Executive Job Strategy . . . Why Online Sites Can Waste Weeks Of Your Precious Time!

Are you serious about your executive job strategy? Are you concerned about moving into the executive market FAST? Well, let me tell you a little story to help you understand why it’s a bad idea to depend on job websites.

Remember the good old days before the “No Call” list? This story illustrates why an alternate executive job strategy is preferred to the “mass market” approach. Let me show you what I mean.

You’re just sitting down to supper when the phone rings. It’s a telemarketer (one of several who tried calling you today). He’s talking very fast to capture your attention before you hang up. He’s got a product or service you can’t live without.

Yeah, sure! “What’s your name and number,” you ask sarcastically. “And what time do you eat supper? Cuz I’m want to call you back with my answer at that time,” you declare loudly, as you hang up the phone.

You’re annoyed, of course. But consider this for a minute. How many calls do you think that telemarketer has to make before he gets one person to listen? And how many of those actually buy something?

It’s a crap shoot. Now, if he’s a pro, maybe he knows that out of 100 calls he gets one or two sales. So he plods on hopeful the numbers will work for him.

Sound appealing to you?

Well, this is exactly what you do to your executive job strategy if you use mass market job search techniques. You know, you write up a strong resume and distribute it to some online job services like Monster and Hotjobs. Maybe you email it to a bunch of companies. And you answer some ads and distribute your resume to some recruiters.

You’re praying the numbers will work for you. You’re hoping someone will get back to you. Maybe a welcome phone call. Or a email invitation to an interview. But, if nothing happens, you figure you can always repeat the same process all over again. Maybe even ramp up the numbers.

Look. You can waste precious weeks, even months, pursuing this approach. What you need is an alternate strategy. Oh, I’m not going to say you won’t get an interview. But it will probably come a long time after you started your campaign.

There’s better way. You can learn how to harness the power of the internet to do research on selected companies you’re interested in. You identify and do background research on the person you’re most likely to report to. You contact that decision-maker personally through an introduction, referral, phone call or personal letter. Your purpose is to set up a face-to-face meeting (not an interview).

Don’t waste your time with mass distribution methods. Your executive job strategy requires a carefully targeted approach --one that productively uses your limited time to get results fast!

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