JOBSEARCH: Always be pitching and expressing your Unique Value Equation

FROM AN EMAIL TO A FELLOW TURKEY:

>actively job hunting in XXXXX, preferably something financial. Please feel free to look over my profile.

Hello,

I read your post in XXXXXXXXXXXX and was moved.

Moved to tell you that you missed a great opportunity to express your Unique Value Equation.

By way of background, I’m a big fat old turkey, who counsels fat old white guys on how to find a job. I do it as a way of repaying all the people who have helped me in the past with my transitions. And, Intelligent Designer forbid, build up a wealth of Karma for my next transition.

I have some resources that I offer to seekers over at my turkey farm.

Go directly to the “turkey farm”
http://home.comcast.net/~v2y2r0n27rhj6y/TURKEY/index.htm
http://tinyurl.com/lxu93

I urge you not to be “actively job hunting”, but to express what you are going to do for someone that will unlock value for the both of you.

So if you had said something like:

*** begin quote ***

I’m seeking my next opportunity where I will count beans for someone, as one spammer said “most excellently”. Preferably in Gotham City, Alaska area, but I’m open to a relo. Preferable as a full-time employee, but I am flexible. I’m not rich, so I’ll need compensation. There to I’m flexible.”.

*** end quote ***

See the diff?

You get the idea. Give people something to hang their hat on. I prefer informal and funny. You have to get them to read it, remember it, and act on it.

I use the Big Fat Turkey as a funny hook in people’s mind. (Hey, what was the name of that lunatic who thought he should be a CTO of an G50 firm. We’ve got the perfect position as a WalMart greeter for him. What a turkey he was. Yeah that’s it. Big Fat Turkey. Let me google that.) Hey it works for Coke, Ford, and Victoria’s Secret. Why not for a big fat old turkey. Guarantee you’ll think of me some thanksgiving, and say what a bird brain! If you don’t swear off turkey altogether.

Or course, you can connect to me on LinkedIn (reinke reinke reinke reinke), but I’m out of invites. Actually, I’m saving my last 100 for my own “next transition”.

I have job search and LinkedIn tips on my blog all categorized for easy reading.

Hope this helps.

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Note:

https://reinkefj.wordpress.com/tag/jobsearch/ has all the jobsearch items 170+ for “easy” reading.

https://reinkefj.wordpress.com/tag/linkedin/ has my LinkedIn tips (only 15+ but some very good ones imho)

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