Emanuel Carpenter ⋅ Alpharetta, GA SDR Master Class ⋅ 20 years experience

Email anyone in your network you believe can help you get a job or works where you want to work. Attach a copy of your resume, and tell them it is imperative that you find a job. Give the timeframe you're looking to get started so that they have a clear deadline. You might have to swallow your pride but be sure to include your closest family and friends on that email. You stand a much greater chance of getting a job through a personal referral than by answering a classified or job posting. You will find out about jobs way before they get posted for public viewing on job boards if you email your network. In my job, I sit next to our recruiters all day. They love personal referrals because the person referring you already knows your personality, your work experience, or your work ethic.

Diane Riemer ⋅ Andover, MA Brandeis International School of Business ⋅ 25 years experience

Hi Daniella
I would suggest that any email outreach include something like this:

"I am currently in an active search for a position in (industry name) in the (geographic location) area. My primary interest is in a role as a (role name), but I am open to other opportunities. Key strengths include: (key strength, key strength, key strength) Please let me know if you have any advice or ideas or can think of someone who might be willing to speak to me for about 20 minutes about this."

Absolutely use Linked In as it is the #1 resource recruiters use to find candidates. Your headline could include a shortened version of what's above. Use the Summary to broaden the picture and share both soft and hard skills, professional goals and any personal information you are comfortable sharing.

Diane

Howard Turk ⋅ Denver, CO Turk & Co ⋅ 30 years experience

I reached out to someone I know who is a professional recruiter. His (Matt Johnston from Jobtracks) reply as follows:

I agree with the Captain. I would not put looking for work on my LinkedIn profile.

In her comment she mentions that she has a considerable network of contacts on a Linkedin. In your Linkedin profile it is possible to download all of your 1st Degree contacts with contact information into excel. Once fine, she can send out an email merge that can be personalized as she wants. It also has contact phone numbers if she wants to reach out for career advice.

Hope that helps.

Thanks-Matt
310-699-6584

Jim Rohrbach ⋅ Evanston, IL ⋅ 22 years experience

Hi Daniella!

I recommend you start doing "Informational Interviewing." Email me your resume and we can have a conversation on how you can do that.

Jim "Da Coach" Rohrbach
http://www.SuccessSkills.com
Coach@SuccessSkills.com

Kit Lancaster ⋅ Chicago, IL GCG Financial ⋅ 5 years experience

Where do you want to go? What is your story? What do you value? I'm happy to share some ideas with you by phone. However, I need to know more about you before giving any advice or suggestions. I would hate to lead you down the wrong path.

Thank You,
Kit Lancaster
312-344-0999

Liz Campanelli ⋅ East Brunswick, NJ Johnson & Johnson ⋅ 25 years experience

Good Morning Daniella,

First, thank you for your service and welcome home!

I am early retired Johnson and Johnson and now write resumes as a career that started helping transitioning military. I have a strong corporate background and am experienced at professional profiles and LinkedIn as well as professional bio's.

It sounds like picking and choosing words, hence the word game. My suggestion would be to indicate "'exploring career opportunities' within supply chain" or "considering positions within" the specific fields. Highly skilled in XYZ, and ABX with goals of bringing the required skills to a logistics firm or pharmaceutical (again depending on where you want to be).. Available for discussion or introduction regarding opportunities...

This can be done in the summary so that a recruiter doesn't have to dig too far for information, but somehow you have to indicate your job hunting, and then state the career goals and objectives.

Hope this helps... Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns. I'm here to help! Regards, Liz Campanelli

Ron Yu ⋅ Cupertino, CA Denodo Technologies ⋅ 30 years experience

Hi Daniella,

First, I would ask you are you in a passive mode of job searching or active? Based on your question, it sounds like passive in the sense you want to have feelers out there to see if someone may discover you and offer you an interview / job. My overall feedback would be to quote Yoda, "Do. Or do not. There is no try." In other words, if you've made the decision to job search then do it all in.

I am assuming you know what you want to do next and have the experience and skills to get you there. If so, start with your resume (happy to review if you want) - know what your target job(s) are and highlight your activities and accomplishments in measurable ways with key industry lingo. Do an abbreviated version (not duplicated) on LinkedIn so your profile comes up on searches done by recruiters scanning for candidates in your field using key jargon. Most passive hits are done with recruiter searching specific keywords or software bots.

