What a spreadsheet
Lifehacker comes up with the goods again with their download of the day - The Job Search Spreadsheet courtesy of Work Magazine.
Cool, except clearly intended for the US market (hey, that's where everyone who reads this is!) and doesn't work for those of us with Mac OS.
But it did start me thinking that I don't log jobs I look at and consider. Hell, I don't even log jobs I apply for. I simply do the usual trick of looking on websites, putting my name around and networking and making sure headhunters know I could be available. When something comes up I go for it, see what happens, and move on according to the result.
Yet, given all I've been writing about assessing jobs, talents, desires, etc. surely I should be logging the jobs I apply for (or even strongly consider) to look for trends in employers, titles, descriptions, compensation, availability. You never know, the patterns that development might point to my dream job!
Cool, except clearly intended for the US market (hey, that's where everyone who reads this is!) and doesn't work for those of us with Mac OS.
But it did start me thinking that I don't log jobs I look at and consider. Hell, I don't even log jobs I apply for. I simply do the usual trick of looking on websites, putting my name around and networking and making sure headhunters know I could be available. When something comes up I go for it, see what happens, and move on according to the result.
Yet, given all I've been writing about assessing jobs, talents, desires, etc. surely I should be logging the jobs I apply for (or even strongly consider) to look for trends in employers, titles, descriptions, compensation, availability. You never know, the patterns that development might point to my dream job!
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