Posted by Job Search Expert on Mar 3, 2010 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Mar 3: Companies are hiring!
Dear JobSearchingWoman:
Companies are hiring, but you have to make it easier for them to hire you. When people put together their resume, it’s an historical account of their career. Companies want to know more. Companies want to know how you are going to help them in these difficult economic times. So, think about what they need and that’s what you put on your resume.
Please remember that women look at their job searches differently than men. I didn’t say “worse” or “not as good”…I said different. If you can realize that a woman is wired differently and embrace those differences, then you can have a competitive edge.
Very few people actually get a job from a job board, so don’t spend all your time there. If you are going to put together a networking plan, do it from a business development stand point. Trying to find the hiring manager is not enough. Also try to find the person above the hiring manager. Remember, resumes don’t travel up the corporate ladder very well. But they do flow down.
Don’t just schedule time at Starbucks and meet someone and ask them for help. It might make you feel good, but it probably won’t land you a job.
Think from an employer’s point of view. We call that “Employer-Centric” and it works.
More importantly, remember that companies are hiring and that someone is going to get the job…it might as well be you!
Don’t give up!!
The Job Search Expert
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Posted by JobSearchingWoman on Jan 5, 2010 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Jan 5: The memory of layoffs.
December was awful with more layoffs. The whole month and holidays are a blur. Not sure how I got through them.
My boss called me in the office the week before Christmas and told me he was laying off more people. He didn’t even give me an opportunity to have a discussion about this. He was very cold. I actually felt sorry for the guy.
But my department is a mess. Everyone is scared and I’m trying to lead them and get the job done for our company and clients. I put on the happy smile and I find these positive words, that I would just consider big lies, coming out of my mouth. You know those kinds of words. The kind you say to your kids when you know everything is a mess and you’re trying to put a smile on their face. If I can’t get this team moving I may be out of a job.
I tried to work on my job search over the holidays but I was upset about the layoffs and trying to do my shopping, baking and wrapping at the same time. Finally I just gave up.
It’s the new year. I’m going to redo my resume (again) and start pushing it out on the job boards. I am going to set up more networking meetings and call some recruiters (again). I’m really not sure what to do, except I know this is a numbers game and I need to move forward rapidly. I can’t be without income for my kids.
I AM going to be positive. I AM going to make time for my job search today. After all, my career is important to me and the bottom line is. I will lose everything if I lose my job.
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Posted by JobSearchingWoman on Oct 27, 2009 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Oct 27: Rewriting my resume.
Obviously something is wrong. No one is calling. It has to be my resume. I stayed up last night to work on the resume. I wasn’t really sure what to do. I picked up a book at the bookstore on resumes and tried a new format. I need to showcase what I have done in the past so I can get the phone to ring!
I’m sick of spending time on the job boards which is every night now. There seems to be a lot of jobs out there that I am qualified for. No one is calling! I’ve been grabbing about 30 minutes on the computer before I go to work to apply for more jobs. Yesterday, I spent my lunch hour applying for jobs, but that was with my old resume. I’m going to re-post my new resume on some of the job boards and hopefully someone will call me.
This single working mom thing is tougher than I thought. But I’m a lot better than I was when I was married. I was surfing last night on the internet when I couldn’t sleep and found an excerpt of a book on SingleMindedWomen.com. It really hit home. It was talking about what happens after a divorce and how it can pull the rug from right underneath you. Boy, I feel that way now. Alone…I mean really alone, but somehow better.
Now, if I can only find a new job, things would be a lot more calmer. I’m tough. I will just keep plugging away. I’m good at what I do. Something will turn up.
But…will it be enough money? Can’t think about that now.
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Posted by JobSearchingWoman on Oct 23, 2009 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Oct 23: Networking, Resumes and Job Search.
I can’t sleep. I have versions of my resume swimming around in my head.
Things are worse at work. The meeting we have all been dreading was late yesterday. They will be making cuts in the next three months. I’m supposed to come up with a game plan to lay off 20% of my team. I don’t know where to start. I’m effecting people’s lives and the lives of their families. Yet, I have a business to run. I have to have my new plan on my bosses desk by Monday morning. So much for working on my job search this weekend. But I am making a commitment to work at least 4 hours over the weekend sending out resumes to jobs I have seen on the job boards.
I don’t know what to think about my job. I asked my boss if my job was safe in the cuts. He told me not to worry that they really needed me right now. I went home last night and looked at my bills and savings account and I couldn’t last long without a job. No way! Being a single working mom is tougher than I ever thought it would be when I got my divorce.
Finding it hard to juggle doing a job search with all the issues at work.
I did have several friends pass my resume onto some recruiters…but nothing yet.
I have to stay positive. Just not sure how I can do everything I need to do.
Tags: divorce, job boards, Job Search, networking, resume, single women, Women