Today I received access to the outplacement firm's website. As I suspected, there is more information out there than I can easily absorb, but I clicked around and tried it out. It will mean more once I post a resume and use their jobs database.
My two first areas of concentration are networking and a resume. Jackie and I brainstormed some networking ideas, and it's pretty bleak. I know several people at Farmers. I know a few beyond Farmers that I can talk to. I can perhaps ressurect a couple of connections from 10 years ago, and I am trying to think who else has left the company. Bleak. For me, networking may mostly amount to trying to use the Internet to get my name out there, and tapping the pool of recruiters I know from work.
On the resume front, my thought is to compile a list of accomplishments and try to highlight those -- some items to show that I have actually achieved something over the years, not just worked at jobs. That will give me something to do.
My plan right now is to continue working on those two items, plus prepare as much as possible for the class week after next. It's good to have a plan.
You can always apply cold. Think of the companies you'd like to work for, then check their web site for positions that might be a fit.
ReplyDeleteBut what do I know? It's been awhile since I searched. So long ago in fact that my next to last job came from a newspaper help wanted ad.