I See Job Leads
By Kevin Donlin | May 30th, 2008
Remember The Sixth Sense?
The kid says, “I see dead people. Walking around like regular people ….”
Now. What if, instead of dead people, you could see job leads walking around?
Well, you CAN train yourself to see job leads — every day — that were invisible before.
All you have to do is know these two things:
1) EXACTLY what job you’re looking for, down to the title and the 3 skills you would use in that job; and
2) EXACTLY what 10-25 employers you want to work for, down to the company name and cities.
Do you?
If so, you will start to see job leads where before you saw none. This is due to your brain’s Reticular Activating System, which basically tells you what to pay attention to.
If something is “top of mind” for you, like a specific job or target employer, you’re more likely to make more connections to it in the world around you, and “see” that job title or employer. Which leads to more conversations with others, more interviews, and a shorter job search.
Neat, huh?
On the other hand, if you don’t know what job you want or where you want to work, your job search will zig and zag all over like a rogue cruise missle, vainly searching for a target.
Which would you prefer?
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