Q&A: David Perry

摘要

In an interview, David Perry, the co-author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0, explained how an unconventional search strategy can result in a new position in a third the time. Stop looking for jobs. Start looking for employers and influencers. Pick a list of 10-20 companies where you want to work. When you focus your efforts on a short list of target companies, you will make connections that lead to meetings that lead to employment. Career experts claim that only 20% of open positions are posted online. Guerrilla job hunting is about targeting the other 80% of jobs. Technology professionals are probably better suited for guerrilla job-hunting techniques because they already have an understanding of the networking and collaboration tools from companies like Google, LinkedIn, Twitter and ZoomInfo.