Comments on: Don't Play the Victim http://lindsayolson.com/dont-play-the-victim/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jamie Favreauhttp://lindsayolson.com/dont-play-the-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Jamie Favreau Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:46:29 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=2202#comment-726 I will say I have a targeted approach to the organization I applied for. I had done an informational interview with the VP a few months back so I have talked to him a few times since then. So I asked him to pass on my resume, then I saw the job postings both on Twitter, FB and LI. So I responded on FB and then the accounts director who is super smart... Well he responded to my email to him asking him all kinds of questions. So he was really informative. Then I have a friend who introduced me to another person in the organization. I hope to talk to her too. Plus, another friend passed my resume onto the president but I haven't heard back.So if anything they are going to hear my name over and over. I will say I have a targeted approach to the organization I applied for. I had done an informational interview with the VP a few months back so I have talked to him a few times since then. So I asked him to pass on my resume, then I saw the job postings both on Twitter, FB and LI. So I responded on FB and then the accounts director who is super smart… Well he responded to my email to him asking him all kinds of questions. So he was really informative. Then I have a friend who introduced me to another person in the organization. I hope to talk to her too. Plus, another friend passed my resume onto the president but I haven’t heard back.

So if anything they are going to hear my name over and over.

]]> By: Stephanie M.http://lindsayolson.com/dont-play-the-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Stephanie M. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:53:37 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=2202#comment-725 I started my job search in early June of this year. I will admit that it's tough out there but not because of all the competition, rather because of the precious few opportunities that appealed to me.Those two things go hand in hand but even in these troubled times, I still found that... -If I felt I was really qualified and fit for a certain position, I at the very least got a phone interview.-If my skill set was aligned with their job description, I got a face to face.-Once I got a chance to meet face to face to show case my personality and not just my stats, I got a 2nd interview.-Of the two 2nd/3rd interviews I went to, the job that was a perfect fit, both for my employer and for me, gave me an offer.I accepted my offer July 31, after a month and a half of job searching. I had to apply for the job twice: Once with my generic pitch (used during the first two weeks of my search) and a second time with a targeted and re-framed message (used towards the end of my search)Was it difficult? Yes, but when is job prospecting easy?Moral of the story: Don't blame the economy. "Luck is when opportunity meets prepreation."I'm just sayin'... I started my job search in early June of this year. I will admit that it’s tough out there but not because of all the competition, rather because of the precious few opportunities that appealed to me.

Those two things go hand in hand but even in these troubled times, I still found that…
-If I felt I was really qualified and fit for a certain position, I at the very least got a phone interview.

-If my skill set was aligned with their job description, I got a face to face.

-Once I got a chance to meet face to face to show case my personality and not just my stats, I got a 2nd interview.

-Of the two 2nd/3rd interviews I went to, the job that was a perfect fit, both for my employer and for me, gave me an offer.

I accepted my offer July 31, after a month and a half of job searching. I had to apply for the job twice: Once with my generic pitch (used during the first two weeks of my search) and a second time with a targeted and re-framed message (used towards the end of my search)

Was it difficult? Yes, but when is job prospecting easy?

Moral of the story: Don’t blame the economy. “Luck is when opportunity meets prepreation.”

I’m just sayin’…

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