Just read a book that hit the point.
1. Figure out where you want to live
2. Draw a 40 mile (diameter) circle around that spot
3. Make a list of all companies with more than 10 employees within that circle (I know it's huge if you picked NYC, London, Tokyo, etc.)
4. Pick the top five based on who you like the best at that moment
5. Research them completely: magazine articles, who's who, financial reports, buy their products, read the sales literature, chat up their customers, investigate their competition, know them inside and out
6. Develop five _detailed_ ways to improve each of those companies
7. Send an impactful letter (not email) to the CEO, CIO, or some other CxO (unless you were able to find out the manager over the department you want to work for) telling her or him you did some research and here are your 5 high-level conclusions that you'd like to discuss in more detail (save the details for when they call you back)
8. If if doesn't work with the first five companies, try it again with the next five...
eh, voila! You're hired (and in good with the top brass to boot)
Only one catch... you have to work hard to get noticed, so don't try bluffing--ever. If you do, they'll just sail on by...
JTB
Solutions Architect
MCSE-NT4, MCP+I, MCP-W2K, CCNA, CCDA,
CTE, MCIWD, i-Net+, Network+
(MCSA, MCSE-W2K, MCIWA, SCSA, SCNA in progress)
1. Figure out where you want to live
2. Draw a 40 mile (diameter) circle around that spot
3. Make a list of all companies with more than 10 employees within that circle (I know it's huge if you picked NYC, London, Tokyo, etc.)
4. Pick the top five based on who you like the best at that moment
5. Research them completely: magazine articles, who's who, financial reports, buy their products, read the sales literature, chat up their customers, investigate their competition, know them inside and out
6. Develop five _detailed_ ways to improve each of those companies
7. Send an impactful letter (not email) to the CEO, CIO, or some other CxO (unless you were able to find out the manager over the department you want to work for) telling her or him you did some research and here are your 5 high-level conclusions that you'd like to discuss in more detail (save the details for when they call you back)
8. If if doesn't work with the first five companies, try it again with the next five...
eh, voila! You're hired (and in good with the top brass to boot)
Only one catch... you have to work hard to get noticed, so don't try bluffing--ever. If you do, they'll just sail on by...
JTB
Solutions Architect
MCSE-NT4, MCP+I, MCP-W2K, CCNA, CCDA,
CTE, MCIWD, i-Net+, Network+
(MCSA, MCSE-W2K, MCIWA, SCSA, SCNA in progress)