How 3 People Found Jobs 73% Faster, in the State with America’s Highest Unemployment Rate

The average job search in America takes 26.9 weeks, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics for October 2009.

Yet 3 people were recently hired for new jobs in only 7 weeks — less than 1/3 the time — in Michigan, the state with America’s worst unemployment rate, 15.3%.

How did they do it?

The full story will be released in the coming days, but here’s a preview …

1) Gail Neal, from Detroit, Michigan, accepted a job offer as a sales professional for a radio station on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

She had been unemployed since June 7, 2009.

• Time spent in an ordinary job search: 15 weeks.
• Time to hire in a Guerrilla Job Search: 7 weeks.

2) Mary Berman, from Farmington Hills, Michigan, accepted a job as an executive assistant for a marketing firm on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

She had been looking for work since February 2009 before starting her Guerrilla Job Search in late September.

• Time spent in an  ordinary job search: 25 weeks.
• Time to hire in a Guerrilla Job Search: 7 weeks.

3) Jeff Donaldson, from Oxford, Michigan, accepted a job as a project manager for a design firm, after getting two job offers the week of Monday, November 2, 2009.

He left his job at Chrysler in December 2008.

• Time spent in an ordinary job search: 4 weeks (after taking a sabbatical). Job interviews: 0.
• Time to hire in a Guerrilla Job Search: 7 weeks. Job interviews: 3. Job offers: 2.

Click on their names above to read each person’s story.

For now, it’s enough for you to know that each of these 3 job seekers had two things in common:

1. Using ordinary resumes produced ordinary results — from 15-25 weeks of fruitless job hunting. (Sound familiar?)
2. Using Guerrilla Resumes, each was hired in only 7 weeks.

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