2 Job Search Myths Exploded
By Kevin Donlin | April 22nd, 2008
Today, I’m going to get myself out of the way of the information.
Here are some excellent article excerpts to help you avoid the pitfalls of two common job-search myths …
Myth #1: You can use a headhunter to find a job.
From The Wall Street Journal:
Question: I am a recent M.B.A. and have been trying to land a strategy or analysis job for 10 months. I want to use a headhunter but haven’t found an appropriate one. Any advice?
Answer: Banish all thoughts of “using a headhunter” to help you find a position. Very rarely do search professionals — or headhunters — assist candidates in need of jobs. Instead, their clients are the companies that pay them to find highly qualified people for specific openings. “When companies hire a search firm, it’s to find people they can’t find — typically people who work for other companies” who aren’t necessarily looking for new opportunities, says R. Gaines Baty, an executive recruiter in Dallas.
Myth #2: Employers are looking for job hunters.
From Ask The Headhunter:
Managers aren’t looking for good job hunters. They’re looking for great workers. To win a job offer, you have to help the manager view you as an employee.
Start Early. Never walk into an interview unless you are prepared to control it. Control means treating your job interview like a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves meeting where you and the manager work together to solve a problem he or she is facing. Never wait for the manager to ask you questions. Instead, be prepared to do the job right there in the meeting — like an employee!
If that seems daunting, consider that if you were asking for a promotion, you’d never walk into your boss’s office and say, “Got anything you need me to do that would pay more than I’m making now?” An interview for a new job is a special case of a request for a promotion. You must show how you will add value!
Be ready to tell the employer what project you want to work on, and be ready to show how it would profit him if he promoted (or hired) you. In other words, invest the time it takes to justify your request for the job.
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