I’ve started New Job Coach with a single objective in mind: to help you find a better job… faster.

A job that pays you more, and will give you the satis­faction you need from your work. It doesn’t mat­ter if you are currently out of work, stuck in a dead-end job, or just ready to move ahead with your career. New Job Coach is designed to take you step-by-step through the process of researching, interviewing, negotiating and moving up to a bet­ter job.

You don’t need to be told that the workplace is changing rapidly. You may already be a casualty of a downsizing or reorganization. People are changing jobs more often and this trend will only accelerate in the next few years.

My hope is that the job search strategies presented here on New Job Coach will allow you to conduct and conclude an intelligent job search in the shortest possible time.

I’m going to show you how to showcase your skills and talents in the best way possible to get you in front of the hiring manager; the one person who has the power to hire you.

The key here is to quickly identify the hiring manager, and then show him or her that you can do the work and you can do it profitably.

Most job seekers fail miserably in their job search because they listen to, and buy into, all the advi­sors, counselors, and human resources employees that make up the employment industry.

My advice is… don’t listen to them.

Searching for a new job is difficult enough as it is. And the truth is many people struggle and fail.

Signifi­cant reasons for failure include:

1. Chasing each and every interview possibility.

   If you want to cut your search time by 50% or more you must invest more time in research and less time in interviewing.

   You must aggressively pursue only those interviews you are genuinely interested in and forget the rest. Otherwise, you will waste your precious time and energy and end up burned out and frustrated.

2. Not investing enough time in the preparation stage where you uncover and polish all your skills, talents and aptitudes.

   Key Point: Employers are not at all interested in hiring new employees.

   What they are interested in is paying for the skills to solve their problems and make them a profit. So we have got to do a thorough job of understanding exactly what it is we have to offer the employer.

   What is the value you can bring to the company, the position and the problems you will be asked to work on? This is what gets employers excited and moves them past the fear of hiring a new employee.

3. Spending valuable time jumping through hoops that are held up by the gatekeepers.The gatekeepers are the Human Resources employees and some headhunters and the hoops are the sometimes endless procedures they require each and every candidate to go through.

   The Human Resources department does not do the hiring. The Human Resources department many times does not even understand the real requirements of the position.

   What they do understand is how to knock you out of contention. You need to learn exactly how to handle the gatekeepers and how to minimize their impact on your job searches.

4. Not taking control of the interview to ensure that you address the hiring manager’s problems and how you have solved similar problems and you’re ready to solve his problems.

   A job candidate should do everything in his or her power to show the hiring manager how he or she can do the job. You must hammer home how your hard-earned skills can be applied to solving their specific problems.

   During the interview, you can ask about an existing problem and demonstrate how you would solve it to see if your ideas are in line with those of the manager.

5. Fail to uncover all the possibilities that exist for job openings. Most job seekers use limited resources in searching for positions that could be of interest.

   They religiously read the want ads, and network with their 20 closest friends and associates, and then cross their fingers and hope for the best. With a little effort on your part, you are going to learn how to explore all the resources that are readily available to you.

These are just a few of the problems we are going to address and provide solutions for on this website. When you understand them, and know how to deal with them, you will see the job market from a dif­ferent perspective.

You will have a perspective that will instill confidence in your ability to locate, interview, and close the position that will launch the rest of your career.

Frank
www.NewJobCoach.com