Push Pull Maintain

Pushing, Pulling, and Maintaining

Part I.

Obtaining a solid and well paying career in today’s market is a challenging endeavor. There are thousands of new graduates and even more veteran professionals that a job seeker will have to compete against in the process of getting hired. A lot of opportunities are not well advertised or known about to the external population, or people outside of an organization. One way to set a job seeker apart from their competitors is by adopting some of the techniques explained in jobhunt.org’s article “Tapping the Hidden Job Market.” (Techniques for Tapping 2011). Job Hunt describes the processes of push, pull, and maintain and how these steps can help you not only obtain the position but also continue your own professional development. Below is my personal strategy of how I will help myself to grow as a professional and set myself apart in the marking, implementing the techniques establishes in “Tapping the Hidden Job Market.

Push

The first step in my personal strategy is to push, or to develop myself and skills so that you become more desirable as an employee.

Volunteer

I have volunteered for several organizations in the past including the Girl Scouts of SW Washington and Oregon and with National Youth Sports. However, my volunteering efforts were focused on maintaining involvement in my daughter’s after school activities. I now would like to volunteer in order to grow professionally. I have recently researched an organization called Impact Northwest. Impact Northwest. Impact Northwest is a non-profit organization in my area that works to help those in need achieve self sufficiency (Impact Northwest Overview 2012). They have a Money Management program sponsored by AARP that requires volunteers to help seniors budget and keep track of their money. Since I am an accounting major, this opportunity will be perfect for me! I have signed up for my orientation and will attend on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. I want to...