How To Effectively Job Seek In A Recession

Those who have followed this blog for a while may remember that I blog for Vault.com in addition to the other projects I have going on. I don’t highlight my work there too much but I wanted to point you all to a four week series I just completed about how to do a job search (from beginning to end). This is certainly applicable right now because of the recession but it isn’t necessarily unique.

None of these are research paper deep but just a jumping off point to organize and get started. This is especially helpful if you haven’t been in the market for a while and need a jumping off point. These are also my most frequently asked questions so this will also hit some of those.

Job Seeking in a Recession Series

• Your New Full Time Job – Getting a job is your new full time job and you need to act like it.
• Your Cover Letter and Resume – Your foot in the door when you can’t make a personal connection.
• Networking – The preferred but most difficult technique to master (for some).
• Waiting – If patience isn’t a virtue for you, this is going to suck.
• The Phone Screen – Nailing a phone screen and moving on to the next step.
• Interviewing First Impressions – How first impressions can dictate the tone of your interview.
• The Interview – Make an impression. The good kind.
• Thank You Note Or No Thank You Note? – Won’t ever hurt but won’t always help.
• The Follow Up – Don’t be annoying, get some guidance.
• The Offer – Woohoo, now figure out what you’re getting.
• Negotiation – How to negotiate a good salary without being punk’d out of a job.
• Accepting or Rejecting the Offer – How to tactfully accept or reject a job.
• Rejection – How to deal with the rejection of not getting a job.

Let me know what you think!