Dream Life Team

Facing or need a job within 6-8 weeks? Focus on this list of actions within your control to land a new job quickly.

When we develop a job search plan, it’s important to track metrics in terms of what is vs. what’s outside of our control. By focusing on what you can control, you will hopefully, and realistically, attain the thing job offer you want that is outside your control.

Here is a starter list of Job Search Actions Within our Control

✪ Reaching out to people in our network.

✪ Requesting meetings and informational interviews.

✪ Creating a stellar resume that surpasses the quality of the competition’s resume. (DM me if I can help – I create custom resumes that help you tell your story and OUTSHINE the competition).

✪ Making a list of target companies (where we want to work), identifying connections in target companies, and reaching out to them.

✪ Learning about effective job search and interview techniques from a career coach or from articles.

✪ Developing a key-word optimized LinkedIn profile that enables us to show up in searches.

✪ Applying to jobs online, ensuring we send our resume to the hiring manager and secure a referral partner.

✪ Reading industry publications to remain current on trends.

✪ Commenting on LinkedIn posts to stay in touch with people of interest.

✪ Proactively sending inquiry letters to target companies.

✪ Distributing our resume to recruiters, management consulting firms, or PE firms

What else?

***All of these actions taken together have the cumulative effect of hopefully allowing you to land a job quickly (the outcome of your efforts) – often within 6-8 weeks.***

What are the best fonts and margins to use on my resume? Does it really matter?

▶️ YES – font and margins both matter when writing a resume.

Both size and style help determine readability. Since the reader is viewing the resume at most for 6 seconds on the first glance, you want a font that grabs the reader’s attention quickly, and is pleasing. Plus, margins make is easy to read online and on paper.

▶️ Best fonts to use:

Use sans serif (no extra extending features) fonts. These types of fonts help when reading online.

Calibri – clear presentation and easily read at smaller point sizes.

Others – Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, Garmond

▶️ Fonts to avoid:

Times New Roman – dates clients

Comic Sans – non-executive message

▶️ Font size:

Ideally I go for 11pt, if need be I go to 10.5 pt. If I must I go to 10, but I try to avoid that as it is harder to read.

▶️ Margins:

On MS Word I normally go for moderate margins (.75”) on left and right, and .5” on top and bottom. On occasion, if I have leftover space I increase the bottom/sides to 1”, or if I need extra space I can take the sides to .5” – don’t ever go beneath .5” on top or sides.



What's your go-to font?