12 Days of Xmas Job Hunting - Day 6
On the 6th
Day of Xmas - Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters revealed to
me:
6 Tools to download
Google local - If the geographic location of
your potential employer is very important to you for reasons of the commute
distance, or maybe because you’re relocating to a new city you may want to consider limiting
your search to a specific location.
There are
ways to get local with Google. From http://local.google.com you can
conduct a search for employers and businesses in your vicinity. Simply enter
the name of an industry or business category in the “What” box on the left hand
side, and enter your street address including the city and state, or just enter
a city name or even a postal code in the “Where” box. Go try it.
Message Tag - Everybody loves email. It's
cheap, easy and instant. But how many times do you find yourself wondering what
happened to your messages? You send an email out into the Internet, then wait
patiently for a reply. But will it get there? Will they read it? When
will they read it? And will it be too late? Where's the reply? Are they still
checking that account? Are they on holiday? Should you just wait a little
longer? What's the story? --- don’t let the technology derail your job
search. Get Message tag and know when to follow
up.
My Fax - OK, you’ve just culled a hot lead from ZoomInfo
– Googled the exec’s background – rooted out their hot buttons and crafted a
compelling resume - - - now what? Thanks
to e-mail’s ubiquity, it might seem like the perfect resource for sending
resumes. Unfortunately, the “spam blockers” that organizations use to fight
unsolicited messages can stop your e-mail dead in its tracks. Sadly, you’re not
even likely to know if your masterfully crafted message reached its
target. So what does a Guerrilla Job
Hunter do? Tunnel inside the company using technology the employer does still
trust and can’t block - FAX.
Jibber Jobber - With employees are getting laid
off via e-mail and SMS messages on their phones, job security is a thing of the
past. No one is immune to cutbacks,
downsizing or off-shoring. In fact, you
now need to be “looking” all the time to insure continuous employment but let’s
face it tracking all those job leads is tedious and time consuming. This is a free site which allows you to
manage a serious job search, and includes great networking tools. Get it while
it’s still free.
Stephen
Covey - Very
few people have had as profound an effect on people as Stephen Covey, author,
business man and the father of principle-centered living. As Chairman and co founder of FranklinCovey he
has made a mission statement builder available for free. The Mission Builder exercise can help to add focus,
direction, and a sense of purpose to your daily decisions. The
wizard will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a unique,
personalized Mission Statement to guide your life.
JobsInsider here we grow again with
LinkedIn. This free applet let’s you See
your inside connections form your LinkedIn account [you do have on right?] to the hiring manager and companies for any
job online at Monster, CareerBuilder, HotJobs, Craigslist, Dice,
Vault, and many more.
Bonus:
JobMachine Inc. – Need more advanced tools or a
lesson or 3 on how to use the net to maximum advantage? Job Machine run by Shally Steckerl {of
Microsoft and Google fame [he ran their business intelligence units for their
HR groups]} has a load of tools that are as potentially lethal for job hunters
as they are for recruiters.
Now you have
to realize that if I’m recommending these, it’s because the most successful
executive recruiters use these every day. Good tools lighten your load and
speed your job search.
