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• Youll spend your time more effectively if you
  have a clear map of your lifes priorities. -
  Richard J. Leider, Life Skills, p.167.
• The future belongs to those who believe in the
  beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt.
• You should investigate something to see its
  benefit or harm, examine whether it is
  appropriate and suitable or not then after that
  you may carry it out. - Caotang.

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A Job Search Strategy provides direction, focus,
and a guidepost for finding the right job
role/career and overall life satisfaction.
Job Search Strategy

• The job search strategy brings together your
  purpose, values, talents, and interests and
  supports them with tangible, practical goals.
• It also provides the framework around which you
  can construct your plan of attack.
• Many of our goals will change during our lives
  according to our age and the circumstances of our
  lives.
• Our plans must change in response to or
  anticipation of this evolution.
• A strategy provides the overall direction and the
  proper context in which to make decisions and
  adjust our plans.
• Many job-seekers employ the hit or miss
  approach to finding new work.
• A passive approach, this involves responding to
  ads and relying on employment agencies -- or just
  those companies that come to campus.
• This eliminates your personal power and
  ultimately limits your choices you are at the
  mercy of job boards, headhunters, announced
  openings, etc. which constitute only about 20 of
  all jobs.
• Similarly, the broadcast approach, without
  significant follow-up and persistence, simply
  adds your resume to the proverbial pile.
• A well-defined, structured, and aggressive
  approach to job hunting puts the power back in
  your hands and projects a positive image of
  success.
• Only you can limit the effectiveness of this
  approach your persistence, creativity, and
  effort determine the quality of the approach and
  ultimately, your job choices.

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CDP1 encompasses each step in defining your job
search strategy.
Job Search Strategy
Though many different job search strategies can
be successful, having a plan and implementing it
consistently is absolutely critical.
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The following templates may help you to summarize
your findingsthus far and plot a specific course
for landing the right job.
Job Search Strategy

• Ideal Career/Job Role Profile
• Summarizes the results of your self-assessment
  and gives you a sense of what you are looking
  for, as well as knowing when you see it.
• Research Plan
• Provides structure and direction for your
  research so that you can use your time most
  effectively and efficiently.
• Documents your results thus enabling you to
  identify trends, priorities, missing items, or
  new areas to explore.
• Marketing Plan
• Specifically outlines how you will present
  yourself and to whom.

Interviewing, follow-up, and negotiation are the
remaining key elements of your job search
strategy.
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Your self assessment helps you to describe the
attributes of your ideal career or job role.
Ideal Career Attributes
Job Search Strategy
Ideal Career/ Job Role Attributes
Purpose
Creative Passion

• What can you really dedicate yourself to?
• What do you hope to accomplish?
• What will be your epitaph?

Core Values

• What do you believe in? (ethics, ideals, way of
  life, principles)

Capabilities
Talents

• What are your most important talents? Which ones
  will you apply in your career?

Skills

• What can you do? What will be required for this
  career?

Environment
People

• With what kind of people do you most wish to
  associate? Analytic, Innovative, Entrepreneurial,
  Detailed/Task-Oriented, Serving, Active
  (athletic, outdoorsy, mechanical, handy)

Organization

• What structure do you prefer?
• What is your preferred organizational purpose?
  (product, education, service)

Wants/ Needs

• What else are you looking for?

Other
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Documenting your research approach can (re)focus
your search and help you to identify trends or
inconsistencies.
Research Plan
Job Search Strategy
Industry Research
SAMPLE
Industry
Leading Companies
Industry Structure
Key Trends
Key Challenges/ Issues
Outlook
Information Sources
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Documenting your research...
Research Plan
Job Search Strategy
Company/Opportunity Research
SAMPLE
Company
Mission Vision
Competitive Position
Ownership/ Governance
Key Strategies
Key Challenges/ Issues
Financial Performance
Outlook
Key Leaders
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Your marketing plan encompasses the critical
elements of effectively differentiating a
commodity -- You! -- to potential buyers.
Marketing Plan
Job Search Strategy
Marketing Plan
Desired Job Role
Positioning Statement

• 60-Second Commercial

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It is helpful to keep a record of your activity
to keep you on track.
Marketing Plan
Job Search Strategy
Marketing Implementation Record
Goal
Week
Practice Interviews
Networking Calls
Referrals Requested
Informational Interviews
Job Interviews
Follow-Up Contacts Made
60-Second Commercial Used
Networking Events
Companies Researched