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Job search on a budget
An unemployed job seeker (maybe you) has little or no money coming in. Spending money on a job search campaign seems nuts to
them.
That's why I put this page together. You can get the help you need to accelerate your search for under $475. That shorter search will pay for the help many times over.
In fact, if your most recent net annual salary was $39,000, the products and services on this page have to save you 3 days or more to more than pay for themselves! If they
save you 30 or 60 or 90 days (very likely), we're talking about up to $13,500 in savings.
The "free" route is what most job seekers take. The typical job search lasts 120-180 days when they do that. Sometimes "free" isn't
actually free.
But you don't have to break the bank. This set of tools and services can help you at every step of my simple 7-step
job search process.
STEP 1: Decide your direction
The
price of Theresa Castro's Discover Your
Dream Job is nothing compared the job of discovering what you want to do in your life and career. If you already know exactly
what you want to do, skip this step. But do you really know?
Total cost: $67
STEP 2: Work toward it
Two resources here...
Want to get paid $10,000 more next year (or $20,000, or more)? Acland Brierty's Job Secrets Revealed contains a gold nugget of an eBook called "Supersize Your Job" that can show you how
to do that, and more. This book alone is worth the price of the entire package, but it's just one piece!
Total cost: $49.95
While you're wowing your boss, do you want to be successful but still have a life? Althea DeBrule's The
Career-Sweet-Spot™ can help you do exactly that. You get free email support with her program. This is a rock-bottom
price for a personal coach.
Total cost: $49.95
STEP 3: Write a winning resume
If you want to hire a resume writer...
The prices at ResumeEdge vary by
experience level, but a typical mid-career professional would pay what I've listed here. ResumeEdge will create an excellent
resume and cover letter for you. Their fee is small compared to what a poorly written resume will cost you.
Total cost: $170
If you want to do it yourself...
...you've got to see Acland Brierty's Job Secrets Revealed
includes access to the most innovative and effective cover letter tool I've ever seen. They're still working
on the resume tool, but it'll be just as good. In the meantime, their resume writing advice in the package is second to none.
Total cost: $49.95
STEP 4: Add a killer cover letter
Whichever option you chose for resume writing includes a cover letter.
You get a cover letter in any resume package you buy from ResumeEdge.
Again, the cover letter tool included with Job Secrets Revealed is breathtaking. Best I've ever seen, bar none.
Total cost: $0 (included with resume)
STEP 5: Distribute both
Posting and blasting should be part of your broader strategy. I would try HyperBlast.net.
The folks there seem genuinely interested in your success, and their "re-blast" guarantee is great. Limit your search to a single state to lower your cost even more.
Total cost: $97.95
STEP 6: Crush the job interview
Bonnie Lowe's
Job Interview Success System stands out. She includes email support,
so you get another ridiculously cheap coach here. Her system is simple, practical, and powerful. You might want to hurry, though. She's not going to offer the free email support forever. Get the Job
Interview Success System today!
Total cost: $34.95
STEP 7: Deliver what you promised
Acland Brierty's "Supersize Your Job" eBook, included in his Job
Secrets Revealed package, is the best advice I've ever seen for blowing your employer away with the value you add. Read
this one book, and you'll certainly overdeliver. Amazing!
Total cost: $49.95 or 0$, if you already bought it for a previous step
There you have it. Good, quality help at every step for a total cost under $475 (under $325 if you take the cheaper "write
your own resume" option, and you use only Job
Secrets Revealed for step 2).
If that help moves you toward a job you truly love, in 60-90 days instead of 120-180, and with the best compensation package you can get,
you'll recoup your entire cost many times over. Remember, if it saves you 3 days, you'll more than pay for it. Only 3 days!
You can go it entirely alone, of course. You can write your own resume and cover letter, post and blast it yourself, and wait for the phone
to ring. I'm convinced you'll wait a long time.
That approach can "save" more initially. I think it'll end up costing you dearly in the long run.
Why not spend a little money on top-notch help, then get busy building your resume instead of writing it?
