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Ramp Up Your Career Plan . . . Target Your Next Boss! |
By:
Paul Megan |
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No. Your career plan doesn't include putting a hit on the person
you may report to. But you can seriously ramp up your job search
speed and get significantly better results by avoiding the
old-fashioned methods and learning the exciting strategy of
"targeting."
The targeting strategy is done in two phases:
1. Identify organizations that match up with your personal
employment interests and preference parameters:
geographical location preferences company size product or
service preferences business style or corporate culture
community and lifestyle considerations
2. Single out the appropriate hiring decision-maker within each
organization of interest. You do this by
research corporate literature online information through
Google business journals and directories Who's Who listings
company's website community, non-profit and specialized
websites
The purpose of this important research is to identify the names
of specific decision-makers that you could be reporting to. The
reason for this is that these are the folks who will be making a
hiring decision about you . . . not Human Resources or Personnel
managers.
You want to find the best way to approach that person directly.
You may do that by making a personal phone call, or writing a
letter or email directly to that person. Do not ask for a job,
but indicate your interest in the company because of some very
specific contributions you can make based on your research.
Indicate that a resume will follow and that you would like to
follow up to see if a face-to-face meeting (not an interview)
would be appropriate.
Perhaps the most powerful way to access the target is through
people who might know him/her. For example, there are people in
the community who are available to introduce you, e.g. religious
leaders, neighbors, service and social club members, bankers,
merchants, charitable and non-profit organizations, trade
associations, etc. Getting a personal introduction from someone
who knows your target is golden.
The best news of all is that there's a proven job search system
which can walk you through the process step-by-step and turn you
into a winner is as little as 14 days!
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Article Source: http://www.friendsofvista.org/articles/article30363.html |
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