Five Ways to Help a Fellow Candidate

As a follow on to yesterday’s post on keeping your psyche strong during job search, another way to help your psyche is by helping others.

Here are five ways to help a colleague in job search – you can pick as many as you like. Anything you provide will be appreciated as insight from fellow candidates is often the most valuable.

One: Listen to their story - Do their documents match their story? Are they underselling themselves?

Two: Listen to their pitch - Is it clear and crisp? Do you know what role they want? What are the 2-3 skills that make them unique? If not, help them rework their pitch.

Three: State of networking - Are they effectively using all the tools available to locate opportunities or networking?

Four: 2-3 Contacts - Start them off with 2-3 contacts to see how they perform. Call your contacts to see how it went. You can give them valuable feedback.

Five: Follow-up - Drop them an e-mail or call every 45 days or so. A friendly call can go a long way (for both of you)!

Many people may not feel comfortable in asking for help – so reach out and offer!

Good luck today!

Mark Richards
www.candidateschair.com

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