Your Job Search is a Marketing Campaign

November 18th, 2008 Mike Sweeney Posted in Marketing Careers, Marketing Strategy 2 Comments »

I’d say that only 10% of job seekers understand that looking for a job is not all that different from strategizing, creating and executing a marketing campaign. What are some simple aspects that drive the success of a marketing campaign?

  • Choose a target audience carefully.
  • Customize your offering and content for that target audience.
  • Make sure the target audience can quickly and easily view your offering.
  • Allow the target audience to interact with you in a variety of ways.

Translated into a job search, those bullets become:

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