A job search can be, and often times is, a soul-sucking, ego-thrashing, exhausting thing to go through. Many of us have been there: we are fed up with our current job, so you decide that enough is enough and you are going to start your (professional) life over. You quit. And for a moment you think everything is going to be fine. All your other friends and colleagues found a new job quickly and many times you'll hear them say how much more fulfilled they are in their new job and how much more they are getting paid.
For the first several weeks, you're feeling energized and generally good about your job search. You've read enough articles to know that a strong network is the most important and effective asset to have in a job search. So you reach out to your LinkedIn network, maybe even your Facebook network. You send emails to former professors and classmates from college and former colleagues from a previous job. You schedule informational interviews. You post your resume to job boards. People start responding, sometimes even to your surprise! You get emails and phone calls from long lost friends, classmates, colleagues and professors giving you pointers, perhaps the contact information of someone you can talk to and offering to help you in your job search in anyway they can.
But then a month goes by then another, before you know it, it has been six months and you've gotten a few nibbles but for the most part you're starting to feel like you're doing something wrong or you missed something or worse, you're just not as strong of a job candidate as you thought you were. Well, you are at least partially wrong. You are an excellent job candidate, but you are missing something.
Don't get me wrong, doing all of those things I mentioned above; reaching out to your network, going on informational interviews, posting your resume to job boards and sending InMails to people who make hiring decisions are all good things to do and effective. But they are only effective if you balance a certain amount of shamelessness to your job search. Let me explain ...
People will tell you to be classy during a job search. They'll say things like, "don't inundate people with emails," or, "don't keep checking back incessantly with someone who might have helped you get an interview or a foot in the door." They'll say it is rude and will turn people off to you. Ultimately, people will say that getting a job doesn't work the way it used to work. You don't just march into an office anymore and start working for free until they realize your value and offer you a job.
But I know from personal experience that you must balance that class with shamelessness. I'm not saying you're not going to get slapped on the wrist every once and awhile for overstepping a bit too far, also something I know from personal experience. But the job market is overflowing and going "by the book" will only get you so far. You must also be bold.
Show the company you want to work for that you really want that job and that you're not just another polished resume overflowing their inbox. Do this, and you'll undoubtedly be able to get a job that will help you start your (professional) life over. If a company doesn't appreciate your boldness, then you don't want to work for them anyway. The phrase, "nice guys finish last," is not widespread for nothing.
Just remember that John Cusack plays "In Your Eyes" to Diane by holding a boombox over his head. He didn't bring an iPod and offer the left earbud. He was bold.
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