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In this section of Job-Hunt, Job Search Strategies Expert Debra Feldman will help you examine your job search strategies, find new options which could work for you, and, possibly, help you to re-frame your job search in terms of what is most effective in the 21st century.
If you are unemployed, your job search strategies should help you achieve your goal - a new job as quickly as possible. If you are employed, your job search strategies should position you for a quick and easy transition to that new job, when the timing is right for you or when you have no other choice.
As Debra Feldman, Job-Hunt's Job Search Strategies Expert, has stated, "job search is now continuous career marketing." We think that she's absolutely correct about that.
What Are Strategies?
- According to Wikipedia, "strategy"is "a word of military origin which refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal."
- Reference.com defines "strategy" as "a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or strategms for obtaining a specific goal or result."
Job search strategies are comprised of many different things. If we continue the military analogy, your "weapons" include your resume, your interpersonal and communications skills, your accomplishments, your relevant work skills and experiences, your education, your network, your personality, and even, sometimes, your appearance.
In the 21st century, additional weapons available to you include the technology available to you, your skills in using that technology, and the reach of your cyber network.
As with war, success will be more difficult unless you have assembled your weapons in advance. The day you are "attacked" by an enemy - or lose your job - is when you need to have those weapons ready for use. This is when and why Debra's "continuous career marketing" is most effective.
In this section of Job-Hunt, Debra Feldman helps you look at your job search in a new light enabling you to find new strategies and to improve your old ones.
Find links to Debra's articles plus other information and resources in the "More on Job Search Strategies" box on the right.
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