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When it comes to job search, Outflyers don’t go with the crowed. They set smart goals, plan their job search well in advance, and effectively execute their job search plan. They experience less stress during job search and get the best available positions. In this summary presentation, we’ll share high achievers’ job search strategy with you. Even if you are not looking for a job right now, there is something in it that you can take advantage of: getting intelligent about your industry and building connections that you can rely on when you will be looking for a new job.

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Plan Your Job Search

Gather Industry Intelligence

Build Your Personal Brand

Find Good Employers

Make Industry Connections

Investigate Job Openings

Craft a Targeted Resume

Get Introduced To The Hiring

Manager

Practice Your Pitch

Ace InterviewsNegotiate Salary &

Compensations

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Outflyers.com is a knowledge base for lifelong success in which high achievers share

their experiences on topics ranging from education and skills to money and

investing to marriage and family. It offers free tools and resources that you can take

advantage of to fulfill your dreams and live a happy, rewarding life.

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[email protected].

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About Outflyers.com

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Job Search Planning A job search, just like any other major undertaking, needs

meticulous planning.

Set realistic goals for your job search in terms of:

The job: industry, job function, job title, role and responsibilities

Work conditions: hours required, travel, work/life balance

Compensations: salary, bonus, non-cash compensations, training

Your job search should start when you are employed or in

school, otherwise you’ll have less leverage in your job search.

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Keep yourself well-informed about the industry in which

you are or want to be employed.

Read Financial Times, Business Week, and one of your

industry-specific publications.

Know top players, major trends, and influential people in

your industry.

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Gathering Industry Intelligence

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What is that you are better at than anyone else? If you don’t

know, you are a commodity for employers.

Find a growing niche in your industry where there are not too

many experts and develop your knowledge and expertise in it.

Make sure you are known for your specialized expertise

through writing articles and blogs, and speaking in industry

gatherings and conferences.

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Building Your Personal Brand

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Finding good employers takes more than looking at the

best-employers-of-the-year chart.

A good employer is the one which fits well with your

career objectives.

Visit the offices of the top employers in your industry and

talk to their present and former employees.

Maintain a list of your favorite employers – around 20.

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Finding Good Employers

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Inside each of your favorite employers identify 5 mid-level

to senior managers on LinkedIn.

Get introduced by a connection and then ask for a

meeting for advice over coffee.

Don’t ask for a job in your first interactions.

Maintain your relationships by meeting each of them

once per year and corresponding every quarter.

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Making Industry Connections

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The Hiring Process

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The hiring manager proposes a new position

A senior executive approves the new

position

The hiring manager works with a corporate

recruiter to post the opening

Candidates send their resumes

The recruiter filters most of them out

The hiring manager interviews a handful

remaining plus the ones recommended to him

One candidate is chosen and an offer is made

The compensation package is negotiated

Most candidates enter here

You should enter here

This simple change increases your chance of getting hired tens of times!

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Many job postings are already earmarked for someone

when they hit corporate websites or job sites.

Don’t drop your resume for a position at an employer in

which you have no contacts.

Ask two of your connections at the employer to find out

who the hiring manager is and what kind of person he is

looking for.

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Investigating Job Openings

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Most cover letters and resumes are never read.

Have a few template resumes and cover letters handy.

Adjust your templates to the position highlighting the

points relevant to what the hiring manager is looking for.

Ask your contacts inside the employer to forward your

resume to the hiring manager.

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Writing Resumes & Cover Letters

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The first 90 seconds in the interviews, the first

impression, is the most important part.

The question is asked most of the times is “tell me about

yourself.”

Practice a short, coherent, and compelling answer that

you can put forward without stress.

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Practicing Your Pitch

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“How you say it” is often more important than “what you

say.” Take a calm and confident pose during interview.

In every industry, 20 most common questions make 80%

of what is asked in the interviews.

Find those questions, write down your answers to them,

and practice with a friend.

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Acing Interviews

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Get to know what market pays for your skills. Look at the

industry reports for compensations.

Talk to your peers about how much they get at their jobs.

There is usually a 20% upside room for negotiation from

your first offer, but you need to be ready to justify your

position with non-disputable industry figures and facts.

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Negotiating Salary & Compensation

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For more detailed information about smart job search and

practical tips on how you can secure your dream job, please

visit:

Visit: http://www.outflyers.com/career/job-search

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Q&A

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