•Get it together in Week 1
•Get out everyday
•Get after it everyday
•Get a job!
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