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Successful Stealth Job Search
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- How to Find a Job While You Have One
- Stealth/Confidential Job Search: Find a Job While Employed
- How to Use LinkedIn for a Stealth Job Search
- Networking in a Stealth Job Search
Next Issue: Increase LinkedIn Success
Employers are usually not happy to discover an employee is
job hunting. A stealth job search is job hunting while employed, keeping your job search a secret from your employer and other employees. Conducting a job search is not an easy task when employed full-time. The whole process can be extremely hazardous to the contuation of your paycheck.
When interacting with external recruiters ("head hunters") and members of your network, including family and friends, make it clear to them that you are conducting a confidential search. In this article, Working with Recruiters Expert Jeff Lipschultz, a recruiter, shares how to safely find a new job while employed.
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Employers are typically more interested in employed job
candidates than unemployed ones. Since job search today can last months, a "stealth job search" is a much better idea unless you have a very strong LinkedIn presence and scarce but in high demand skills.
Unfortunately, it is not unusual to hear of someone being fired for job hunting, an employer attitude that pre-dates the Internet. While the employer attitude is not new, current technology offers many new ways for a job search to be "outed" and the job to be lost. In this article, Job-Hunt's Editor Susan P. Joyce shares important strategies for keeping your job search "quiet" but
effective.
Because employers use LinkedIn to find and recruit new
employees which is LinkedIn's primary revenue stream, they also see the "flight risk" that results from employee LinkedIn membership. Corporate monitoring of LinkedIn creates a risk for those employees who are in job search mode.
Have a complete ("All Star") profile, with the right keywords in the right places, and be carefully and consistently active on LinkedIn. Then, follow the LinkedIn DO's and LinkedIn DON'TS in this article by Job-Hunt Editor Susan P. Joyce to successfully leverage LinkedIn for your stealth job search.
If you are employed and want a new job, you are embarking
on a stealth job search. Your networking will be a bit different from the out-in-the-open job seeker's approach. You do not need word getting back to your current boss before you walk into his or her office to give notice.
You can attend networking events, and you should. However, it is not enough to say "Frankly, I'm trying to get out of my current job and find a new one."
If you share that you are job hunting, be sure to follow up with a request that your interest in a new job MUST be kept confidential! More great tips in this article by Job Search Expert Liz Ryan.
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