Name: ___________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
City: ______________________ State: _______ Zip: ________
Phone: _____________________________ e-mail: __________________________
Position(s) sought: ______________________________________________________
Are you currently unemployed? _________ If yes, how long? ___________________
Please complete the questionnaire below
Yes No
Have you checked the Help Wanted Ads for:
Positions in your field of experience?_______________ _______ _______
Positions in different fields? ______________________ _______ _______
Do you subscribe to or purchase the local (esp. Sunday) papers? _______ _______
Did you create a new résumé since beginning your job search? _______ _______
Have you created more than one résumé? _________________ _______ _______
Please include the features of your résumé:
Objectives______ _______ _______
Education______ ________ _______
Experience_____ ________ _______
Dollarization____ ________ _______
Referrals _______ ________ _______
Have you sent your résumé out in response to ads? _______ _______
Do you always include a cover letter? ____________________ _______ _______
Do you always respond to ads by their stated deadline? ______ _______ _______
Does your résumé/cover letter highlight your qualifications? _______ _______
Have you ever gone door-to-door inquiring about jobs? _______ _______
Have you ever used mass mailings to look for a job? _______ _______ _______
Do you keep accurate records of all your job-search efforts? _______ _______
Does your job-search method include:
All ads responded to (Who, what, where, when)? _______ _______
Follow up letters, cards, résumés? ___________ _______ _______
In depth research of targeted firms____________ _______ _______
Direct contact to firms that do not have openings? _______ _______
Have you ever researched government listings for jobs?______ _______ _______
Have you ever worked with head hunters/employment agencies _______ _______
Have you ever used the services provided by Unemployment? _______ _______
Have you ever used Interned/Web based job boards? _______ _______ _______
Yes No
Are you/have you been networking? ____________________ _______ _______
With whom?
Family ___ Friends___ Co-workers___ Alumni ____
Colleagues ____ Peers____ Clubs ____ Church ____
Other ______________________________________
Have you done any interning or volunteering to research jobs? _______ _______
Have you done any targeted mailings? __________________ _______ _______
Have you done any targeted telephoning? ________________ _______ _______
Do you use any personal marketing materials other than résumé? _______ _______
Describe them: _________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Are you positioned to take advantage of emerging opportunities? _______ _______
Do you do anything to discover unpublished job openings? ____ _______ _______
What? ________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Do you know your personal, intrinsic strengths? _____________ _______ _______
List your strengths:
1.__________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
4. _________________________________________
5. _________________________________________
Have you considered going back to school to enter a new field? _______ _______
Have you practiced your interviewing skills? ______________ _______ _______
Do you know how to ask for the job during an interview? ____ _______ _______
Are you willing to use a New Method and New Tools? ________ _______ _______
Many times people do all the right things and still get the wrong result, months out of work few, if any interviews, and no offers. Sometimes it is because of career mismatch, the lack of experience, education, or skills that are perceived by HR departments as being necessary to fill the job. Other times it is those things that we cannot speak about, age, sex, religion, etc. In any case months out of work or years spent underemployed are truly painful and discouraging. If only there was a better way!
There is! The 24 Hour Job Change method builds upon the work you’ve already done (creating your résumé and cover letters, sending them out to everyone you know, responding to ads, and on and on (see the traditional method versus the 24 Hour method ). It is a supplement, not a replacement for your basic work on job/career change. But, it is a supplement that works. Like a fuel additive that adds miles to each gallon (but this one really works) or a vitamin that really gives you extra energy and stamina, the 24 Hour Job Change method can make all the difference. It can get you interviews with the companies you WANT to work for and in the position you desire to work in. It builds upon your strengths and your dollarized contributions.
