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Find more jobs than any recruiter!
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Date: 2007/06/27 21:47
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By: muen
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Here is the most successful and least published method to find a job. You will find 2-5 times the number of jobs any recruiter is able to find, you will tap the hidden job market, and you will find the job you love. This method is better than networking, better than anything else.
The idea is simple: You send a cover letter and your CV to every single physician that might be able to employ you.
Where do you find all the addresses of doctors? You buy them with a few clicks online. Go to InfoUSA.com. All other list providers have a minimum number of data to buy, require a personal call, make you jump through hoops and restrict your use of the data. And Info USA offers the best prices.
On the website of InfoUSA.com, look in the center, go down and click on: "Doctors, Dentists and other medical lists". In the window that opens click on "Physicians and Surgeons Database" then check the specialties you are interested in, e.g "Obstetrics and Gynecology" and then, further down, check "office based".
On the following page uncheck the specialties you are not interested in contacting, e.g. MFM, critical care obstetrics etc.
On the next page, click on "select all members in office". Do not check the "fax number" box, since this will exclude doctors that have not listed a fax number. You want all the names and addresses and phone numbers!
On the next page you can select the geographic area, which can be the whole country or just one zip code, or a radius of 500 miles around an address or just 10 miles. For example: you would like to join a practice within 15 miles of your parents home. Enter the address of your parents and select "20 miles".
On the following page, leave everything unchecked, since it would only reduce your list. Then you get to review the list. Should the list be too large, then choose a smaller geographic selection, or select by age or gender etc. Of course, you can also increase your list this way.
You finalize your selection, check the price, check the number of contact data sets and if you like it, you pay with credit card. A few minutes later, you will receive the list by email in the format you requested, either as CSV or as Excel database.
Now rite your cover letter in WinWord with the Mail Merge function.
Go to the Mail Merge function. You find this under “Tools”, then “Letters and Mailings”, then Mail Merge. Follow the instructions WinWord gives you step by step. You write the master document, then insert the merge fields, then open the database. The database consist of the CSV file that InfoUSA.com has email you.
And then you merge. You can easily see and manage the merged letters with the “merge toolbar”, which you have to open.
Then you print out all the 100 or 200 or 300 letters on white or off white or cream 24 lb paper.
Then get 100 or 300 or 1000 copies of your CV done on the same paper by your local Staples, Office Max, Kinko etc.
Then you choose white or clear Avery labels at Staples or Office Max for the address and for the “sender” information (that is your address). WinWord knows how to precisely deal with the size of these labels. You enter the number of the Avery label and Winword knows the size and formats the address information exactly for the label. Magic!
Then you print the labels using the Mail merge function again. You then fold and stuff the letters in envelopes, have the envelope weighed at the post office, buy the correct stamps and stick them on. You drop all 100, 300 or 1000 letters off at the post office and you almost have the job. Just don't ruin the interview!
There is a company that does all the hard work of the mass mailing for you: ‘TheDoctorJob.com”. Go to their website and read and browse. Here are some quotes: “We help more physicians find jobs than any recruiter or job board in the country, and the reason is simple: we work for you, not for the employer. Unlike a recruiter, we won't try to force you to work in a rural area. Most of our clients find jobs in their first geographic choice, and we can help you find a great job in any metropolitan area in the country. 99% of our clients find jobs, and we guarantee that you'll find a job or get your money back. Visit our website at http://www.thedoctorjob.com" or call us to talk about our services and get a price quote. You will find a job with The Doctor Job. We guarantee it.”
They charge about $1, 50 to $2, 00 for each letter sent, but this is not too much. For that amount they review your letter and CV, maybe improve it, they get the names, addresses etc, they merge the letters, print them and send them to you. You have to sign them, to stuff them into the envelops and to put stamps on them, which costs money at 39 -63 cents a stamp. The service provided by “The Doctor Job” is very reasonably priced at $ 2000 – $3500. If that is too expensive for you, do it yourself. I did the mass mailing and faxing myself, and it cost about $1000, but it was a lot of work. I did never regret it though.
Follow up! Believe it or not, your application is not that special! Yes, it may get lost, neglected, forgotten in the daily rush, put at the bottom of a pile, or it may just get thrown away for whatever reason. It therefore is a good idea to fax the same letter and CV or a slightly different, maybe shorter version - about 2 weeks later. Keep your cover letter and CV in front of your potential employers!
And of course, you could call the most interesting practices and ask to speak to the doctors. Always leave message that you called with your call back number. This is not the time to be shy! Squeaky wheel gets the oil.
Should you not get the right practice during the first mailing campaign, then try to mail to a larger group, let's say a wider area. Include one or two or three more counties, or a few more zip codes. Check the following: Are you sure that your CV is optimized? Is it really written by a professional? Have you made sure that Your letter arrives on Tuesday or Wednesday, when it has the highest chances of getting read?Or just try the same list again, who knows. Maybe this time they will actually open the envelope, maybe the practice situation has changed. Sometimes partners or associates or their husband or wives leave, sometimes people die or suddenly have to retire. So, just try again, I would recommend to repeat this every 4 months. It will work!
So, this is how you find a job! And where do recruiters fit in? The people who seem to have more websites and more presence on the web than Google and Yahoo? Once you know what you just read, you do not need them anymore. Behind every recruiter job posting is an employer that is desperate enough to be ready to pay $ 20,000 just to find someone.
Take charge, search actively and you get the job YOU want, not the job someone wants to sell you! Recruiters are...unnecessary for job seekers!
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