CNN had a story on shrinking polar bear testicles. They went into detail about how it was an indicator of global warming destroying the earth. I would hate to be the scientist with a bag of bear treats trying to make that measurement. Then there was a brief blurb about the lowest SAT college exam scores in 30 years. The SAT scores were just barely worth mentioning.
Which of the two stories caught your attention? Shrinking polar bear testicles. It was improbable, bizarre, and got you worried about vague worldwide problems.
Which story was really the most significant for your personal prosperity? The SAT scores. It affects every company in the USA. More money, focus, worry, and concern are being focused on polar bear testicles than on why SAT scores are dropping.
Everything is not of equal importance. The biggest problem that most job seekers have is that they are very focused on the wrong thing.
Are you focusing on these things?
- Finding jobs on job boards
- Sending out resumes
- Perfecting your cover letter
- Creating one perfect resume
- New ways to search Indeed.com
- Sending out more resumes
They are the wrong thing. Sorry.
You should focus on….
- Talking to hiring managers
- Talking to the bosses of hiring managers
Those are the only things that count. If you are talking to one hiring manager a day, you are outperforming someone who sends out 50 resumes to qualified jobs every day.
Networking is the most effective way to talk to hiring managers.
No. Asking someone to introduce you to a hiring manager is not what I mean. That is great, but it is also a distraction. The IMPORTANT networking you can do every day is to find hiring managers, ask them for some help they can easily give, and then stay in touch occasionally.
I haven’t got time to go over the details today. I’ve done seminars and a hundred articles on how to do that. I’ll try to publish a slew of them in the next couple of weeks.
Don’t get distracted by polar bear testicles. Focus on talking to hiring managers every day and staying in contact with them until you have that new job.