hey everybody Don Georgevich here
with job interview tools and today I
want to talk to you about applying for
jobs when you're not ready I know that
sounds kind of odd I mean why would you
apply for jobs if you're not ready well
here's the thing a lot of people I know
that I come in contact with they tell me
they're planning to start searching for
jobs in maybe four months or six months
and maybe they're planning because
they're gonna get laid off or they're
waiting till they finish a course and
then they're gonna start applying for
jobs whatever the reason is some people
like to postpone their job search their
yeah they're gonna start in 3 6 9 months
maybe even a year what I want to tell
you to do what I want to encourage you
to do is don't wait to start applying
for jobs even though you're not very
active in your job search if you're
planning to start looking for jobs in
six months you should start applying for
jobs today and here's why because it
takes on average you know at least four
to six months for someone to find a job
once they start looking so if your job
search if you don't plan to start your
job search for six months
that's just six months a little more you
have to wait like a year to get hired so
what I want you to do is to build up
some momentum you don't have to be an
active job searcher just it will start
with a good resume get your resume
written get it posted on the job boards
and just get your feet wet get it out
there see if anybody is even calling you
and what this is going to do is it's
going to give employers an opportunity
to see you and act on your on your
online profile and maybe you'll get a
few phone calls and maybe you won't get
any I mean think about this think about
this if you post your resume and two
months goes by and you don't get any
phone calls and maybe you're not looking
real hard but you don't get any phone
calls that's telling you right there
that the resume isn't very strong it's
not resonating with employers so
wouldn't it be better to find this out
now than six months from now and you
formally start your job search so go out
there and start applying early for jobs
and maybe you'll get an interview maybe
you won't but what this is gonna do is
gonna build momentum in your job search
and it's gonna help you get your resume
going it's gonna help you make
improvements because you'll make subtle
improvements in your resume as you go
you'll start finding certain jobs that
maybe you want to apply for and often
ones that you don't and that's that's
half the battle because when you look on
the job boards I mean there's hundreds
hundreds of jobs but you can't apply to
them all you have to apply the ones that
are a good match for you if you waste
all your energy applying to all these
jobs then what that really does is that
dilutes your efforts and you're not able
to focus on the ones where you have the
highest probability so most people they
go out there and they see a hundred jobs
and they just apply to them all but
maybe only ten of those they're actually
really qualified for so if they would
have taken all their energy and focused
it and just focused it on those ten jobs
meaning writing a customized cover
letter customizing their resume to match
those jobs they could take a lot of time
and focus it on just those and that's
going to improve their chances greatly
versus if you just sent the same resume
out to a hundred different employers the
odds of you getting any phone calls are
slim to none but if you just pick ten
just pick ten that are super highly
targeted towards what you do and what
you want to be doing and you're right
customize your resumes and cover letters
towards those positions you have a much
higher probability of getting a call
from those so do this start your job
search today you don't have to be you
know all in but start it just stick your
toe in the water there and start taking
little baby steps build the resume put
it on the job boards start sending it
out start applying the jobs and all
these little layers that are you that
this foundation that you're building
you'll have a lot of momentum in four to
six months when you actually plan
start your your job search full-time I
guarantee that you know doing this is
going to help you start off with a much
stronger job search much stronger much
more energy much more momentum behind
you as a candidate and you'll feel a lot
better all right my friend that's all I
have for you today oh and one more thing
when you start interview when you start
interviewing you need to practice how to
answer any of you questions and nothing
does that better than the completed view
answer guide this is a quick and easy
download you can get from job interview
tools calm it's like you know 47 bucks
you can get it in a PDF you can get it
in physical hardcopy like this it comes
in mp3s videos all different formats
it's got all the questions in it that
you were likely to be asked well they
ask you all these I hope not because
there's about 140 in here but if you're
ready for all of these this is probably
going to cover 60 70 percent of the
questions that you are likely to get
asked and for the other 30% you're gonna
be in a much stronger position to answer
those because you're able to answer the
first 60 to 70% reading this book is
going to help you polish yourself and
get prepared for that questioning
process because you're not interviewing
right now and you're not used to
interviewing so this is gonna get you
ready it's gonna build some momentum for
you so that when you sit down with some
interviewers 1 to 5 a panel whatever
you're gonna feel a lot more comfortable
talking about yourself and your
experiences all right so do that before
your next interview and I will see you
in the next video bye now if you found
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