Executive Job Search Expert Coach: Executive Job Search Informational Tips

Research prior to your executive job search informational interview

Informational Meetings—Hidden Strengths

First, let's talk about what some people call the informational interview. Personally, I prefer the term informational meeting, but the two terms mean the same thing. I simply find the latter name lower key and more representative of what is actually trying to be accomplished. In my opinion, informational interview sounds a little more structured and even stressful than the type of meeting you want to take place with your executive job search.

An informational meeting is just like it sounds: one you arrange in order to collect information about an executive job, career field, industry, or company.

As previously discussed, as part of the personal networking portion of your executive job search campaign, you should be contacting 25 to 30 people daily. If you're doing that, realistically speaking, you will only be able to make 50 to 100 follow-up calls a week.

Plan for more calls than you think you will make, and you may just find yourself achieving a greater number of follow-ups than you thought you were capable of. Set the goal high and you'll soar higher than you initially believed! Remember the key is the sooner you get through your "no's" the sooner you will uncover your "yeses."

Relative to your target companies, you should be working on networking with your 25 to 50 (35) "A" companies on a daily basis. You should also plan to have 50 to 75 companies on your "B" companies list and 75 to 125 on you "C" list.

Because most executive job seekers will not use these techniques, this will give you an edge in uncovering the hidden jobs others are virtually ignoring. Leverage your target company lists to unearth the hidden executive jobs no one is going after!

At this point, you're probably asking, "If they need an executive job and are looking for a new one, why are most executive people not trying this strategy?" The answer is that the techniques I'm suggesting here are designed for the truly motivated and committed executive job seekers who want to win the executive job! They involve hard work and consistent effort on your part, something not everyone wants to put into their executive job search. That said, conducting an executive job search campaign in the hidden executive job market can, at times, prove more challenging.

One of the reasons it is more difficult is that you find yourself more on the front line, where the likelihood of being rejected is much higher. Prior to this economy, the typical rejection rate was 20-30% of every 100 letters sent out. In this current market, that number is more likely to be 40%-60%.

Now compare that to the typical success record, which can run about 2-4% depending on your situation, and the fear associated with the hidden executive job market is warranted.

But don't forget that the faster you get through the "no's" the faster you get to the homerun "yes." The name of the game is persistence.

At times, staying in the executive job search game may require a higher level of persistence than you're used to. Over time, the lack of seeing results may begin to wear on you. Don't let them beat you! The results you're seeking are just around the corner, so hang in there. As you continue to push forward, here are some points to ponder:  

The next mile is the only one a person really has to make.

—Danish proverb

 

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed

the pain that must precede the victory.

—Ted Engstrom

  *** The above material is an excerpt from my newest executive job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search – How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy, Chapter 9 pages 138-39. Have a great 2018 landing that next great executive job! I look forward to helping you land that next great job!

Take care,

Eleanor

Eleanor Anne Sweet

Executive Job Search Expert Coach ™

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TODAY”S Executive Job Search Action Plan:

1. Make your calls to the contacts you found for your informational interview ideas.

2.  Register for my weekly executive job search tips on this page before you leave this page/blog, www.ExecutiveJobSearchExpert.com

3. Go to www.TheNEWRulesofJobSearch.com  to find out more about my newest job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy.

4. Go to www.TheJobSearchExperts.com to register for additional weekly executive job search information to help you with your executive job search and landing that next great job faster.        

Executive Job Search Expert Coach: Networking with LinkedIn in Your Executive Search

LinkedIn - A Great Executive Job Search Tool  

6 Tips on How to Use LinkedIn for Job Search Networking

1. You can use LinkedIn's search tools to find executives who are in your target companies. In the search bar, choose the "Companies" option and enter the name of the company you're interested in contacting. Under the industry section, pick "Any Industry" or the specific one you prefer. You will then be presented with a list of LinkedIn members who work for that company.

2.  Go to the "Companies" tab and try this technique. Select "Browse All Industries" and select your industry. Look at every profile that interests you. When you have the profiles open, look at which "Groups and Associations" they have listed. This is another area to look for in your networking endeavors. If it makes sense, join the same group.

3. Consider joining Toplinked at www.toplinked.com. You should be able to link to its members. This group is made up of "open networkers" in LinkedIn who should be fairly amenable to accepting your invitation.

4. Make sure you are working on getting LinkedIn recommendations from your past supervisors, customers, peers, etc.

5. Don't forget to look at the "Applications" link on your LinkedIn home page. Check out which applications you would like to add to your account. 6. Consider adding the "Polls" function, which allows you to send a poll about your job search to your list. You will need to have 150 contacts in order to be able to use this product, but you will be able to reach everyone faster than by emailing or phoning them. There are various products out there that will coordinate and connect all your Social Networking sites for you. Linking them all together will save you time. That's because everything will be updated at the same time. Not only is it a competitive market out there, but it's also constantly changing technologically. That being the case, anything you can do to simplify the process is beneficial.

*** The above material is an excerpt from my newest executive job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search – How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy, Chapter 8, pages 133-34. Bottom line is to take action steps with your executive job search every day. Use these tips and get more comfortable with social media and LinkedIn.

