Great Occupations

What you can do in 2010 to get the job you want!

#1 - Identify the job you want Don’t just take “a job”. Identify a job that really motivates you. A job that ignites your passions. There are great exercises, assessments, and advice that you can find on the internet. In fact, we help people identify their calling. Visit our website for more information.

#2 - Rewrite your resume Many times the first step of job searching is a resume. Is your’s up to date? Do you have an “objective” or a “professional summary”? If you have an objective, take it off and replace it with a professional summary. Are you using quotes and recommendations on your resume? There are plenty of ways to update your resume and bring it into the 21st century!

#3 - Create a Job Search Plan Reacting to job postings will get your nothing but frustration. Devise a plan that allows you to target companies you’d like to work for that can support your job. Then approach them. This is a proactive (or Targeted) Job Search.

Follow these three steps, and you’ll be getting plenty of calls and interviews!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jay Markunas is a Fortune 500 HR Professional and Career Coach. Along with his partner, Angela Loëb, he helps people gain clarity and develop successful strategies for career transition. Through their company, Great Occupations, they help job seekers and career shifters by offering seminars, webinars, tele-coaching events and individualized coaching services.

The top three reasons you may not be getting the job when interviewing:

#1 - Lack of Enthusiasm. Searching for a job can be draining. It’s easy to feel down during the process. However, you have to convey enthusiasm in your interviews. I use an acronym when speaking on interviewing: A-C-E. Attitude, Confidence, and Enthusiasm. Remember to have a positive attitude, be confident in your ability to do the job, and display enthusiasm when you are in the interview.

#2 - What’s in it for me? A sure way to sink the interview is to go in with an attitude of “what’s in it for me?”. Salary, benefits, work-from-home, holidays, etc… should be reserved for the FINAL interview.

#3 - Lack of interpersonal skills. Listening, eye contact, posture are very important in the interview. I like to recommend a 50/50 rule - you are listening 50% of the time, and talking 50% of the time. Make sure you are making good eye contact. Use the “triangle” method - look at one eye for 5 seconds, the next eye for 5 seconds, the mouth for 5 seconds, then repeat.

Remember to avoid these 3 issues in your interview, and you’ll see much more success!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jay Markunas is a Fortune 500 HR Professional and Career Coach. Along with his partner, Angela Loëb, he helps people gain clarity and develop successful strategies for career transition. Through their company, Great Occupations, they help job seekers and career shifters by offering seminars, webinars, tele-coaching events and individualized coaching services.