Summer To-Do for Your Job Search - Sterling Career Concepts

Summer To-Do for Your Job Search Summer To-Do for Your Job Search Summers seem made for slacking, but that’s the last thing you want to do when you’re job searching. Take advantage of the summertime and the nice weather to get out and network and meet people face to face! People tend to hibernate during the colder winter months. Everyones spirits are lifted as the temps rise and the weather improves take advantage of that improved mindset by reaching out to meet contacts for coffee, schedule informational interviews with people in your network, or meeting a former colleague for lunch. Leave the computer-based tasks of updating your resume and LinkedIn profile to the winter months when youre more likely to be spending more time inside anyway, and then shift gears in the spring and summer to get out and connect with people on a one-on-one basis. Its been said before, but computers do not extend job offers, people do. To advance your career, people need to connect with other people. The summer is a great time to get out from behind your computer and schedule face-to-face meetings. The connections that you build or rebuild during the summer will then serve you well during the busy fall hiring season.