A Job You Love

When you look for a job, you send emails. And when you send emails, you send emails to unknown people or to HR people willing to get the ball rolling.

But do you know that these people are flooded with emails?

“A survey of 2,300 Intel employees revealed that people judge nearly onethird of the messages they receive to be unnecessary. Given that those same employees spend about two hours a day processing e-mail (employees surveyed received an average of 350 messages a week, executives up to 300 a day).”

300 emails /day!!

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I am always amazed that recent graduates don’t know how to look for a job! (I still receive emails from graduates asking for a job!)

This article of Chris Russell made me think of the lack of job search courses at universities and business schools.

Imagine that universities spend 90% of their time (and money) to teach their students technical skills and technical courses but when these same students go out to look for a job, they don’t know some basic rules. They are unprepared and struggle to find a job…

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The more I spend time with job seekers and career changers, the more I realize that the most important thing in your career is not your CV, neither your network…but to be focused.

A lot of people want to be everything to everybody, “I am looking for a job in that industry but as well I want to do things in this industry as well…”. They want to keep all options opened, so they try a little of everything. But it does not work.

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I had the great pleasure to meet with Steve Preston, director of the Outplacement and career consultancy, SMP Solutions

Steve launched last month a new product for people willing to get a career coaching on their own.  I took the time with steve to talk about the crisis, and some tips to find a job in this climate. He gave some very good advice indeed!!!!

Steve, what is SMP Solutions exactly?

SMP Solutions is a career and people development consultancy. We specialise in helping people unlock their potential to … Continue Reading