Sorry to be so un-sexy and old-fashioned by stressing the
benefits of hard work and research, but if you're thinking about
changing your professional opportunities, the New York Public Library's
online research guides should be your ground zero.http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/65/research_guides
These online
guides are 100% and you can access them at home. In bed. You can do a
search say, in one of their various online guides industries to find
companies and jobs you might be interested in, then start narrowing down
that list by location. Take that list and start researching those
companies: look for articles written by and about them, their social
media footprint (are they on Twitter/LinkedIn/Pinterest/Facebook/Tumble?
If so, invest some serious time in reading their posts and seeing what
issues they're interested in. Find out who's posting and Google them.
Where did they go to school, what issues are they interested in. Seek
out connections. Connections =opportunities for you to get your foot in
the door.), their personality and their brand. Then, you can start
checking for connections: do they have any alumni from your college,
grad school, even high school? If so, bingo, you have a way in. Now you
can start crafting an introductory email based on your shared
connection, as you also tweak your LinkedIn profile & resume to
reflect that company's values.
Some of you are popping your
gum and rolling your eyes like a teenager being told she isn't leaving
the house dressed, or undressed like that, by God, and thinking, "Um,
Carlota? Like that sounds like a lot of work." You are correct, my
fine-feathered friend. But you know what's even more work: working at a
job you hate. BOOM!
Want some more excellent advice? Oh of course you do. Email me @carlotazee@gmail.com and like my Facebook page, "Carlotaworldwide Creativity Yenta" for a free consultation!
My name is Carlota Zimmerman and I'm the Creativity Yenta.™ And even though we haven't met, and this is crazy, I'm already in love with your creativity, passion and rich potential. To help you achieve your goals and effectuate that potential, I'll create personalized and innovative strategies for you,organically based on your skills, experience and education. You can choose to love your life...and I can help!
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