Be organized. You should track every move you make to help facilitate
the tactics needed to land the big job. Every job description you
apply for should go into a folder (paper or online depending on your
style), while every piece of contact information gathered via LinkedIn,
email, etc., should go into your contact repository. Beside it, include a
potential action to call, send an email, check out their webpage, or read
their LinkedIn profile, for example. You never know when you will use
it or need it. It’s a good idea to create a tracking sheet that includes who
you contacted, the date of actions taken with the outcome, and follow-up
date with next steps. I liked to transfer my written notes to a central reference
location to keep everything in one place for summary purposes and
for efficiency with my next steps.
Job-seeking Tracking Example can have the following columns:
Contact Name Company Contact Made (email, phone) Date
Next Follow-Up
Date
Follow-up
Action
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