Dear Eleanor,
This week's Job Search Tips:
9 Professional Secrets You Need to Know...
In This Current Job Market
You will be lucky if its recipient spends more than 15 seconds reading your paperwork.
It takes 100 to 200 resumes to land a job.
It will take 15 to 20 phone calls to get one interview. 1 out of 12 informational interviews will land a job.
It takes approximately 30 interviews to land a job (3-5 months).
80% of jobs are found in the "Hidden Job Market." That means they will never be posted.
85% of job seekers are landing their jobs through networking.
The first four to five minute of the interview is the most critical timeframe. It's very hard to reverse a bad first impression. An unfavorable initial impression is seldom changed later on.
Some say that the first minute of the interview is actually the most critical of all.
This is an excerpt from my book, The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy, Chapter 14, Page 222.
I look forward to helping you land that next great job you are looking for in 2013!
Take care, Eleanor
Your Executive Job Search Expert TM
PS - Job Search Action Plan:
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