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Golf Club Against Ball
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Some of us are really good at polishing our resume. Many of us are really really good at sending out copies of our resume to prospective employers, responding to postings on Monster etc.

But how many of us are really good at creating the right job strategy and messaging for our job search? how many of us are focused on the right target market?

It is very similar to golf.

Say I have a really good golf swing and I bought the best golf clubs on the market. But would all of that matter if I was not able to aim correctly?

By the same token, having a good swing and a great putt are also important to win. Similar to a job search, where communicating with prospective employers and succeeding at interviews also matters to get that job.

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This is going to be a fun post – I invite you to join in and post your favorites :)

Starting your job search

Let's get it started, Black Eyed Peas

Obstacles are inefficient, follow your intuition, free your inner soul and break away from tradition.

Start me up, Rolling Stones

If you start me up
If you start me up I’ll never stop

To keep yourself going during your job search

I will survive, Gloria Gaynor

Oh no, not I! I will survive!
Oh and as long as I know how to love I know I stay alive.
I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give.
And I’ll survive!
I will survive!

Stayin' Alive, Bee Gees

You know its all right. its ok.
I’ll live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.

Eye of the Tiger (wonder why is this a favorite? :) )

So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

Tubthumping, Chumbawumba

I get knocked down but I get up again, cause nothing’s gonna keep me down.

Preparing for an interview

Lose yourself, Eminem

If you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted…One moment – would you capture it or just let it slip

I've got the Power, Snap!

Maniac brainiac winning the game
I’m the lyrical Jesse James

Which songs get YOU going in your job search?

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Both ways! Many job seekers look for jobs with a view that they and they themselves are responsible for taking the message to prospective employers *all the time*.

Remember that recruiters (employers) that are hiring are also looking for candidates. You know the tools that they use: personal networks, Google, LinkedIn, facebook just to name a few.

Your Online Self

The exercise then really is to create an online profile that will make it easier for recruiters to find you and contact you.  Then you will really see the power of the network work for you.

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