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I want you to follow a structured and organised approach to your job search, to make best use of your time and keep you focused. You need to treat your job search like you would a marketing campaign where the product is you and everything you do gets you closer to your desired result, a job.

Each day you will undertake certain activities – it’s important that you do these, and review your progress at the end of each day. It may take some time before you get a job offer, but as you complete each action you can celebrate a mini success; completing the tasks means you haven’t just sat back and given up.

Daily tasks include a review. The review stage is important. If, when you talk with people, they aren’t clear on what sort of job you are looking for, revise what you say. If you are not getting shortlisted, review your CV and the way you complete application forms. As part of your review you should ask yourself:

•Am I actually doing the steps I should do each day and not just reading what to do?

•Do I need to discuss my approach with a job search buddy or a job search coach?

It’s not enough to just read this book, you need to do the activities and keep doing them. Even in a booming economy some people give up on looking for a new job because it’s hard work. But if you are committed and follow the steps you will get there.

To be successful in job search you need to have a plan and to follow it. This book provides the plan; it teaches you what you need to do, but will you do what you know?

Kim, Lindsay, Steve, Richard and many more got job offers, but others take much longer. When I review what’s going wrong I usually find a number of reasons – their CV needs a rewrite, they don’t have a structure to the cover letter, they are sending out generic letters to jobs they are clearly unlikely to get, and take far too long to do anything. Many times they just give up; Julie sent out personalised letters to 7 vacancies but without a positive response she has let her job search lapse.

Just last week, Paul asked me to review his cover letter for a job. I gave comprehensive feedback, all explained in Chapter 11, Find and Reply To Job Ads, but his second attempt, which came a few days later, still didn’t address the points in that chapter. Follow the steps and put your effort into the jobs you are a good match for rather than into a general application for many jobs.

You can sign up for 21 days of emails to keep you on track. My clients like these and tell me they are helpful, informative and fun. Some days you may not have the time to compete a task, so either catch up on the next day or slow down your approach. Other days you may find it easy to move ahead. Work at a ‘stretch’ pace; you can’t afford to take too leisurely a journey if you want to find a job in a recession.

Expect there to be some setbacks, but if you continue to nudge ahead, you will get there.