I look forward to helping you land that next great executive job that you have been looking for during your executive job search!

Take care,

Eleanor

Eleanor Anne Sweet

Executive Job Search Expert Coach ™

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TODAY”S Executive Job Search Action Plan:

1. Follow and apply the 6 LinkedIn tips to your executive job search and LinkedIn profile.

2. Register for my weekly executive job search tips on this page before you leave this page/blog, www.ExecutiveJobSearchExpert.com

3. Go to www.TheNEWRulesofJobSearch.com  to find out more about my newest job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy.

4. Go to www.TheJobSearchExperts.com to register for additional weekly executive job search information to help you with your executive job search and landing that next great job faster.    

Job Search Tips: Coping With Stress During Your Job Search

An executive job search can be a very stressful time in ones live, regardless of whether you are employed while you are working on your executive job search or unemployed working on your executive job search. Today I want to share some executive job search tips regarding stress that you should consider and try to implement in your daily life. According to the Midwest Center which helps people that are dealing with stress and anxiety in the day to day lives, you can easily diminish some of your stress by following their suggest method, “ABC”. You will find this idea of theirs can also be applied to help you during your job search. Follow this “ABC” method today, and see how it will help ease some of the stress in your life and job search for the day. Then remember to use this system everyday going forward.  

1. Attitude: A positive attitude can help you convert bad stress to good stress. For example, instead of being stressed out about a particular task or situation, instead feel excited about the potential for new experiences. And try to surround yourself with similar positive thinkers!

2. Breathe: Calm down, by slowing down, starting with your breathing.

3. Choice: Choose to control what you can – and that’s rarely the words and actions of others. Make choices to do thing to the best of your ability and with an open heart, at home or on the job. Remember for those of you that believe in a higher authority, prayer is one of the key stress relievers. Your executive job search is like life, there are areas that you can have some control and impact, while a great majority of the executive job search is out of your control. Focus daily on the area of your job search that you can have impact, such as research 5 more companies, 5 more follow up calls, mailing 5 resumes, and networking with 5 new people you have not contacted before. [caption id="attachment_625" align="alignleft" width="300"]

Take time to breath during your executive job search...

The key is to say in the game. Have a great week!

Eleanor Anne Sweet

The Executive Job Search Expert

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Job Search Tips: You Need to Deal with Adversity with Your Job Search

It seems like life lately is full of a lot of adversity and stress on a daily basis. I think life was like that before, but with this recent recession, and this New Economy, it seems like there is more present in everyone’s life.

I  shares with you a video on "Tenacity" and how that applies to your executive job search. There was a lot of positive feedback from everyone saying how much that video helped put a perspective on what everyone was going through with their current job search.

One of my readers shared the video listed below with me, that they felt also was inspiring regarding the topic of "Adversity". Rick you are right. Great video! Thank you for sharing that with everyone to help them during their executive search. WATCH this great short video below..

Now read the blog listed below on a suggested way to cope with stress. The job market is slowly improving. Stay in the game! ****************************************************************************

70% or more of your six figure executive job search success depends on a positive mindset. My book is "The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy". Tell your friends, help is on the way.

GO HERE TO ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW For a sneak preview for you regarding my new executive job search  book, page 59 of article. CLICK HERE

Have a great week! I believe in you!

Take care,

Eleanor

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Job Search Tips: Coping With Disappointment

Don't forget to read the 4 tips below on on to work with disappointment during your executive job search after you watch this great 2:18 min video. This about the way the wisdom in this video can also be applied to you and your executive six figure job search. Stay in the game, get back up and back in the game.  Keep you goal in mind and keep working on getting better and closer to achieving it by landing that next great six figure job. A typical six figure  job search consists of a lot of ups and downs, small triumphs and disappointments working toward the final goal, of landing that next great job. I discovered some simple tips by the author Cheryl Richardson on the subject that I wanted to share with you today. Richardson suggests that in times of disappointments that you ask yourself the following four questions:

1. Which part of me is this loss supposed to strengthen?

Job Search question:  How is this job search making me a better and stronger person in terms of my motivation, ambition and resolve to find that next great job? 

2.What can I learn from this? Job Search question: What am I learning about myself and professionally while I am doing my job search that is leading me toward a better job search final decision?

3.Who can help me transform this loss into gain? Job Search question: Who can I be helping and networking with to help me become a better person and grow through this transition?

4.How can what I’ve learned help me help others? Job Search question: How can I share what I have learned and am learning in my job search with others, so they can benefit from what I have learned and save them time, and improve their job search?

In her book Body + Soul, she writes, “When we get to the other side of a letdown, there awaits a great opportunity to use what we’ve learned in service to ourselves and others.” Bear fruit with patient endurance. (Luke 8:15)

Have a great week!

Remember to find the positive side of what you are coping and going through. I always say to myself, “There has to be a reason, I am supposed to being going through this. There must be something that a Higher Power wants me to learn and become a better person helping others and making a difference in this world.” Blessings,

Eleanor

Executive Job Search Expert.

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