Job Search Process to Follow to Find a Job
- Determine your career objective
- Finalize resume
- Finalize cover letter
- Post resume on Indeed and Monster
- Develop your LinkedIn Profile and grow your number of connetions
- Monitor resume hits on career sites and schedule a regular time to review online opportunities to apply to directly
- Contact college/university to see what job search tools are available to alumni
- Contact appropriate professional and industry associations to see what job search tools are available
- Submit resume to recruiters/headhunters
- Develop a list of networking contacts and set contact goals
- Identify networking events
- Identify companies to apply to directly
- Contact references and develop a reference list
- Prepare responses to likely interview questions
- Prepare for initial phone screen interviews by developing a log of all opportunities you have applied that includes the company name, the individual your resume was sent to, and the title of the position you applied for
- Record an appropriate voicemail message
- Determine your salary requirements
- Send thank you letters after every interview
- Follow up by phone after every interview