Let’s say you receive a Job Search Follow-up Emails from 4d@iTickleMe.com. You will know from this that you need to perform step “4d”. Look at the task you assigned yourself for 4d. It might be “Follow-up call”.

Pick up the phone and call. The contact name and phone number, plus the full history is right there on the email. You won’t have to rummage around to find the background history. In seconds, you will be up to speed and running.

What if the person is on vacation or away? Don’t despair, this will be a common occurrence. Just leave a voicemail explaining who you are and the reason for your call, and say you will call back in a week. Forward a copy of your job search email to 1w@iTickleMe.com, with a note to yourself at the top such as “Left message 1/19/2009 that I will call back in a week”. A week later you will receive a reminder to make that call. Get the idea?

If you are lucky enough to make contact with the Target Hiring Person, be sure to get quickly to the point and respect his/her time. You have 3 steps to cover in a very short time:

Three “Must Accomplish” Goals of a Job Search Follow-Up Call

1. In a friendly tone, give your name and a brief history to remind the Target Hiring Person who you are. Allow them time to respond to what you are saying.
2. Be sure to express how interested you are in working for that specific company, and be complimentary of the company in some way.
3. Ask for an appointment, even if it is an informal five minute face-to-face in the lobby. Make it easy for the Target to agree by saying something to the effect of, “I will be in your area Thursday. May I come by for a few minutes and meet you?”

Record the results of your conversation at the top of the Job Search Reminder Email. Be sure to include the date, the name of the contact, and a thumbnail of the conversation. Also, don’t forget to write the next step in your follow-up, with your plan for when this step should occur.

Sample note in Job Search Reminder Email:

2/1/2010 Spoke 10 min w/ Mrs. Perkins. Nice lady. From Kansas City, like Mom.
No hiring for 3 weeks. Ok to call her after that. Call her in 4w.

Have you figured out that you will now send the Job Search Follow-Up Email to 4w@iTickleMe.com? You are getting in the swing, my friend!

Notice that in an abbreviated fashion, your summary of the conversation carries lots of meaning that you will use in your next call. Next time you can ask how the hiring freeze was going, did it end on schedule? If Mrs. Perkins doesn’t seem too rushed, you might venture a personal comment such as, “I was thinking about that you said you were from Kansas City. When I went to Kansas City as a kid, we always used to go to Swope Park. What a great place. Is it still there?” If she wants to talk, let her. You are building a relationship! Then you can move on to points # 2 and #3 above. Get that face-to face-meeting!

Implement all of your Job Search Follow-up tasks as they come due. This is a must. Once you get the Job Search Follow-up Email, don’t let it linger in your inbox. Use it to refresh yourself of all you need to know, then execute the task at hand. The follow-up tasks are not very difficult, but they will be coming at you fast and furious.


In addition, initiate a minimum of 10 new contacts every single day. In just one month, you will have hundreds of job prospects in your system. You will be processing follow-ups like a pro, and you will be massively effective. Remember that for whatever you do, you will be the beneficiary, so give this everything you’ve got!

Work this Job Search Management Program for only four months, and you will be poised to get at least one, if not more than one job offer. If you don’t have your dream job at that point, keep going. You will have planted, and will continue to plant a field full of promising seeds, and they will undoubtedly bear fruit. If you maintain the job search program diligently, you’ll be amazed at how quickly you will result in an interview, and, eventually, an offer!

iTickleMe Job Search GUARANTEE:

Follow this plan for 4 months, initiating at least 10 new contacts every day (this is easy once you get the hang of it). If you don’t have a job at the end of 4 months of implementing this program and you wish to discontinue service, simply notify us at support@iTickleMe.com and we will refund your $19.95 in full! You have nothing to lose, and a lifetime of rewarding employment to gain. You owe it to yourself and your family to sign up right now!
 
The most powerful tool you can have in your job search is iTickleMe Email Reminders.Try it free.

There may be times, however, when you will need to pick up the thread when the time to act has not yet arrived. This could be a good thing, it might be an instance of the Target Hiring Person calling you! If this occurs, and we certainly hope it does, you will want to find the Job Search Follow-up Email for that prospect, and update it with the new information. iTickleMe Dashboard to the rescue!
The Added Value of iTickleMe Dashboard
In addition to allowing you to locate a Job Search Follow-up Email midstream, the iTickleMe Dashboard is useful in other ways, too. This view shows your options when you log in. Note that you can have up to 3 email addresses on one iTickleMe account.

To locate the Job Search Reminder Email for a particular prospect company, simply click on the Log for Email Address #_, then you will see a log of all your activity. Visually scan the column “Subject”, or search on it as shown below and find the company you are seeking.

Click “View” to read the Job Search Follow-Up Email and get up to speed before returning the call.

There will be times when you will want an overview of your work. Having the overview that the iTickleMe Dashboard provides can be a way to reward yourself, because you will be impressed and gratified that you have been making so many important business relationships, and that you are smoothly managing a substantial list of contacts and tasks.

The iTickleMe Dashboard also allows you to look for successful patterns in your approach to applying for jobs, or simply to assess your progress.

Make it a habit to visit your iTickleMe dashboard once a week, and you will soon develop a new “bird’s eye view” of your own activities. Powerful new strategies and ideas could result.


Sucker question: How will you remember to visit your iTickleMe Dashboard every week?
Obvious answer: Send yourself an email addressed to 1w@iTickleMe.com. In the subject line, say “Visit Dashboard”. In the body, paste the URL to the Dashboard and, if needed, your password. Once again, you will have used the concept of creating a reminder email containing everything you need to accomplish the task.

After you visit the Dashboard, forward that same email again to 1w@iTickleMe.com. In only a few keystrokes, you have programmed yet another future activity.

Uses for iTickleMe Email Reminders in other Realms
When you land that all-important job, you will find that the uses for iTickleMe Email Reminders actually increase. The business world is filled with tasks that require well-timed follow-ups. Here are some examples of ways current users are amplifying their effectiveness with iTickleMe Email Reminders:

• Reminders to start new initiatives/programs
• Reminders to make appointments
• Follow-up on service calls
• Legal case management
• Scheduling payments
• Tracking deliveries
• Project management
• Follow-up on collections
• Tracking purchase orders
• Follow-up on sales quotations
• Reminders of scheduled maintenance

Back to the tasks at hand. Your job search program is an intensive, targeted system. It will produce results only if fully applied. If you really use the program, you should expect to see a job offer in four months. You may even get multiple job offers, and you will have the luxury of choice. And all within only 4 months!

Don’t be discouraged. Persist, persist, persist and you are sure to achieve success with iTickleMe! Guaranteed!

iTickleMe Job Search GUARANTEE:
 
Follow this plan for 4 months, initiating at least 10 new contacts every day (this is easy once you get the hang of it). If you don’t have a job at the end of 4 months of implementing this program and you wish to discontinue service, simply notify us at support@iTickleMe.com and we will refund your $19.95 in full! You have nothing to lose, and a lifetime of rewarding employment to gain. You owe it to yourself and your family to sign up right now!
 
The most powerful tool you can have in your job search is iTickleMe Email Reminders.You can try it free.