OMG- Another weekend and no job interviews-What to do

I hear this a lot from candidates who are either unemployed or know their company is closing soon these days.

So we all go through our weekends and then when I speak to them on monday they are a few degrees less motivated than they were last week and in addition they are more cynical as well.

Well let's stop that cycle right now.

Now here is a new plan for your career search that you should implement this weekend.

#1 Just because it's the weekend, it does not mean you cannot get productive work or research completed. Have a positive attitude.

#2. Instead of looking at job boards for ads for jobs that 500 other people are looking at, change you search patterns. Got to sites like thomasnet, simplhire, indeed or even google and do more detailed searches. What I mean by detailed searches is that you should be looking for searches like "new company coming to Cincinnati" or whatever. Play with your searches, do different combinations of words like "plastics, medical device, illinois". You would be surprised at the information you will find.

#3. When you find these articles and information ........................"SAVE IT" then go lookup the company online and you will find the company website....................Go study it. Find out what they do, what their culture looks like, history, etc.

#4. Now that you have foudn a half dozen companies that are either expanding or coming to your target area, go to linkedin.com and look up those companies on the site in the specific locations you are targeting. EXAMPLE: "Zimmer" "Indiana" Now you will see how many of the managers or executives at their company are online. Pick the ones you want to contact and save that info.

#5. Now that you are all fired up about the new information you have found, put it all together. What i mean is: Go to the company website get the phone number for the location you want to contact, Look for any links to e-mail addresses on the site as well. Now put together you list of the managers or executives you want to contact monday at that location. Now you have a direct target list of the managers of that company that is either expanding or building in your area. NOW CALL THEM. Have your pen ready and take down all info you acquire in those conversations, you will be surprised at what you will find.

This is just one example of how you can use your time to do specific target searches that will find you opportunities that probably have not even been advertised or have not gotten to that part of the process yet. You will make great contacts and find out a lot of new information as well. Who knows......................you may find your dream job.

Have a great weekend.