Day: May 5, 2015

Over 50 Job Search and Ageism

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter discusses a few rules to follow when you are job hunting and over 50.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.

Follow him at The Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he is recruiting for.

Visit www.TheBigGameHunter.us. There’s a lot more advice there.

Email me if your firm is trying to hire someone.

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Pay what you want for my books about job search

Subscribe to TheBigGameHunterTV on YouTube  for advice about job hunting and hiring. Like videos, share and comment.

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us

Do you need more in-depth coaching? Join my Coaching program.

Want to ask me questions via phone, Skype or Facetime? Have your job search questions answered.

Job Search Planning Suggestions

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On this hangout, I’ll speak about planning suggestions

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.

Follow him at The Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he is recruiting for.

Visit www.TheBigGameHunter.us. There’s a lot more advice there.

Email me if your firm is trying to hire someone.

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Pay what you want for my books about job search

Subscribe to TheBigGameHunterTV on YouTube  for advice about job hunting and hiring. Like videos, share and comment.

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us

Do you need more in-depth coaching? Join my Coaching program.

Want to ask me questions via phone, Skype or Facetime? Have your job search questions answered.

Get Found!

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I was speaking with a senior professional with a large consulting firm on Friday afternoon. He had a big job helping to build a new practice and had decided to change jobs because he was was not partner, would not get credit or recognition for what he did or any of the recognition that comes from a successful launch.

As I’m speaking with him, I went on to LinkedIn and couldn’t find him. Maybe he isn’t in my network. That doesn’t happen often given the size of mine but it can.

I went to Google and discovered that any information about him was from his previous employer.

“For someone who wants recognition for what he’s done, you make it hard to be found,” I said and then explained to him what I meant.

I continued, “You’ve hired people. When they are out aggressively looking for work, you probably think a little less of them than when you get a call from a headhunter who tells you that they went out and found this person who wasn’t looking for something right now but had all the particulars you’re looking for. Sell him on the opportunity; you’ll be impressed by what he’s done.”

“That’s true.”

“The fact is that there is a bias in recruiting to the person who is believed to be “the passive job applicant.” The person who isn’t looking for work. The one that you have to sell to come on board because they are currently doing the work at a competitor.”

The way you take advantage of the bias is NOT to build your network once you’ve decided to change jobs. It’s to put yourself in the position to be found by updating your LinkedIn profile, blogging about your subject area expertise, answering questions on LinkedIn and on Quora, writing articles for the trade press, and by becoming a public speaker on the subject.

Search firms will seek you out for roles and think you are a superior potential new hire even if your resume is all over the job boards.

So don’t wait to be out looking for work.

Plan ahead.

 

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Finding a Purpose to Your Job Search Networking

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As I write this, I am connected to over 10000 (now over 14500) people directly on LinkedIn. I have many thousand people who receive job descriptions from me, another 7000 who receive my ezine every week, several thousand more who receive 60 days of periodic job search tips from me plus almost 200000 people in my data base.

I have a different purpose for which I use each list but ultimately what I am trying to do is develop a relationship with each person that will foster their trust in me so that should we work together to finding a job or interviewing with a client, they have a sense of me that allows them to know more about me that gives them confidence in my input.

I may not represent the highest paying job or the best job. People will believe me when I say things, feel confident that if they ask me questions that I am knowledgeable and much more.

What is the purpose to using your network?

To help you find a job.

How are you helping to foster trust and relationship with those many people with whom you maintain “a marginal relationship” like the many marginal relationships you have with people on LinkedIn?

Most people try to connect with as many people as they can and then do nothing with that connection. They then wonder, “What’s the point” to having all these connections. The truth is that there is no point to a relationship like that.

Relationships, like those between married people, require tending. They require cultivation and watering. Only cultivated relationships yield results in job search.

Water your garden.

 

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