15 Tips To Help You With a Stalled Job Search
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• Evaluate whether you are looking for work you think you can get rather than shooting for what you’d really like to do.

• Review the major job-hunting methods and devote more time to the entire job search process.

• Open up new approaches including looking at more than one industry, looking at broader salary ranges, and returning to the library for more research.

• Evaluate whether you might be trying to step too far in one career move.

• Consider whether you are diluting your job efforts by pursuing too many different areas at the same time.

• Carefully develop your 2-minute pitch, make it very conversational, and review it weekly.

• Ask friends and professional acquaintances if they know why you haven’t been successful in your job search – you may be doing something ineffective that is apparent to others but not to you.

• Be certain that you are targeting your cover letters to the specific requirements of the position and not using generic or boilerplate letters.

• Evaluate whether you are being negative, vague, or indirect about your credentials or past employment on your resume or in conversations with potential employers.

• Investigate the market further to determine whether your stated salary requirements (always
a range) are out of line with the marketplace – too high or too low.

• Spend more time with networking contacts who can give you direct introductions to decisionmakers.

• Contact more small and medium-sized businesses where most job growth is occurring.

• Polish your interviewing skills by using a tape recorder or a camcorder.

• Join a job hunters’ support group or create your own.

• Invest in professional help – talk to a professional career consultant in order to review your resume and your job search strategies and tactics – you may not be aware that your resume is a bit vague or disorganized or that you are not conducting a comprehensive job search.