One man received 35 job offers
Job Search August 4th, 2008Do you feel like giving up on your career exploration and hunt? Richard Bolles kept score with one man’s job hunt. Let’s call him Joe Smith. Joe did the following:
- Researched 107 places that seemed interesting to him
- Spent hours researching ‘thoroughly and well’ so that he was able to continue his search in an ‘extremely professional manner’
- Sent a total of 297 letters
- Made 126 phone calls to organizations in the city he wanted to transfer
- When he finally was able to go to these places in person, he narrowed down the original 107 places down to just 45 and visited all 45 places
The result was receiving 35 job offers! Richard Bolles writes, “When he had finished his survey, he went back to the one job he most wanted–and accepted it.”
Where are you in your job search? What is your story? I’d love to hear from you at Terri@SummitViewCareerCoaching.com.
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