Yes, it has significantly changed.
Technology has been one major catalyst of the change. The economy has been the other major catalyst.
What has it changed TO?
Check out this post by Meg Guiseppi titled Today’s Executive Job Search Toolkit. Meg says you need these things for a successful job search (especially as an executive):
- A specific career target and list of target companies (read more)
- Research on each target company and the industry (read more)
- Target Contact List for networking (read more)
- Personal branding designed to renonate with your target companies (read more)
- Branded Career Documents (read more)
- LinkedIn (read more)
- Google Profile (read more)
- Recruiter Relationships (read more)
- List of References (read more)
- Online brand-building communications plan (read more)
- In-person and online networking strategy (read more)
- Interview Preparation (read more)
- Thank you notes (read more)
- Job search managmeent and tracking system (JibberJobber, of course!) (read more)
Check out her post for more info and links.
The job search is not as simple as it was. Be proactive, take ownership of it, and excel!
Jason, thanks so much for spotlighting me and my recent post about executive job search. I appreciate your support!
The strategies and advice apply to job seekers at any level. I hope this helps them get a handle on all they have to do to land a job today.
The thing I loved about this post was the emphasis on how the job search has changed… and you are saying WHAT it changed to…. great info Meg 🙂