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Job-Seeker, Are You a Hunter or Farmer?
September 13, 2009 | Author: Aswan Morgan | Filed under: Job Hunting, Mentoring, The Networking Habit
There’s plenty of talk around the state of the economy, the hiring squeeze and the new job-seeker burden. Despite the ominous signs, people are getting hired into high-paying positions that are strategically designed to serve as a launching point for their next-next opportunity—an even higher-paying position.
UpMo conducted research to uncover the practices of people that get hired vs. those that stay searching in today’s economy—the Job Hunters vs. the Job Farmers. Hunters are 87% more likely to find a job in this economy with key differences being in how they use their professional network and their qualitative approach to pursuing new opportunities. Other core differences between Hunters and Farmers: how they leverage their online profiles, reliance on job boards, maintenance of contact lists and customization within their job search.
Download UpMo’s full report Effective Job-Hunting Strategies: Hunters vs. Farmers and learn the key attributes of Job Hunters vs. Job Farmers and what practices substantially increase your chances of being hired in today’s economy.
It’s important to note that this analogy is purely in the context of job search. Cultivating relationships and taking time to build a network intuitively fits within a farmer description; it takes time, requires patience, and steadfast dedication, and you may not reap the rewards immediately. You certainly can’t grab your musket, run out and snag a network right now.
UpMo’s position is that in terms of your job search specifically, you need to be a Hunter. Your hunt needs to be focused and streamlined; you need to able to turn on resources right now so that you can eat what you want when you want to. Farming as it specifically applies to job-hunting has the seeker pursuing too many opportunities (largely bad fits) such that their search becomes unwieldy and they cannot sufficiently manage their pursuits.
A successful job-seeker sits on a career-farming platform, one that cultivates resources and builds valuable assets over time. The effective, tactical use of these resources in a selective search turns that professional into a Job Hunter.
Farm your career; hunt for your job.
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