Comments on: A New Job Search Attitude http://marketformebook.com/new-job-search-attitude-1/ Surviving Job Loss and Building Your Lifetime Career Network Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:09:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brian http://marketformebook.com/new-job-search-attitude-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Brian Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:37:40 +0000 http://jobsearchebook.com/?p=22#comment-3 I think the strategy (which I haven't shared completely yet) is even more applicable and important in an employer's market. You have a 1 in 1000 shot at a job with 1000 applicants. If you're a skill holder and you successfully differentiate your skills, you have much better odds. You don't have to actually be better than the other 1000; you just have to make it appear that way. Could I send you a copy of the draft book and get your feedback on the whole plan? -- Brian Massey I think the strategy (which I haven’t shared completely yet) is even more applicable and important in an employer’s market. You have a 1 in 1000 shot at a job with 1000 applicants. If you’re a skill holder and you successfully differentiate your skills, you have much better odds. You don’t have to actually be better than the other 1000; you just have to make it appear that way.

Could I send you a copy of the draft book and get your feedback on the whole plan?

– Brian Massey

]]> By: Cynthia H http://marketformebook.com/new-job-search-attitude-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Cynthia H Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:54:03 +0000 http://jobsearchebook.com/?p=22#comment-2 Your plan sounds wonderful -- in a worker's market. Right now we're in an employer's market, where there are thousands of applicants for one job. How do you move forward when you can't convince somebody to hire you? Your plan sounds wonderful — in a worker’s market. Right now we’re in an employer’s market, where there are thousands of applicants for one job. How do you move forward when you can’t convince somebody to hire you?

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