Job Search Series – Introduction
By Matt - Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
As some of you know from my posts about loosing my job and next steps I’m currently in the job market. Although I’m not aggressively trying to find a job just yet myself I have been in this situation before and I figured it was about time to write a post on the matter. After making some notes this quickly turned into a series of ideas for posts, which I’ve decided pull together into a series on starting your job search.
Most of the readers of this site and most personal finance sites in general rely on their day jobs for the majority of their income. Having a steady job is a very important thing and having a steady job that you like would be a bonus.
There are many times in our careers when we might be in the situation where we are looking for work. These situations can range from being laid off or let go to being upset with our jobs and wanting to find something better. Unfortunately when we are starting to look for another job many of us have been out of the market for so long that we don’t know where to begin.
The following is a series of steps that I’ve followed in the past and I’m starting to work through for my current job search (each will be a subsequent post in the series):
- Step 1 – Analyze your previous experience
- Step 2 – Know what you’re looking for
- Step 3 – Write your Resume
- Step 4 – Getting out there
- Step 5 – The cover letter
- Step 6 – The Interview
- Step 7 – Networking
- Step 8 – Follow up
Now I know a bunch of people who just jump into step number 3 or start with step number 7; these steps aren’t necessarily supposed to be followed in the order I’ve outlined. Some people will understand quite well where they’ve been and what they want, treat this as an example of what has worked for me.
This entry is filed under Career.
6 Responses to “Job Search Series – Introduction”
1 One Million and Beyond - My journey to a million dollars and beyond. » Thoughts on Valentines Day says:
February 14th, 2008
at 1:08 pm
[…] The Job Search Series will continue tomorrow with Step 1 – Analyze your previous experience Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]
2 One Million and Beyond - My journey to a million dollars and beyond. » Job Search Series – Step 2 – Know What You’re Looking For says:
February 18th, 2008
at 11:45 am
[…] This is the second step in my Job Search Series, knowing what you’re looking for. In the previous step we looked at analyzing your past to know what you’ve done and where you came from work wise. Now you really need to know where you’re going or where you would like to be going. […]
3 One Million and Beyond - My journey to a million dollars and beyond. » Job Search Series – Step 4 – Getting Out There says:
February 22nd, 2008
at 8:01 am
[…] Welcome to the next entry in the Job Search Series So far we’ve covered off: Analyzing your past, knowing what you’re looking for and most recently writing your resume. At this point you should be ready to go out there and apply and get yourself some jobs interviews. […]
4 One Million and Beyond - My journey to a million dollars and beyond. » Job Search Series – Step 5 – The Cover Letter says:
February 25th, 2008
at 9:53 am
[…] Welcome to the next step in the Job Search Series over the last couple posts in this series we’ve covered: Writing your Resume and Getting out there. Now we move onto a topic that I personally have a love-hate relationship with: The Cover Letter. Surprisingly this one piece of paper can be incredibly important. […]
5 One Million and Beyond - » Job Search Series – Step 7 – Networking says:
February 29th, 2008
at 2:02 pm
[…] Welcome to the next step in the Job Search Series, a series of posts that revolve around getting yourself into a new job. Today we’ll be looking at networking. Networking is reaching out to all of the people that you know to see if they happen to know of any jobs or any ways to help you. Unfortunately if you haven’t been actively networking this process might take a while since your network will be comprised of your friends. […]
6 One Million and Beyond - » Job Search Series – Step 8 – The follow up says:
March 3rd, 2008
at 7:06 am
[…] Welcome to the final step in the Job Search Series. Today we’ll look at something that a lot of people tend to forget: the follow-up. Just as we learned in Step 5 – The cover letter you need to distinguish yourself in some way. The follow up is one of the ways that you can stand out from the crowd. […]
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