How to Get a Job Created for You at a Small Business
By Kevin Donlin | June 15th, 2009
Here’s a 7-minute podcast I did with Jennifer Perkins, who was hired for a job that was created just for her.
She found a job posted by a small business on Craigslist and, even though she was overqualified, applied anyway, because the employer looked interesting.
You can learn two important things from her job-hunting success story:
1) You should focus most of your job-search efforts on small businesses, because they create up to 80% of new jobs in the U.S. economy. And they almost always make hiring decisions faster than Fortune 500 companies.
2) When you interview at a small business, you’re probably talking to the owner. So be ready to get hired on the spot for an existing job or, as in Jennifer’s case, discuss creating a new job just for you.
What’s more impressive is that Jennifer got hired for her job in February 2009, during the current recession (the worst job market in 20+ years), in Michigan (the worst job market in America).
Listen below or download the audio to get the whole story.
Click here to download the MP3.
Like that audio? You’ll LOVE this free Guerrilla Job Search audio.
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