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The Job Search Survival Kit – Job Search And LinkedIn Tips. Part 36

Getting The Upper Advantage No Matter The OddsBy: Anthony Hines

A Reminder Of Who Am I & Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me?

Who Am I….I am a hardworking guy who, like many others, found himself out of work during the economic downturn in 2010. After a long battle of wrong turns, job search strategies that led to no where, and dead end leads, I decided to take a more strategic approach to my job search. Like anything else in life, I needed to treat my search like a full-time job and create a plan that would allow me to stand out above the competition.

Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me…because I quickly realized that to handle an event like that is to focus on what you can control and share the experience to help others. I believe that an experience not shared is a lost opportunity in life, and that smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people’s experiences.

Step By Step By Step By Step.

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING MORE.Get Your Resume Checked Email your resume to [email protected] and tell them I sent

you. That way you will get a free comprehensive and detailed report of how your resume looks and flows. Go for it because without a great resume, you have no chance of getting any job much less a great job. The turnaround is quick and the service is stellar.

Read My Job Search Tip Document First .These are the Free documents that tell you everything that I did to get activity & visibility in my search. Email me at [email protected] and I will send you them.

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10 Job Search Tips For Success

The next group of slides will discuss my top ten things that I believe you should do during your job search to gain traction and move towards your next opportunity quicker.

I will tell you the tip or idea and let you know why I like it to help you in dealing with the process.

Remember, I am by no means a professional and never claim to be. I am just giving you things as I see them to help you to see through the ‘fog’ and get ahead in your career.

I hope my ideas help you out and help me to end unemployment one person at a time.


#10. Network with people in your field that are working.

No form of networking is bad believe me but when you network with people that are working in your field, your mind will stay sharpe and your thoughts will be more clear.


#9. Get certified in your field or get some new form of education to add to your arsenal.

Hiring managers will notice that instead of sitting back and waiting for a job to come to you, you went out and did something for yourself. That said, research which certification is best for you and go get it. Talk to your unemployment office, they may pay for it if you qualify.


#8. Pay forward and help as many people as you can who are unemployed.

Helping other people really builds confidence and gains you a contact that you know will pick up the phone when you call to ask for them to put a good word in for you when you apply at their company. Karma is a real force. Help others and good things will happen to you.


#7. Recommend people you respect or enjoyed working with proactively on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn will ask the person that you recommended, if they would like to recommend you and I have to believe more often then not, people will reciprocate. Recommendations help your profile to get noticed and more visible on LinkedIn. No lose right?


#6. Stop beating yourself up and try not to take things overly personal.

You didn’t ask for this and you tried your hardest every day. There probably was nothing more you could have done. You were great at what you did before and you will be great again. Just believe in yourself and provide yourself balanced feedback. Know your strengths and your weaknesses.


#5. If you received transitional services, take those services when you are ready to learn and able to get the most out of it.

Talk to the transitional services company and work with them on a start date. Make that date work for you and when you do enter that program, it is up to you to drive it. Don’t wait for something to magically happen. This program has limited time. Maximize what you get out of it. Take classes multiple times as they may be taught by multiple people and you will meet more people each time.


#4. Attend Business publication events from your city’s business journal newpaper.

These will be paid events and they may be expensive but you will be face to face with decision makers. You better be on your game when you go to these events as they are networking at a very high level. That said, there will be few unemployed people at these events as people just don’t understand the value in these things. They are 100% wrong. Attending these events will get you in front of many people. There is nothing wrong with that.


#3. Get your resume and LinkedIn profile professionally done.

Let the pros present you in the best possible way via your resume and your LinkedIn profile. Work closely with whoever you use so that you are happy with the outcome but use the pros. To do it yourself, produces something that looks like you did it yourself.


#2. Pay attention to your mood and follow how you feel.

Don’t fight the feeling. Some days you are going to have bad days. Go with it as anything you produce on those bad days will be of low quality. Need to feel better? Go to a spa and indulge or volunteer to help a charity or a cause or something that matters to you. That will help your spirits.


#1. Focus on what you can control.

Meet with as many people for coffee as you can. Remain organized in case a hiring manager calls you out of the blue and wants to talk. Have your business cards with you at all times and be generous with them. You never know who knows who. You cannot always control when someone calls you but you can control how confident you are about your skills and how ready you are to take that call. Remember, you are only looking for one job and who says that this new job won’t be better than the job you just left right?

Thoughts For You To Ponder

I want to reiterate that I am not a professional and only providing you with things I did that helped me out during my own job search.

I do these presentations because the job search process has a lot to do with attitude and outlook. That’s on you. Excuses are for losers. Be a winner and take charge. You can do it because you have done it before I bet.

Make sure you individualize any all of the information provided on this or any of my presentations. My ideas are to guide you and help you to understand concepts.

Job Search & LinkedIn Tips To Help You Land The Job

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This paid service will make your connection total explode. I caution that if you are not ready for a substantial amount of LinkedIn connection requests especially from recruiters, you may not want to sign up and believe me it doesn’t stop. They keep coming.

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If you have found this presentation helpful and found some ways to gain an advantage in your job search, then my hours of work to help the unemployed one person at a time has been a success.

please email me at [email protected] and tell me how its going. If you have read my docs and have seen my other Job Search Survival Kit presentations , I believe that you are on your way to your next group of opportunities. Embrace the challenge and do your best daily. Go for it and don’t look back. No excuses, no delays, no procrastination. Go for it.



Come join the LinkedIn group that I recently created. It is called the Anthony Hines Job Search Survival Group. It’s a unique group because the people in it really support and help each other to get their next opportunity.

Just log into LinkedIn.com, go to groups and join the above named group. People really seem to find it useful and I check in often as well. Come join today.


Go back to Slideshare.net and check out my other “Job Search Survival Kit” presentations because over the recent past, I have added a bunch of new chapters that enhances what you have just read and will also help to get you an even better edge in your job search journey.

Check out my Job Search Survival Kit on Youtube.com as well.

Just search for it and it will come right up.

Most importantly, make sure you email a copy of your resume to [email protected] for your free resume critique because you have no chance of ever getting a great job without a great resume to get you noticed.


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