Job Search Strategies
Services/Products
You do NOT have to depend on 3rd parties to help you get a job. Recruiters and agencies have their place in many job searches. However, your job search may be an exception. If you are seeking a position in the same industry or in a related job category, search firms might be useful. We have found that the following circumstances rule out the use of agencies:
- Career or industry shift
- Job history problems
- More than seven years tenure with a company!
- Less than three years of job experience
- Non-traditional educational path for the job
We help you develop a well-balanced approach to job search that puts you in the driver's seat. This self-directed job search might include the following strategies:
- Newspaper Ads
- Websites
- Referrals
- Networking
- Informational Interviewing
- Recruiters, Placement Agencies
- Placement Offices at Educational Institutions and Government Agencies
We help you develop these tools:
- Resume
- Networking Profile
- Reference List
- Letters - Cover Letters, Thank You Letters, Letters of Introduction, etc.
- Job Interviewing
- Informational Interviewing
- Salary Research and Negotiations
- Research Skills (on-line, library, and person-to-person)
