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You’re Hired! Now What? – Targeted Job Search [Updated]

October 16, 2017 by Marc Miller 2 Comments

You’re Hired! Now What? You have just been hired for your dream job! Well, maybe not your dream job, but the next step in your career. You have followed all of the steps in the targeted job search. Before you read on, this is the sixth in this series on the Targeted Job Search. If […]

Build Your Referral Network – The Targeted Job Search (Updated)

October 9, 2017 by Marc Miller 4 Comments

Your Referral Network About 85% of all jobs are filled through employee referrals. Therefore, it makes sense to build a referral network at every company where you might like to work in the future. Before you read on, this is the fourth in this series on the Targeted Job Search. If you have not read […]

Connecting with Recruiters – The Targeted Job Search [Updated]

October 4, 2017 by Marc Miller 1 Comment

Connecting with Recruiters is Vital In this social media connected world, recruiters have become the mesh that holds things together. Connecting and cultivating relationships with recruiters and other HR professionals is critical. Before you read on, this is the fourth in this series on the Targeted Job Search. If you have not read the previous […]

Research Your Target List – The Targeted Job Search [Updated]

September 27, 2017 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Research Your Target List You need to research your target list and do not rely on assumptions, beliefs or rumors. You need to get the facts. This is the third in the series on the Targeted Job Search. To read the rest of the Targeted Job Search series click here. Step #2 in this process […]

Will I Ever Be Employed Again in a Job I Want?

September 25, 2017 by Marc Miller 7 Comments

Employed Again in A Job I Want? Will I ever be employed again (in a job I want) is a common question that is asked by the long-term unemployed? I want to tell you this happens to people at the top of society and the bottom. This post about the nearly 3-year journey of a client […]

Building your Target List – The Targeted Job Search (Updated)

September 18, 2017 by Marc Miller 2 Comments

Your Target List Your target list should contain companies that could hire you. You should be looking for companies that are looking for your skill set. We are not looking for companies that are hiring, but those that are capable of hiring you at some point in the future. This is step one of the […]

Target the Company and Quit Chasing the Job [Updated]

September 13, 2017 by Marc Miller 6 Comments

Target the Company? Yes, you heard me correctly…target the company and quit chasing the job. This is the philosophy behind the Targeted Job Search. As a baby boomer, I was raised to be loyal to my employer. When the right opportunity came about, it would typically be offered to me. If I wanted to change […]

3 Examples of Professional/Personal Make Stuff Up Disorder

September 11, 2017 by Marc Miller 4 Comments

Make Stuff Up Disorder I have written about Make Stuff Disorder multiple times including a whole chapter in my latest book Repurpose Your Career – A Practical Guide to the 2nd Half of Life. is dedicated to this topic. If you would like to listen to a narration of this chapter MSU Disorder – The […]

7 Positive Steps After a Resource Action or Layoff

August 28, 2017 by Marc Miller 2 Comments

Positive Steps after a Resource Action? I originally wrote this post on positive steps after a resource action back in 2013 after there was a massive resource action at IBM. It is being updated and republished because I am seeing a large number of small resource actions. You may choose to call this an RIF […]

3 Steps to Build Your “Tell Me About Yourself” Story

August 7, 2017 by Marc Miller 1 Comment

Tell Me About Yourself Do you dread the interview question – Tell me about yourself? One thing I have learned from all of the Birkman feedback I have given in the last five years is that most of us do not see ourselves the way other people see us. How can you answer the tell […]