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Time Management 101 – Tips for Job Seekers

2/3 of job seekers spend a mere 5 hrs or less per week on their job search. In the Job Search Boot Camp, Jay & I discuss the importance of time management during the job hunt. But we don’t even come close to suggesting that you spend 40 hours a week looking for work.

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Do You Want To Do This, or Don’t You?

Tharp would constantly ask herself, Do you want to do this, or don’t you? Now over forty years later, she has choreographed over 100 dances on Broadway and in movies like Hair and Ragtime.

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Harold's Story

“If you had $3 million in the bank, what would your life look like?”

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Odds of Finding Your Next Job On A Major Job Board

Can you find a job using a mega-job board?
Absolutely! The point isn’t that there aren’t valid jobs on Monster, CareerBuilder, or HotJobs. There are! The point is that when we are looking for a job, we tend to spend 90%-100% of our time while we neglect the other pieces of the job search which can help you find a job faster - like Targeted job searching, networking, and making personal connections with hiring authorities. When you are diversify your time betwen many job search methods, your job search will be shorter and more effective.

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When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like nails

Major job boards are the best and worst thing that has ever happened to job searching.

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