Job Search Stories: Finding a job is like dating

Don't be like the PhD in this Job Search Story who wanted an industry career! Networking fundamentals: Finding a job is like dating.

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Learn to be a successful industry PhD. When looking for a job, it’s easy to be very goal oriented and direct. We decide where we want to get a job, learn the difference between a resume and a CV, and learn networking fundamentals.

And this all makes sense. As a career coach, I recommend you should define your target – what you want to do and where you want to do it. You should have a strategy to get there. And you should work at being efficient and executing the plan quickly as you can.

But when networking and looking for a job, you don't want to me too direct or you will turn people off.

In this video I tell you a story of a great example of a bad way to look for a job.

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