Reframe
How effective was your last job search?
You may feel like getting the job was the key goal and nothing else mattered. That’s a reasonable point of view.
A more useful point of view is backing up your feelings about the job search experience with data.
Evaluating what worked and what you’d improve for next time will show you where to start your search for next time.
Did you get the best results through an independent recruiter, website, former colleague, etc?
Track your results with an app like Huntr or my custom Google Sheets doc.
What to track?
Company
Salary Range
Location
Specific job number, if available
Titles (corporate & functional)
Team
Source of job opening (online, former colleague, recruiter, etc.)
Date Submitted/Date of Feedback
People you spoke with
Email & phone number you used
Result
Why track these?
The more identifying information you have for follow up, the better. Putting the job # and title in a subject line makes it easy for people to choose your email to respond to versus other emails.
One thing to note too is if you do decide to post your resume to a job board, create a special email address for your job search along with a temporary number via Google voice so you don’t have rookie recruiters calling you at random time for training calls.
If you create this doc, you’ll have a framework to share with other people looking for a job too.
Create a running system with this information for yourself so you’re ready to interview at any time you want. Circumstances change quickly. Keep track of who is hiring & when. Companies typically take postings off the web when filled. Tracking it helps you notice patterns.
You can do all of this yourself or book time with me here.
NYC
Every once in a while, it’s good to experience New York from a different point of view as a tourist. Filtering all the possibilities on any given visit becomes the issue. I’ve been to the Empire State Building, the Edge, and Top of the Rock to get that classic NYC skyscraper view. But my favorite is the Summit. It’s the kind of experience that leaves you wanting to see it again. You realize how subjective your perception is after taking this in. It’s magical.
Check it out here:
Pro tips:
The elevator experience up to the top is not actually hanging off the side of the building. It just looks that way in advertisements. There’s a bar and outside observation deck under it.
Look for yourself in the clouds.
Running
I experimented with AI mapping my marathon training program 1 time in my quest to break 4 hours for my 26.2 miles. I committed to running 6 times per week. I felt myself getting faster until I pulled my hip muscle. The lesson? Too much focus on data is not better for me than ChiRunning focus on balance.
Keeping this in mind, I scaled back to 3/4 runs per week and no pulled muscles.
Contrary to many runners you’ll see staring at their watch on the run, I don’t like to look at my watch at all when I run, preferring to run on feel. How’s my breathing? How’s my form? How’s my focus?
I look at pace when finished and adjust where needed. Combining data and feel. Staying on the same track in Central Park keeps the course constant. The run is an effort in managing energy. Finding that floating feeling that comes when breathing, form, and focus synch up in harmony.
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
Grateful for each and every one of you reading along and messaging.
Let’s all keep moving!
Jen
> create a special email address for your job search along with a temporary number via Google voice
Oh! I didn;t know this.
Speail email address per job applied or?
I am thinking of "original+jobsearch@domain.com" like this?
> Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family :)
Or even KimSia-jobs@domain.com