by Blog Boss
26. September 2009 15:31
Sure you know you need to have a plan, if you want to land your new job sooner than later. The question is more so, how effective is your job search strategy? How do you measure the effectiveness of your job search goals? Well for starters, if you are stuck in the same bad habits that have been ineffective to date, why would you continue those bad habits in a new medium i.e. social media networking, versus adopting new habits? That may seem like a simple answer to a complex question but i can assure you that quite a few folks are doing just that.
Take the use of social media networking sites, such as Twitter, for example. Many people go over to Twitter and utilize the same ineffective job search strategies that they have used in other mediums such as relying on your "run of the mill recruiter" for job leads to help land the next gig. If you don't know by now, the vast majority of recruiters are paid on a per placement basis. So no placement = no pay. What does that mean to you? It means that, to many recruiters, you are simply a number - they operate on mass submit basis quite often knowing little or nothing about the candidates they submit to job openings or even worse, knowing little or nothing about the job opening for you're contacted.
A recruiter worth your time will be willing to take some time to work with you as an individual and see how the two of you can work together to make it a win-win situation. If your recruiter wont bother to have a phone discussion with you or respond via email with details about the job of interest, than it is probably not in your best interest to have your resume in the hands of such a person. So in short remember to use Twitter for what it was made to do - connect with PEOPLE. Connecting means engaging, conversation and getting to know one another versus blind "send me your resume" requests from someone who won't even bother to chat with you. Don't be the one with the new job search medium but same bad habits. New medium plus same bad habits equals the same results you have been getting. Nothing - Nada. It's kinda like the New Year's resolution that only lasts a few weeks for most people. 