12 Daily Habits to Boost Your Hire-ability

12 Daily Habits to Boost Your Hire-ability12 Daily Habits to Boost Your Hire-abilityA list of 12 tasks job seekers should do every day to get hired.In Part 1 of this series about elevating your visibility, you learned the secret to a successful job search Anonymity is bankruptcy.So, now that youve begun exerting your distinctiveness expressing your vulnerability and acting smart (not like a smarty pants ) lets advance our discussion by exploring 12 daily practices to turn approachability into hire-ability1. Be radically honest. Next time someone says, Hey Karen - hows it going? respond by cheerfully saying, Still unemployed Three things will happenHe will appreciate your candorHe will become one mora person aware of your situation,He will become more likely to help you find a job.How many people did you tell you were unemployed today?2. Become the observed.You attend chamber meetings, BNI events, job expos and trade shows to look for job openings, right? Well, let me ask you this W hen was the last time you were the guest speaker?Really? Never? Wow. Try this E-mail every single c hamber of c ommerce d irector in your city. Tell them you have an educational and entertaining presentation based on your expertise and career history thats perfect for their membership.If they ask what company youre with, be radically honest and say, Actually, Ive been unemployed for six months, and Ive had a lot of time to practice my presentation Theyll love you. And so will the audience, if you do it right.When was the last time you gave a public presentation?3. Blog every single day.By sharing your expertise with the world, you will accomplish a few things (1) Prove to people that you deliver insight, not just knowledge, (2) Boost your web presence, and (3) Accumulate a reservoir of resources to elektronischer brief prospective employers.Example Imagine if, at the end of your thank-you elektronischer brief to someone who just interviewed you, you included a P.S. that read, By the way, Mr. Randall, I wrote a blog post last week about the four biggest mistakes made by HR d irectors. Just a few things Ive learned in my career over the years. I hope I can help your company avoid these same mistakesWhy arent you blogging yet?4. Print business cards.But I dont have a job Whats your point? All the more reason to have your own business card.Make them yourself. Use Vista Print, pay the 50 bucks, and carry a dozen with you wherever you go.Tips Red stands out. Pictures arent a bad idea. And for the love of God, dont use Papyrus as your font. Oh, and bring them wherever you go. Because you never know. Everybody is somebodys somebody.How many opportunities have you missed because you didnt have a card with you?5. Change your e-mail.If your e-mail address contains the letters AOL in it, change it. If you use it, people will prejudge your messages before they read them. People will also prejudge you before they meet you.Heres the reality AOL is for old people, novices and technologically deficient professionals. Dont be one of those people. Get your own Web site, or, if you must, use Gmail.What does your e-mail address say about your professionalism?6. Dont be clever or cute.Clever is using other peoples conversations as springboards for your little jokes that nobody thinks are funny but your cat. It annoys people and wont encourage anyone to hire you.Cute is sending a pink ribbon on your resume because you think it will get you noticed. Nope. It wont. You need to be smart and strategic. Like creating an online video resume. Thats smart.How much money is being cute costing you?7. Get up one hour earlier.Single best piece of advice Ive ever been given. And just imagine - at the end of three months, you will have put in more than two extra weeks of time. Talk about outworking everyoneWhat time did you get up today?8. Internetworking gets jobs. Whatever social media outlets you currently use - Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, whatever - commit to spendi ng one to three hours every single day leveraging those tools.Comment on blogs. Send messages. Connect people. Write killer posts. It doesnt matter which ones you use it matters that you use them consistently.How e-pproachable are you?9. Leverage branding hot spots. If youre making calls and trying to set up interviews day in and day out, its probable youre asked the question, May I ask whos calling? between 10 and 50 times, right?What do you say? Steve Johnson? Rebecca Jackson? Terrible Imminently forgettable. You need to insert your uniqueness. Something like, The swimmingpool Guy, or The Queen of HR You will stand out among the other 300 people that call that day.How many jobs has being boring cost you?10. Set up your Web site.Doesnt have to be fancy. Doesnt have to be expensive. Heres what you doRegister an easy- to-remember URL - hopefully, something simple like www.yourname.com,Get a professional picture taken of you that does not include that overdone pose with your fist on your chin,Publish pillars or bullet points of your personal philosophy by asking yourself the question, If everybody did exactly what I said, what would the world look like?Include all possible contact links, references, PDFs of resumes and the like.All of this can be done for less than $1,000.Why dont you have a Web site yet?11. Shift your attitude. You may be unemployed. You may be broke. But the reality is, finding a job needs to become your job until you find a job.Let me say that again Finding a job needs to become your job until you find a job. That means structuring your days. That means having regular lunch meetings. That means treating it like any other job.How much television did you watch yesterday?12. Write it first.Now that youre getting up an hour earlier, you can use (some) of that time for writing. My suggestion is to make a list of the Top 100 Interview Questions You Might be Asked.Every morning, pick three of them out of a hat. Then spend a few minutes writing out your answers. If this sounds challenging to you, good Thats why you need it.Writing is the great clarifier. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Most importantly, writing makes you better at everything you do. Your interviews will be amazing if youve already thought out - and written out - your answers.What did you write today?Remember When practiced with commitment and consistency, your approachability will be the ticket to your hire-ability.Let me ask ya this..How many job opportunities have you lost because people perceived you as unapproachable?