Comments on: Paradigm Shifting: Job Search vs. Career Management

By: Neldon Demke

Neldon Demke — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:36:00 +0000

Job search: I’m going to build my linkedIn network to find others in the companies I’m pursuing.

Career search: I’m going to continue to connect to others with the intent to get to know them better, 4-6 contacts a week helps you grow your network. But more importantly, I’m going to help save souls by sharing my network with others and introducing them to those from companies I know. To introduce properly you need to know the individual who wants the recommendation and maybe vouch for their skills, talents and contribution. Inviting them into your LinkedIn network is not the end without nurturing your network of contacts.

Job Search: I’m going to concentrate fully on the job at hand so that I will be perceived as a loyal and dedicated employee.

Career Search: While committing to that company, I realize some restructuring or downsizing has nothing to do with me so I’m continuing to market myself by getting the most recent training, paying attention to my industry trends and gathering business intelligence so that I can be better prepared for any future job change. Career Search is a lifelong process and is the process of gaining more intelligence.

Job Search: I’m going to learn all there is to know to find my next job hopefully doing something better than those competing for the same opening.

Career Search: I’m going to network with others competing for the same job because business opportunities and job opportunities are improved when we are willing to help others. It is not a competition you win by not helping others in your same field.

Other Career Search options:

I will volunteer to present at the various resource centers on some skill, talent or experience that might help others in job search or starting up their own business venture.

I will never avoid an unemployed person because I don’t have a current job opening.

I won’t say to them “how’s the job search going” unless I’m prepared to invite them into my LinkedIn network and invite them to get to know others maybe who can help. this requires you to know your network.

I will both emphathize with their pain from being out of work and will try to alleviate that by helping with babysitting when they go to the temple or networking events; will help them with any house fixups if they are strapped for money or time; will invite them to events when they would rather not be in public due to the shame; will talk to my friends and associates who might be in their line of work to see if they might assist.

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By: katie mason stevens

katie mason stevens — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:50:38 +0000

What you say is true, but will change as the overall priorities in your life change. Just wait until you get married and have children, a real deep and abiding bedrock for your life to take root in. Your work will still be important but it will no longer be the only part of your existence now that you have a life.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:19:55 +0000

This really is great advice. I use a career toolset based on empirical/experiential evidence too. For me it is about applying the same discipline to managing your career as you do in your day job. Linking this activity to the skills you have acquired as a programmer seems like a simple idea but it is a quantum leap in terms of the knowledge and opportunity it unlocks.

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By: Robert Stanke

Robert Stanke — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:33:36 +0000

I manage my career like I manage my finances, car, etc. It is a never ending process. I have been on both sides of a job transition (forced and by-my-choice), so I see both sides. I think it is just important to remember that you never know when you will stumble on something good, so by managing your career regularly, you can jump on those opportunities right away.

Robert Stanke
http://www.robertstanke.com