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Phase I Separating (from your last employer) 1.

. Did you get all the compensation and benefits you were entitled to? (5) 2. Did you get contact information from your prior colleagues, bosses, customers, suppliers for future networking opportunities? (5) 3. Do you understand how COBRA works and have you made a deliberate decision to use it or not? (5) 4. Have you applied for unemployment compensation? (5) Phase II Planning 5. Do you clearly know the kind of work you want to do and where? Can you write a 100 word description of it? (25) 6. Do you know the 18 steps in the entire job search process and understand them? (5) 7. Have 3-5 people reviewed your resume and have you incorporated their suggested changes, and is it less than a page and a half? (5) 8. Is your 30-second commercial / elevator speech refined and ready to go? (5) 9. Do you know you should not waste your time pursuing jobs through the HR Departments and what you should do instead? (10) Phase III Preparing 10. Do you know what a T-Letter is and are you committed to use it for each posted job that you pursue? (15) 11. Have you obtained an experienced job search mentor / advisor? (5) 12. Have you established a paper or computer based system to record all the information about people, employers, and jobs you will encounter in your job search? (5) 13. Have you done your salary research and know what the salary range is for the kind of job you are looking for in the geographic area you want to work? Do you know what you are worth? (10) 14. Do you have a business card and does it indicate the kind of work you want to do? (5) 15. Do you have answers prepared for all those crazy questions interviewers ask? (5)

16. Do you have a list of at least 5 target employers you want work for even though you have no reason to believe they currently have a job for you? (10) 17. Have you developed your Marketing Plan? (10) Phase IV Seeking 18. Do you know how to network? Who to network with? (15) 19. Do you know the 4 fundamental methods for searching for a job and do you now what portion of your time you should spend on each? (10) 20. Do you know how to work with external recruiters? Do you know how to recognize the good, bad, and ugly ones? (5) Phase V Acquiring 21. Do you have good interviewing skills? Have you practiced interviewing with another person? (15) 22. Do you know the best question you can ask a hiring manager to sell yourself? (5) 23. Do you know how to answer behavior interview questions? (5) 24. Do you have 2 non-answers prepared for the dreaded What are your salary requirements question? (10) 25. Do you have your list of questions to ask during an interview? (5) 26. Do you know how to negotiate compensation? Have you decided which negotiating chips are really important to you? (15) Total Points = 220.

- - The Guidelines - Compare your total points to the 4 ranges below. Ref ID = A Your Points = Less than 100 Assessment = You are Not Ready to start a job search. Recommended Course of Action = Immediately start working on those questions to which you

answered No. If someone contacts you about a job opportunity, you would do well to postpone any meetings until you are better prepared. Ref ID = B Your Points = 105 to 135 Assessment = Not well-prepared. Recommended Course of Action = If someone contacts you about a job opportunity, go ahead and proceed, but keep working on the questions to which you answered No until any meeting occurs. Ref ID = C Your Points = 140 to 165 Assessment = Fairly well- prepared. Recommended Course of Action = Start your job search. However, you would do well to simultaneously work on those questions to which you answered No.. Ref ID = D Your Points = More than 165 Assessment = Very well-prepared. Recommended Course of Action = Start your job search immediately. Regardless of the Guidelines above, if you answered No to question #5, then you are not ready to start a job search, because you dont yet know what kind of work to look for. At a minimum, you should obtain an experienced job search mentor who may be able to help you determine what you want to do. You also may need to go through a formal career planning program and then do informational interviews based on the results of the program.

- - A Summary of Other Job Seekers Scores - Here is a summary of the scores from other job seekers. A B C D 9% 22% 25% 44%

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