(Summary Part III) - What Color Is Your Parachute?

Twenty three job tips
1. No-one owes you a job, you have to hunt for it - hard.
2. Job hunting success is proportional to job hunting effort.
3. You have to change your tactics if they don't work
4. Talk to successful job-hunters you know
5. You already have a job - job hunting. treat hunting as a fulltime job.
6. Be prepared for your job hunting to last longer than you expect - mentally and financially.
7. Persist until you find a job
8. You won't necessarily be able to find exactly the kind of job you had,m or you wanted.
9. Forget 'what's out there'. Go after the job you really want.
10. Tell all your friends that you are looking, and what you are looking for.
11. You can use your answering machine to advertise you are job hunting.
12. Team up with other job hunters.
13. Go after many different organizations. Don't stop hunting until your first day at work - some promised jobs just evaporate.
14. Try any place you want to work, even if there is no known vacancy. Many vacancies are not published immediately.
15. Concentrate on smaller organizations - 20 or fewer people
16. Meet 4 employers a day, or call 40 a day, or send hundreds of resumes. Most job hunters do much less.
17. Use the phone. Before calling, write out exactly what you'd say (script). Talk when standing up and smiling (use a mirror to verify). Try calling before 8am, before noon, or after 5pm - you'll get the boss. When connected, ask to speak to the manager. Have a one liner top achievement to start. "Your name was given to me by X. I am an experienced Z". Deal with objections using "I understand/I see your point/Of course..however".
18. Knock on doors.
19. Look at different kind of jobs - parttime, contract, etc.
20. Most of us think we have some handicap that would prevent us from getting the jobs we like. However, everyone does, and a major group of employers wouldn't care about your specific hump. Don't worry about the other group.
21. Expect many, many, many, many rejections.
22. After every interview, write a thank-you note and send it that same day. Use it to remind the interviewer who you are, and if there was anythign you forgot to say. Do it even if the interview went bad. It's crucial.
23. Treat every employer with courtesy.