According to a 2010 survey conducted by CareerBuilder, the time it takes the average job seeker to land a job in today’s job market is 6 months. CNNMoney reported that it takes job seekers approximately 30 weeks to find a new job today. Reality and statistics provide clear evidence that it takes somewhere between 6 and 7 months to land a job and as long as a year to a year and a half for candidates seeking positions in the six-figures.
The Good News
When I work with clients and when job seekers follow my campaign process for identifying and landing a job in today’s competitive job market, the average time is, in most cases, cut in half ; taking 2-3 months on average. Executives land jobs in 3-6 months.
The magic is in the process and the effort put into it: here are some statistics on those who have landed new jobs in the past 12 months working my campaign process.
- Just over 50% secured full time employment in new careers / different fields.
- Over 65% landed new jobs at the same or better pay than their prior positions.
- One out of four relocated to a new area and not only secured employment but improved their lifestyle as well.
- Over 20% of job seekers explore full-time entrepreneurial options and 45% explore supplemental (part-time) entrepreneurial ventures.
10 Tips to Reduce the Time it Takes to Land a Job – at the Pay You Deserve
- Operate with a peak performing, confident, and fearless mindset. What good is a world-class résumé in the hands of a depressed job candidate?
- Treat the process as a campaign NOT a job search.
- Have clear and concise job / career goals that align with your values.
- Identify your economic value; or organizational worth to a company. You get hired for your value not because you need a job.
- Ditch the assembly line, look alike résumé (chronological obituary) and produce a high-impact document that communicates your ability to produce results better than other qualified job candidates.
- Create a reference portfolio; that is ‘unquestionably’ the secret weapon in your job campaign arsenal.
- Develop a written MAP (Meticulous Action Plan) with weekly tasks, goals, and measurements. You can’t fix or correct what you can’t measure.
- Take massive action to take care of yourself first. The greatest mastery in the world is the mastery of yourself.
- Identify the 3-4 job strategies (there are only 12-13 in total) that will work best and quickest for you; and spend 95% of your time on these strategies.
- Identify potential obstacles to getting hired quickly and DO NOT ignore them. Rather, develop a strategy to neutralize / eliminate them. Whatever you ignore will lead to a longer more painful job search.