A WEEKLY JOB SEARCH PLAN

SUNDAY - Be kind to yourself. Relax, do things you enjoy be it going to a movie, taking

a walk, be with a friend. LET IT BE A DAY OF REST.

MONDAY MORNING Mornings are not a good time for phone calls to

employers or hiring managers as they are usually in meetings or catching up

on e-mails or phone calls of their own. THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO VISIT A COFFEE

SHOP EARLY FOR NETWORKING PURPOSES.

PLAN YOUR WEEK BY DETERMINING:

a. Job leads you plan to send applications.

b. Follow up phone calls you plan to make.

c. Access websites you are using.

d. Identify persons you plan to network with this week.

e. Read classified ads for leads in local papers.

f. Visit the Job Service Center in your area.

g. Call any headhunters you have been using.

h. Contact a member of your super network by e-mail or phone.

i. Change your resumes posted on important web sites.

j. Call a targeted firm for an informational interview.

k. Consider lunch close to a targeted company to meet employees of the firm.

l. Write any follow-up thank you letters or leave thank you voice mails.

MONDAY Afternoon –

Make follow up phone calls.

Check important websites.

Phone or e-mail more contacts in your super network.

Ready applications and resumes for mailing or e-mailing.

Send thank you e-mails·to new contacts from lunch.

Get some exercise.

TUESDAY - Start the morning at a coffee shop (early) with a few resumes in hand.

Read te morning papers for new ads. ALSO check for any Plan B jobs.

Phone hiring managers, headhunters or others to maintain contacts.

Review your weekly plan and make modifications.

Visit websites for new postings including the Job Center website.

Make phone calls to unemployed peers or friends looking for jobs.

Try to apply for at least one job.

Review you networking list to see if you missed contacting someone in your network.

Get some exercise.

WEDNESDAY

Visit coffee shop for networking (early).

Make networking phone calls and/or calls to unemployed peers.

Read classified ads.

for new leads and check for Plan B job.

Review questions or approach you will use for any interviews you have scheduded.

Check websites for new job leads.

Review and adjust the rest of your weekly schedule.

Call at least, one person in your super network.

Try to apply for at least one job.

THURSDAY

Start the morning in a coffee shop to network and read classifieds.

Check for Plan B jobs and make follow up calls from the coffee shop.

Check websites you are using as well as the Job Center site.

Call or e-mail someone on your super network.

Check with headhunters you are using.

Interview with any firms you have scheduled

Have lunch near a firm you have targeted for employment.

Network with an unemployed peer on the phone or by e-mail

Exercise.

FRIDAY

Have your morning coffee in a new coffee shop.

Read classified ads.

Make follow-up phone calls or new ones with potential employers.

Review e-mails and visit job websites and make any applications you can.

Follow-up with hiring managers or members of your networking group.

Visit the Colorado Job Service Center for leads.

Call persons on your super network

Exercise.

SATURDAY - Network in a coffee shop.

Have lunch with a working friend whom you have not spoken with all week.

Read the classified ads for new job leads as well as Plan B jobs.

Check e-mails and job web sites.

Determine if you can visit with other friends today.