2 Hour Job Search
Steve Dalton
Summary
Amazing book that gives you an organized way to go about job hunting in a LinkedIn society. I can tell you this works because this is part of the reason I got my current job (thanks Keno)!
Rating: 4/5
Notes
3 steps: prioritize, contact and recruit
Prioritize through LAMP method:
- L: list
- A: Alumni
- M: Motivation
- P: Posting
Make a list of all employers or places you want to be
Find out who works there and ask a mutual connection to make an introduction (don’t cold email, less likely for success)
‘Emails4corporations’ to check emails
5 point email:
- Fewer than 100 words
- No mention of jobs anywhere (in subject/body)
- Connection goes first
- Generalize your interest
- Maintain control of follow-up
If you’ve applied for a role at a place, mention that in the email
Make sure to institute a good tracking system
3B7 (reminder @ 3 business days and 7 business days after initial email)
If first contact doesn’t respond, reach out to similar contact
Don’t send parallel emails to multiple people at the firm
Framework is small talk, questions/answers and next steps
TIARA:
- Trends: what’s most impact the business? Future problems?
- Insights: surprises, most enjoyed, valuable experience?
- Advice: what to do to break into industry?
- Resources: what next steps would you recommend?
- Assignments
Set up reminders after calls to follow-up no matter what after you’ve spoken
- Always respond to boosters to keep them updated on progress
Send them thank you notes within 24 hours and update contact with progress
Set up a month reminder email to each booster letting them know and asking them for advice
- First update email will be the longest (reiterate advice and ask them for recommendations, also tell them how you’ve proceeded)
DON’T SEND RESUME FIRST EMAIL
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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