McKenzie Scott Outlines a Blueprint for Job Hunting Success

Market Wire, May, 2003

Professional job seekers can't afford to leave their career moves to chance. The importance of taking responsibility and control of one's career cannot be overstated because each new position greatly influences and limits the future choices that may become available.

McKenzie Scott, the nation's leading provider of information technology and personal team resources for job seekers from $75K to one million dollars, emphasizes six key elements for any job search.

 
    - Identify your most marketable assets and skills relative to 
      comparably paid peers. McKenzie Scott offers a free 
      Marketability Evaluation to help job seekers establish their 
      real value.
    - Determine the most appropriate industry options that may be 
      right for you. Job seekers that don't understand their 
      industry options can severely limit their opportunities in 
      today's market.
    - Develop an effective communications strategy that 
      distinguishes you from your competition. It should include 
      basic themes and selected phrases that highlight your ability 
      to contribute.
    - Learn the latest interviewing and negotiating techniques, also 
      anticipate perceived liabilities and know how you'll 
      neutralize them. McKenzie Scott has developed ways for best 
      neutralizing dozens of obstacles and they are available on 
      their website.
    - Create a comprehensive step-by-step plan for generating 
      interviews. Most job seekers need to get their phone to ring 
      20-25 times. Then, they can be realistic about rejection 
      rates, but can still expect to have three or four offers 
      develop at the same time.