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Make your next job search easier by keeping your foundation alive. It has taken a lot of effort to find and build and nurture your job search network. These are people and resources that may help you succeed in your new job.
These days, very few jobs are secure. So, now that you have established a good foundation, including an updated resume and online presence in the social networking sites, don't let it die. You don't want to start all over for the next job search.
Aand there will be a "next" job search. Count on it!
1. Keep Your Network Alive (So It Will Be Ready Next Time)
As a savvy networker, you'll want to help them any way you can, too. Remember the new networking mantra for the 21st century - WYGIWYG: What You Give Is What You Get!
Your network will make your next job search easier, and you want to help them, too. So stay in touch. Contact one or three members of your network every week, even if only to send an emailed joke (assuming they like to receive goofy emails). Tweet out news about your profession or industry, even have one Twitter account for informal contact with friends and another one that is your "professional" Twitter account that stays alive and on-topic.
NOTE: A large part of keeping your network alive these days is NOT dropping your participation in online social media! Continue to upddate and improve your LinkedIn Profile! Add more connections and recommendations; join appropriate LinkedIn Groups and participate in the Group Discussions; continue to Tweet, etc. These activities can help you be more successful in your current job.
2. Keep Track of Your Accomplishments
Keep your resume up to date, or, at least, maintain a list of accomplishments in your current job that will enable you to update your resume very quickly, if necessary.
3. Continue to Use Your Tracking System
It will help you keep your network alive and well for next time
When you
have your new job, check out the hints in Tracking
Your Job Search to close down your active search in a way
that enables it to be quickly restarted for "next time."
Also check out the hints for maintaining
your job search network for next time because this
will probably not be your last job search...
IN CONCLUSION
Yes, it is a
LOT of work to find a new job! There are very few true short cuts,
but the Internet has increased the apparent size of the job
market, automating the application process while also adding some
new complications (like protecting your privacy). In a way, the
Internet has made it more difficult to find a job. See the articles
from Job-Hunt's free newsletter, The
Online Job Search Guide, for more information.
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About the author...
Online job search expert Susan P. Joyce has been observing the online job search world and teaching online job search skills since 1995. Susan is a two-time layoff "graduate" who has worked in human resources at Harvard University and in a compensation consulting firm. In 1998, her company, NETability, Inc. purchased Job-Hunt.org, and Susan has been editor and publisher of Job-Hunt since then. Follow Susan on Twitter at @jobhuntorg.
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