Announcing Jobpreneurship™ 101 – From College To Dream Jobs!

We are pleased to announce the availability of my latest book, Jobpreneurship™ 101 – From College To Dream Jobs.

What is different? EVERYTHING most people are doing is not working well in today’s chaotic world.  Why? The world has changed. Business as usual is no longer usual. Business risks and threats are reducing interest in hiring. Fewer jobs means greater competition for the remaining jobs that exist.

If you are doing the same thing as everyone else, you will find similar results as everyone else. What results are they finding?

If you are ready to learn how the insiders and successful few go about getting a job, then you need to see what others are saying about Jobpreneurship™ 101 – From College To Dream Jobs.

“Jim Villwock applies his wealth of experience to the critical topic of job searching. A book for young and old, novice and experienced, Jim teaches you how to get hired into the position you want!“

Marshall Goldsmith – World-renowned executive coach and author of the New York Times best-sellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There; He is acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine, and named by the American Management Association as one of the fifty great thinkers of the last century.  He has authored 23 books on leadership.

“This book should be required reading for all college seniors and for all who contemplate a job/career change. In clear terms it presents the steps needed to identify and secure employment even in the most turbulent economic times.”

Carter Hopkins, Former Director of Alumni Career Services at U. Va. Alumni Association

“His description of the job hunting process is revolutionary compared  to the usual method
most people take…”

June Erickson, Atlanta Business School Alliance (Alumni Groups from top U.S. business schools)

“Jobpreneurship 101™ is more than a tool to help you find a job, it is a practical, powerful and proven approach to creating a habit of effective career management. It is applicable to all — college age through senior executive. As a leader, mentor and coach I enjoy helping individuals reach their potential. I encourage you to add this to your must read list.“

Alex Perwich, President, Contained Energy LLC
; Former CEO, Golden Key International Honour Society (world’s largest)
; Lieutenant Colonel, US Army (Retired)

If you wish to check out our new book, click here.

Blind Dating is Not an Effective Job Search Strategy, Part Two

If you have not read last week’s blog, please do. The question we need to start with is how would you feel about blind dating with different people suggesting whom you should date.

Now that you put yourself into those shoes, let’s turn the tables. Let’s put on the hiring manager’s shoes. The hiring manager is now the one who is looking for a date (employee to fill a job) and potentially a long term employment relationship. You are the potential blind date.

If the hiring manager did not know you or ever talk to you and a stranger to the hiring manager suggested to her that she should commit her time to meet you, would you expect she would be interested in meeting?

This is what an unsolicited resume is to a hiring manager. They don’t know you and whether what you say is true or filled with a hidden motive. Most hiring managers don’t have the time or trust to pursue unknown people.

If your resume was referred to the hiring manager by someone she knew, would you expect she would immediately want to meet with you? Not necessarily. Certainly, in the context of you being one of five candidates coming in to be interviewed by a number of people, then the hiring manager may interview you or not. Many hiring managers want subordinates to do the first interview pass. Why? To get opinions of people whom they trust to screen unknown candidates first.

If you were referred by a trusted friend or advisor, would the hiring manager be willing to meet personally with you, bypassing the gatekeepers? In most cases, you will get the opportunity of at least meeting with them for 15-30 minutes. If they like you and become interested in you, then they would usually check you out with other advisors or, if you are at a lower level, have HR take a look at you.  During this process the company might be willing to consider including you in the interview process to see if the relationship should move toward a job offer.

Sound ridiculous? To a job seeker, perhaps. To a hiring manager, this is no different than being asked on a blind date.

The question then becomes, how are you seeking to get in front of the hiring manager?

Next week, we will be announcing our new book which walks you through the entire process and gives you a roadmap you can begin following immediately.