How Hanna Landed Her New Dream Job!
Written by Skip Freeman
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I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Chuck Dietrich, the CEO of SlideRocket®, a brand-new online presentation software site that has all the earmarks of a quickly becoming a “must-have” tool for job hunters looking for a unique, creative way to break through all the “clutter” surrounding today’s hiring managers and brand themselves as being new, different and better than the “typical” job applicant.
During our discussion, Chuck related the remarkable story of Hanna, a recent new hire at his company. Let me share Hanna’s story with you because it is so illustrative of how a job hunter today can step out of her “comfort zone,” think creatively, prepare a workable plan, and then effectively compete for—and land!—her new dream job.
For three solid months Hanna took the “traditional” approach to finding a new job: She applied online for numerous positions. (Bad move in today’s extremely competitive job market.) She also applied through corporate Human Resources at a number of companies. Even though she said she had a “few” interviews as the result of her job hunting activities, it soon became clear to her that she wasn’t making any genuine progress toward her goal of finding, and then landing, a new job. As a result, Hanna said she stepped back and reassessed her entire job hunting campaign, and rather than letting the job hunting process continue to control her, she decided to start controlling the process itself! Here is how she set about doing just that:
• Knowing that her strengths included strong communication skills and a high level of creativity, she asked herself this question: “Where could my skills be most effectively utilized?” Her answer: Marketing, communications, public relations, graphic design, advertising and similar fields.
• Next, she asked herself this key question: “What types of companies have need of my skills and talents and would, at the same time, be ‘fun’ places to work?”