While it is tough to get started looking for a new job, the hardest part comes during the search itself. People aren’t finding anything similar to what they were doing, and the few who do are finding the compensation to be drastically lower than what they were making. These folks are feeling too old to be taken seriously, too outdated and irrelevant to the professional world. Some have sent out over 1,000 resumes and gotten fewer than five responses.
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Regardless of how connected you are to other people and things, though, failing repeatedly at job hunting delivers a desperation punch on some level and it will feed on itself and lead to more failure. When you’re desperate, you will take anything and this comes through loud and clear to recruiters and people you try to network with. Hiring managers? You probably aren’t even getting to talk to any of them anymore.
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Once you have performed a self-evaluation and have your concise narrative developed, you can begin the process of targeting opportunities. This is an exciting stage of job hunting because the self-evaluation will make you feel in control of your destiny for the first time. You now have a legitimate weapon to hunt with and your natural energy level is high. This is great! You are going to need all the energy you can find for tracking down opportunities, as there is a tremendous amount of research involved.
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Now that you have stopped submitting your resume and applications to job postings online, it is time to discover who you are through a self-evaluation. This is not a trivial exercise, it’s serious.
Read MoreCreating value as an entrepreneur through disruptive innovation is one of the most rewarding experiences that can be had. But most of us are not entrepreneurs at the moment: starting a company is still in the future or perhaps not right for us at all. The good news is that disruptive innovation can be practiced by 'intra'preneurs as well. We can apply disruptive principles to create breakthrough value even while working for someone else.
megadisrupter provides guidance on finding the right job, outperforming peers and becoming a disruptive innovator while on the inside of an organization. Articles and resources on job hunting, intrapreneurship, selling and management are published regularly.
Creating value as an entrepreneur through disruptive innovation is one of the most rewarding experiences that can be had. But most of us are not entrepreneurs at the moment: starting a company is still in the future or perhaps not right for us at all. The good news is that disruptive innovation can be practiced by intrapreneurs as well. We can apply disruptive principles to create breakthrough value even while working for someone else.
megadisrupter provides guidance on finding the right job, outperforming peers and becoming a disruptive innovator while on the inside of an organization. Articles and resources on job hunting, intrapreneurship, selling and management are published regularly.
