would you hire you? 8 job networking mistakes to avoid to shorten your job search
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Networking mistakes to avoid when doing your job search and how to shorten your job search with better job networkingTRANSCRIPT
Would You Hire You? 8 Job Networking Mistakes To Avoid To Shorten Your Job Transition Chuck Feltz EM: [email protected] Twitter: chuckfeltz
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Who needs to be thinking about this?
Those in job transition
Those looking for first position
Those wanting to create career breakthrough
#1 You can’t CLEARLY articulate
what you’re looking for
If you can’t, who can? And by the way, “A challenging position where I can leverage
my people skills” is not going to work –
EVER.
#2
You know
NOTHING about
me or my
company
Taking the time to do research is the difference
between a serious networker and a
professional VISITOR.
#3 You have no clear VALUE proposition
If you don’t know what problem you can solve for companies and why
you are uniquely qualified to do so, you are NOWHERE near
ready to network seriously.
#4
When asked “tell me a
bit about you”, you
walk them through
your resume – A L L O F I T !
You weren't asked to provide your
autobiography!
If you can’t talk confidently and unaided
for 1-2 minutes about who you are and
what makes you unique, you need to
STOP networking until you can.
#5
You fumble the
“Table Stakes”
questions
There are questions you know will be
asked.
If you struggle with these, you lose
momentum, confidence and
IMPACT.
#6
You have no
POINT OF VIEW
on key industry
issues
Can you really have years of experience, education and strengths and NOT have a
POV on key issues within the industry and how to solve
them?
#7
The “Experience of
You” is haphazard
and unintentional
You CANNOT NOT
create an experience
It’s simply a matter of how intentional it is.
#7
#8 You have the
WRONG goals for
your networking
meeting
Your goal isn’t a new job after this
meeting.
It is to create 2-3 warm referrals with potential
hiring managers.
People will refer you for 2 reasons:
1. Because you have impressed them
2. Because you will make them look good
If you fail here, you have missed the point
ENTIRELY
“Never put someone else in the position of determining your
relevance: you should be clear on how you
matter and WHY YOU MATTER”
EM: [email protected] Twitter: @chuckfeltz LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckfeltz/