Job Hunting – Have you got a system?

Let’s face it, the old ways of managing a job search using a binder or even a spreadsheet just will not work in today’s environment. Post it notes also leave a lot to be desired! There is too much information online, too many ways to connect to jobs, companies, and people, to master your job search using out-of-date tools.

The complexity is in the breadth of the five things that you need to organise for a modern job search:

• Activities: Tasks or To-Do items, meetings and follow-up.
• Contacts: Networking and relationships.
• Documents: Everything from CV’s, Application forms, all your personal data and Cover letters to research and tips.
• Vacancies themselves.
• Organisations: Companies, social organisations, schools, and other groups that people belong to. Tracking these are critical for you to expand your universe of available jobs.

In addition, you need a system to keep track of your search overall. Your system needs to help you track those opportunities that you have applied for or enquired about without spending a lot of time on them. Until you get a response. Then you need somewhere you can store all your useful research on the company.
At the same time that you are responding to vacancies, you should pursue a targeted approach–focused on a set of companies, or people you want to work with, or a specific type of job. For this part of your search, you need to be sifting and sorting a lot of information to figure out how and where to present your skills and abilities at their best. Later, when you identify an opportunity, you need to make this research instantly useful.

When you do make applications you need an easy way to keep track of what you have sent to whom and when. You also need a way of keeping track of interview and follow up dates to make sure you never miss out.

An automated system can do all this for you, and do them well. Take a step forward with your job search today and download Job Prospector from www.codepro.co.uk

It has been designed to make your life easier and will help you to get an advantage!

Good luck