Reddit reviews Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market using Social Media and 999 other Tactics Today

There's a book I read many years ago titled Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters. https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Marketing-Job-Hunters-3-0/dp/1118019091 It has a bunch of slightly dirty tricks for getting a job. While I haven't read the current version, I remember finding it helpful.

One idea you might consider are looking for announcements of people appointed to a new job, figuring out the person's old job, and applying for that.

By far, the best way to get a job is to ask friends. Most jobs vacancies aren't announced or posted. Many are just filled by word of mouth. So, tell everyone you know that you're looking for a job and tell everyone to send you any information about any job openings. Naturally, this assumes that your current employer won't be upset at this.

When I am hiring NOC and junior admins, I want them to know how to do the following:

1. How to console into a Cisco device.
   
2. How to password recover a Cisco device.
   
3. How to upgrade the flash and DRAM on a Cisco device.
   
4. How to set up a tftp server.
   
5. How to upgrade the IOS on a Cisco device.
   
   I'm also going to keep harping on this - you have to people network to find a great job. It's not just how much experience you have, it's who you know and who knows you.
   
   
6. Get on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com) and start people networking. I'm not going to explain LinkedIn to you, there is plenty of information out there.
   
   
7. Go to your local Cisco Users Group.
   
   
8. Go to your local chamber of commerce meetings, or if you are lucky, they may also have a technology council that will have meetings.
   
   
9. Make your own business cards and become your own consultant. Be an "IT Consultant" for "<Your Name> Computer Services" or something more ingenious than what I can think of off hand. VistaPrint is your friend, and don't get the free ones, they make you look cheap when you want to look professional. Hand them out at the Cisco Users Group.
   
   
10. Read books on how to find a job and how to sell (yourself.) Read this book - Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters - http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Marketing-Job-Hunters-3-0/dp/1118019091/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323786299&sr=1-2
    
    
11. Read this other book - Little Red Book of Sales Answers: 99.5 Real World Answers That Make Sense, Make Sales, and Make Money - http://www.amazon.com/Little-Red-Book-Sales-Answers/dp/0131735365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323129165&sr=8-1
    
    
12. Check your local chamber of commerce web site and start researching companies in your area. Once you find a few that you would like to work for, contact the CIO / CTO of the company and ask to do an informational interview because you want to know what it's like to work in IT for a company. If you don't know what an informational interview is, Google it.
    
    You do all this and more, chances are you will find an internship or a job. I paid for half of my college via summer internships and when I got out of college I immediately got a net eng position because I had a degree and experience.

I also completely forgot to mention a book that I highly recommend for all job searches. I cannot say enough good things about it:

Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters

Go buy and read this book -

Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market using Social Media and 999 other Tactics Today
http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Marketing-Job-Hunters-3-0/dp/1118019091/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

Tell stories about the projects that you've worked on that demonstrate the skills that the position requires. This indirectly shows you're an effective communicator, and it also engages the interviewer on a conversational level.

Misc other things:

• record yourself speaking and telling these stories. practice and improve.
  
• practice positive, assertive body language. this will improve your confidence and is a good social signal to interviewers.
  
• you know that they're going to ask, so have explanations on why you only have 1 exam passed
  
  If you have some time, I would highly recommend buying & reading "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters". It really helps you frame "you" as something that employers want. Hard to explain, but it'll help.

Highly Recommend this