One client,
Rebecca, told me how she regretted not keeping detailed records in her job
search.
Reason?
She got
calls after submitting her resume to positions, but had forgotten all about
what jobs and companies she had applied to! Needless to say, she didn’t get any
interviews this way, and all her efforts in sending out resumes to those
companies were wasted.
Don’t let
this happen to you.
Action Step: Write down the following every time you send out a resume:
- title of job you applied for,
- company name,
- name of person addressed in
cover letter,
- source of job lead,
- date resume and cover letter
were sent,
- date of your intended
follow-up, and
- any other notes that will help
you talk intelligently should that company call you for an interview.
You should
also keep a copy of the classified ad or Internet job posting you applied to,
if one is available. That way you’ll be able to discuss the job when you get
called to interview.
Compliments
of David Perry and Kevin Donlin