Activate the setting to let recruiters know you're looking on LinkedIn (per previous reply). Then, start the campaign - look at job openings at companies / roles you like to work in and when possible, use a connection to submit your resume. If your connections are not ones you know well, ask for informational interviews - people want to help. Create profiles on the big boards like Indeed. Also, use LinkedIn to proactively search out people with similar experience / skills to seek out similar roles in companies they're in or been in or for informational interviews. Attend local social job mixers or meetups. Get recruiters' names via networks. etc. etc. I saw that you said you're not in a hurry or desperate but taking a more pro-active management of the process will steer you towards the opportunities / companies you desire (in my humble opinion). Here to help refine any parts of the process I lightly touched on above so feel free to message me. Best of luck in finding your next, perfect job!

Ron

Charles E. Cabler ⋅ Florence, AL Wells Fargo ⋅ 43 years experience

Good morning Daniella. Many thanks for your service. As a USAF veteran, I can appreciate your question having 'been there-done that.' As a facilitator of job search workshops since 2009, I tell participants, one-on-one networking is always the best. If you have a large network, select those you think will be of greatest help and share a cup of coffee over a conversation. You want to ask them to help you find 'job leads' not necessarily a 'job'. But the question becomes, how well do they know your experience, skills, background, peripheral work knowledge, and job preferences. It's not always who you know, or what you know, but who you know who knows what you know. The better your network knows you, the more help they can be. For the remaining network members, I agree that email will also be beneficial. All the best in your quest.

Gerald Mannikarote ⋅ Houston, TX dMann Training Technologies ⋅ 20 years experience

Hi Daniella,
There's a lot of good advice already.
What I did when I was looking (was I was laid off) was not advertise it on LinkedIn, but reach out to my actual friends and network via phone and text. In some cases, I emailed them. As I began exhausting that network, I began to 'in mail' message connections individually on LinkedIn. Eventually, word got out that I was available for hire and I received approximately 8 real opportunities in less than a month.
I hope this helps.
Warm regards,
Jerry

June Webb ⋅ Chevy Chase, MD JWebb Inspire ⋅ 17 years experience

Daniella,
We live in the age of Google and online platforms information. Go online to platforms and social media scutch as Linkedin, Shapr, ZipRecruiter, Monster, Indeed. Create your profiles and state in your summary (this is where you have a short version of selling your skills and personality). Stay actively involve in checking into these platforms.
Sending out emails are becoming obsolete because it is rather a “passive” method vs. active. You may also want to hire a Life/ Career Coach as well. Yes, Time is money and a little investment in getting an expert involve will save you time and long run money. Make it an “aggressive” timeline goal if you hire a coach.
Best of luck
June Webb
www.jwebbinspire.com

June R Massoud ⋅ Burlington, VT School Boards/Teaching, Tutoring Business and Technical Business ⋅ 25 years experience

You might also try joining a professional women's group where the women help each other. Sometimes it works very well. I belong to one, it's called: The Global Society for Empowered Women: www.thegsew.com
Happy New Year to you!

June R Massoud ⋅ Burlington, VT School Boards/Teaching, Tutoring Business and Technical Business ⋅ 25 years experience

Well, I would phone each person in the network and talk to them directly and let them know you are seeking work. Also, you might precede that with an email to everyone in your network.

Michael Del Vecchio ⋅ Killingworth, CT U.S. Army, Staff Sergeant ⋅ 3 years served

GM Daniella,

I returned to civilian life during the Viet Nam war - needless to say, the environment was not friendly and jobs were tough to find. I succeeded in finding a job by banging on doors and calling (no EMAIL then, I still think personal contact is best) folks I knew from prior business experience and college. I fellow college grad hired me and I was off and running.

I would start by contacting folks in the network (former military peers/contacts), contact a retained search firm for help (you said you had significant experience), consider starting your own business - EBV is a great place to explore that (http://ebv.vets.syr.edu/). Best of luck.

