{"id":1620,"date":"2013-08-13T04:58:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2013-08-12T06:19:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T10:19:05","slug":"are-you-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/are-you-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you listening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/are-you-listening\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cindy-Key_ear-horn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1635\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"Cindy Key_listening to improve your job search\" src=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cindy-Key_ear-horn.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cindy-Key_ear-horn.jpg 320w, http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cindy-Key_ear-horn-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>Listening is a mix of art and science.\u00a0 The investment is low, yet few job searchers <em>really listen<\/em> to the companies they are targeting.\u00a0 <strong>Are you listening?<\/strong> You know doing research on potential employers is important.\u00a0 You know how and where to research companies. <strong>Do you think research trumps listening?<\/strong> Too often I hear, \u201cI have done the research and know the company, so why listen?\u201d\u00a0 OK, I get it. \u00a0You know your target market. You have narrowed your list of companies.\u00a0 You are focused on those who have problems you can solve. \u00a0<em>But<\/em>, do you know if these companies want to solve the problems you\u2019re best at solving?\u00a0 That is one good reason to listen. What if by listening, you discover that all the companies you are targeting don\u2019t want or need to solve the problems you solve.\u00a0 What will you do? \u00a0Will that change your next action? The real value and impact of listening is <strong>saving time<\/strong>.\u00a0 Listening helps you shift your actions and improve your results. <strong>Can you think of other reasons to listen?<\/strong> Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You may discover other problems or wants you can help solve<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll hear about new products or services that are about to launch where you\u2019re experience would be valuable<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll learn about changes in the marketplace or competition that enhances your value<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where do you &#8220;listen&#8221; to your target companies?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 One of my favorite places is industry blogs.\u00a0 Another helpful place to listen is LinkedIn.\u00a0 Did you know there are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.linkedin.com\/2013\/06\/27\/3-million-linkedin-company-pages-infographic\/\">3 Million LinkedIn Company Pages and Counting<\/a>? What is your top reason to listen to the companies that you follow?\u00a0\u00a0 Where is your favorite place to listen? Please post your answers below and share your great listening tips with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening is a mix of art and science.\u00a0 The investment is low, yet few job searchers really listen to the companies they are targeting.\u00a0 Are you listening? You know doing research on potential employers is important.\u00a0 You know how and where to research companies. Do you think research trumps listening? Too often I hear, \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,15],"tags":[142,138],"class_list":["post-1620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-management","category-linkedin","tag-career-management","tag-linkedin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}