Job Hunting... It is a necessary evil to go through the process of becoming employed. A few are lucky enough to have headhunters coming after them, a few have jobs land in their laps. However, this is not the case for most.
With unemployment rates still at an all-time high, and mass layoffs happening everywhere, the marketplace is flooded with qualified candidates.
Most people feel like deer in headlights when it comes to searching for a job. Job searching is a skill set that everyone is expected to know, but no one ever teaches how to do it, and then hours, days, months are wasted waiting for the phone to ring. A lengthy process of applying, interviewing, and waiting leaves many job seekers discouraged. Disappointment and frustration follow. Not to mention thousands of dollars of lost income in the time of being unemployed.
Everyone has the advice to give, but the question is who do you listen to? Friends, colleagues, mentors, internet, family, colleagues? Look at it this way. If you were in school taking an exam, who is the best person to ask what will be on the exam? The teacher, right? Well, if you are looking for a job, wouldn’t it be helpful to speak directly to a Professional Recruiter, the one who is researching candidates' resumes, the one who will be asking the questions during the interview and find out exactly what they want to hear? It is to your benefit to find out information directly from a Recruiter to increase your chances of getting noticed and hired.
As a Recruiter, Ilene Rein has learned firsthand how to get job seekers hired. When Ilene Rein pivoted her career to Recruiting from being a Creative Marketing Director 11 years ago, she saw behind the curtain and found that there were inside secrets to getting noticed and hired from the view of the Recruiter that was well guarded like magician’s tricks and would be incredibly powerful information for job seekers to quickly land their dream job.
That was when Ilene developed her job searching program Pounding Pavement 101. It is a roadmap for success to exponentially increase a job seeker's chances of becoming employed rapidly. She shares her insights about what a job seeker needs to do step-by-step to become an expert at job hunting and land their dream job in record time!
Pounding Pavement 101's 3 steps to optimize success in your job search:
𝟭. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - As a Recruiter I look at 500+ resumes a day, so you have about 5 seconds to catch my attention, or I move on to the next resume. Your resume's job is to generate calls. If it is not doing its job, then we need to change things up.
𝟮. 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - You are probably not the only candidate being interviewed. You need to answer based on what the Recruiter is listening for in your responses. If you are going on interviews and not getting job offers, again, we need to do something different.
𝟯. 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 - You want to find a job sooner than later. Like anything else, you need a plan to create maximum visibility to increase your chances of getting noticed and hired.
The goal of Pounding Pavement 101 is simple – help people find jobs more easily by sharing this inside knowledge! What is particularly unique about this program is that you get access and work one-on-one with a Professional Recruiter, directly with Ilene Rein, who recruits and has succeeded in launching many careers around the world.