Emily Almani ⋅ Trenton, NJ Atria Consulting ⋅ 20 years experience

Hi Daniella,

Great question! I would add a statement in the summary area announcing you are looking for a new opportunity and what exactly you are looking for. Include an email address so recruiters and hiring managers can contact you. I also think sending out an email to all your connections letting them know you are open is another great way to utilize your network. Also LinkedIn has a feature that you can find in your setting that tells recruiters you are open to new opportunities. I hope one or all of these tips are helpful. Good Luck!

Brian Kurtz ⋅ Glen Allen, VA U.S. Marine Corps, Master Sergeant ⋅ 25 years served

First of all, you are a perfect fit for the Defense Logistics Agency. As soon as possible, go to www.dla.mil and look at the careers section. Additionally, if you have a profile on LinkedIn, which you should, join me to your network and I will help you with the process. Veterans look out for Veterans!! It’s our duty to do so!!!

Yan Sorkin ⋅ Waukesha, WI GE Healthcare ⋅ 22 years experience

LinkedIn recently added a feature "Let recruiters know you're open".
You can turn it on in https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/career-interests/

You can add note to recruiters, what job titles are you considering, locations, job types and companies

Hope this helps.

Yan

mike gordon ⋅ Tendon Mfg ⋅ 35 years experience

It's just my opinion but if you are out of work and would like to be at work let everyone know. I never understand keeping that a secret. As I often tell people it's not like someone or some company can "unemploy" you more then you are now.

Jeanne Perdue ⋅ Houston, TX Oxy ⋅ 35 years experience

Dear Daniella:
I wouldn't do an email blast to all your LinkedIn contacts. I would contact each one individually via email or phone to say: "Hey, I haven't spoken to you in a long time. How about if we meet for coffee/lunch to catch up?" Then at Starbucks you can ask: "So, what have you been up to lately?" People love to talk about themselves. When it gets around to your turn, say: "Well, I'm looking for a new adventure. I was thinking about [industry, position, city, etc.] and I'm keeping my eyes and ears open for the perfect fit. If you hear of something like that, please let me know. I've got this feeling that something really fulfilling is right around the corner." This will get their antennae up, and they will be on the lookout for something that has your name all over it!
Love, Jeanne

Bob Farmer ⋅ Atlanta, GA Asset Preservation Advisors ⋅ 35 years experience

Hi Roddney-
I would suggest that you join Linked In. You are able to build a profile and connect with your friends and professionals.
You can also use linked in to let you others know you are actively seeking a job.
I think this would be helpful.
Best regards,
Bob-

Daniella Young ⋅ Kent, WA U.S. Army, Captain ⋅ 6 years served

Thanks for all the concrete advice, everyone. I will be implementing immediately!

Mike Cottell ⋅ Glen Head, NY Michael T Cottell Consulting ⋅ 42 years experience

Hi Daniella, consider the ideas in this link to help you using LinkedIn to get recruiters to notice you . Thank you for your service and Good Luck to you
Best Regards, Mike

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/how-to-use-linkedin-to-find-your-dream-job/ar-BByGyp3?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

Cyril Reif ⋅ Mckinney, TX Sun Microsystems ⋅ 41 years experience

I believe you maybe mixing up the acronyms; the important accreditation is AACSB. It is an internationally recognized program and it is an indication of the quality of the program.

John Green ⋅ Cary, NC Information Technology ⋅ 40 years experience

1. If you keep your resume current on job boards, most job boards bubble it to the top of recruiter search results.

2. Obtaining and maintaining key differentiators in your professional qualifications will be sure to attract unsolicited job offers from recruiters.

3. The better the differentiators are, the more often you will be contacted unsolicited.

These three things will enable you to be in control of your next job change. By following these three principles, I've never had significant difficulty being fully employed over the last five decades.

More tips :

A. Download ZipRecruiter app to your phone.
B. Build your network of recruiting professionals.
C. Continue your education or training.
D. Move to where the jobs are. Raleigh NC is booming right now.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article159865089.html

E. Move to a state with no or little income tax. Texas, Alaska, North Carolina, Florida.
F. Move out of high tax states (WA) : dont move to CA, NY, IL.

Roddney Hackstall ⋅ Greensboro, NC Canopy Partners ⋅ 20 years experience

Great question!