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The 2-Hour Job Search
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Created by Steve Dalton, senior career consultant at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business
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Summary
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Online job postings have fundamentally changed how people search for a job. Hiring managers increasingly rely on referrals to avoid reviewing hundreds of resumes per posting. However, job seekers crave the perceived efficiency that an online jobsite offers, pouring countless hours into an inherently ineffective approach.
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Instead of providing laundry lists of “tips” which readers must trial-and-error through, The 2-Hour Job Search offers step-by-step, time-limited instructions for the most frustrating part of finding work — getting a first interview. This science-based process splits the job search into manageable pieces, each requiring at most 15 minutes, to help those looking for work conduct the best job search possible.
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Job Search Overview
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1. Choose what you want to do
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2. Write a resume
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3. Prioritize target employers
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4. Contact target employers The 2-Hour Job Search covers these three steps
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5. Recruit advocates to provide internal referrals
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6. Interview
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7. Select an offer
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How To Use This Document
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This document is organizated in two components:
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1. The first component, represented by the maize tabs below, provides details about the process; Read these first
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2. The second component, represented by the blue tabs below, provides spreadsheets you can use to implement the process
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Source
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The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster
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 Steve Dalton, Ten Speed Press (March 6, 2012)
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