I must admit that I have not been keeping up with my thirty minutes a day of reading What Color Is Your Parachute? as I had planned. I wanted to take a quick moment though to recap a few of the interesting facts and points that I have learned so far.
- The average job search lasts 19 weeks
- The key to a successful job search is having alternatives (over 50% of job seekers quit their search within two months if they only use one method)
- Of people that use the internet as their only job search method, only 4-10% were successful
- Seding resumes yielded a 7% success rate when used as the sole method
So how does this match up with my current efforts? Well I’d say that I’ve been in the market for approximately 10-12 weeks so I am still below average. I am, however, only using one method and if you read my post “So Bad for Team Phill“, you will know that it’s not going well. In fact, I’ve been pretty discourage almost to the point that my efforts had pretty much ceased. With that in mind, it should be a surprise that my one method was using the internet.
I think I’m about to get into the meat of the book now so hopefully this will result in some serious reflection and understanding of what it is I really am seeking and rejuvenate my search.
GO TEAM PHILL!