If you think about it, every resume you send out and phone call you make has but one aim — to get a face-to-face meeting with an employer.
The face-to-face meeting is the job interview, or another way to look at it, the job interview is a Sales Presentation to sell one product once, and that product is you!
Why not skip all the in-between steps like posting a resume or using job boards? You can “jump the job search queue” and go directly to the company you want to work for and request an interview with the person who will make the hiring decision.
This job hunting idea worked for James Adams, a California-based career expert and former job-search consultant to the U.S. government.
“I recall a help-wanted ad for a shipping clerk that read like a laundry list. They wanted someone with a college degree (master’s preferred), able to lift 300 lbs., type 50+ words a minute — it went on and on,” says Adams.
So, what did James do?
“I took the direct approach. I went down to the company and said, ‘Here I am!’ I told them that Gd himself couldn’t meet all their qualifications, but if they wanted a top-notch shipping clerk, I was their man.”
James got the job.
Action Step: When you can meet with the person who can hire you before any other job hunter does, you have the opportunity to make a great impression that may lead to the job you want
Do you really want to put your job search into high gear and get the job, then the Guerrilla Job Search System is will fix you up ASAP.
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This job hunting post was adapted from content provided to by my good friends Kevin Donlin and David Perry, co-creators of the Guerrilla Job Search System.
Kevin and David have been interviewed by CNN, New York Times, Fortune magazine, and the Christian Science Monitor about their method to finding a job.
Click here to download today the free audio from Kevin and David on how to get your job search into high gear.
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