PREPARING FOR WORK IN “RETIREMENT” #3

3. Develop a job search plan. One thing that has changed in job searching is that merely responding to help-wanted ads in the newspaper – or even surfing job boards on the internet and responding to them – is not as likely to get you a job as other strategies. These two tactics are designed to access the “published” job market – but only 15 percent of all jobs are found that way. The rest are within the “unpublished” job market and are accessed through strategic networking, effective mailings to targeted employers, and the like. Your job search plan should include an appropriate mix of published and unpublished strategies, depending on whether you are pursuing a position in an industry you have already worked in or not.

Marcia Bench is a Master Certified Career CoachTM with 21 years’experience in the career development field. A frequent speaker, Marcia is the Founder and Director of Career Coach Institute, LLC and Retirement Coach Institute, and has authored 18 books including Career Coaching: An Insider’s Guide and Retire Your Way!

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