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Hire yourself:
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- Give yourself the job of finding
a job or repositioning yourself in your career.
- The average American
spends only 4 hours per week attending to their job search.
- Just
think what might happen if you spend 8 hours, 12 hours or 40
hours per week.
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Familiarize yourself with the
field you want to enter:
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- Peak performers practice
in their minds before an event.
- Feel comfortable and interview
with grace, giving you a natural edge over the other applicants.
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Analyze who you are and what environment
would best suit you:
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- Know your personal characteristics, strengths
and limitations and what kind of surroundings and types of leadership would work best for you;
then go out and find that environment.
- This will greatly increase your opportunity
for success, fulfillment and happiness.
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Create a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal):
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- Finish your stated goal with “so
that….”
- For instance: “I want to find a job
that eventually leads to a top executive
management position in a Fortune 500 Company.”
- Then start
doing the “so that” right now.
- If your goal is top
management, find a company that offers opportunities
for promotion based on job performance.
- BHAG’s are your
North Star and your personal guide.
- By finding the meaning in
your BHAG’s, you find your deeper
motivations.
- This gives you the opportunity to experience personal
success in the
moment, as you reach for your Star.
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Seeking a nurturing environment:
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- Seek a job environment that encourages
the growth of the people around you as well as yourself.
- Finding
a mutually satisfying environment is a proven road to success.
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Surround yourself with positive people:
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- See the best in yourself and those around
you.
- Be around people who see the best in themselves and you.
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Discover how you can meet the employer’s
needs with your talents and abilities:
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- Your job as a successful job seeker is
to fulfill a company’s needs and find the best situation for yourself.
- When appropriate, tell “stories” of
problems, how you solved them, or helped to solve them
and the result (positive resolution). This positions you as a problem solver.
Keep stories to a minute or two.
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Do your homework before interviews:
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- Gather information about the company (company
reports, information
through the
Chamber of Commerce, library, Internet, etc.).
- Increase your awareness
of company philosophies, operations and
expansions.
- Be educated and knowledgeable when the employer asks
you
pointed
questions.
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The Interview:
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- Arrive early for the interview. This makes
a positive impression that
communicates your interest in the position.
- If you are unsure
of the company’s location, find it the
day before to
ensure your promptness.
- Carry a notebook with blank paper. Take
notes while the hiring
executive speaks. This shows you can be an effective listener,
a
skill employers are looking for.
- Take extra resumes
to the interview, in case there is more than one
individual interviewing you.
- When greeting the employer, shake
hands firmly, establish eye
contact, smile warmly, thanking him or her for taking the time
to interview
you.
- When sitting in the employer’s office, position yourself
in the chair
so you appear to be attentive and interested in what is being
said.
Find a balance between leaning forward (appearing aggressive)
and slouching or leaning back (appearing lazy).
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