Are you looking for work?

Seems like a lot of people are.

And you know what they're all doing?

The same thing you are.

Every single person I've talked to over 13 years who is unemployed and looking for work says to me:

• I'm applying to everything.
• I'm reaching out to my network.
• I'm contacting who I think are the hiring managers.
• I'm listening to content creators on LinkedIn.
• I've had my resume redone.

Those are all the things that everyone already knows about - in most cases they are a waste of time - a waste of money - and bad advice.

Applying to everything

• 100's or 1000's of your closest friends are also applying.

Your network

• They might not have thought all that highly of you in the first place.

Contacting Hiring Managers

• I speak from very specific experience that almost 100% of proactive job seekers are absolutely terrible at this.

Content Creators

• If you're listening to someone who says "you should do this because this is who I like to hire" - that's great - if you're about to go in an interview with that person.

Resume

• 6 seconds

Over the next 5 weeks we'll examine these topics in more detail.

If you think it's valuable or you have something to add - we'd love to hear your thoughts.