{"id":2252,"date":"2014-10-21T05:45:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T09:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2014-09-30T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T20:32:42","slug":"personal-referral-one-secret-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/personal-referral-one-secret-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Referrals &#8211; One Secret to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/personal-referral-one-secret-to-know\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2265\" src=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/writing-a-letter-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Update Letter\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/writing-a-letter-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/writing-a-letter.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Do you have a target job or employer? \u00a0Are you wondering how to find or increase the number of your personal referrals?<\/p>\n<p>The secret is right under your nose &#8212; <strong>engage your personal advocates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Your personal advocates are those people who know, like and trust you. \u00a0They want the best for you, but you need to keep them in loop if they are to refer you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Life is busy. \u00a0If you do not share what you are up to your advocates may not know. \u00a0Help them understand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your goals<\/li>\n<li>your target companies<\/li>\n<li>the type of position(s) you desire<\/li>\n<li>why you are a good fit for both your target companies and the position(s) you seek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do you do this? \u00a0One easy tool is an <strong>Update Letter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you launch your search or prepare for promotion, share what you have been up to, what you are looking forward to doing, your one paragraph resume, and, as appropriate, a personal update in your Update Letter.<\/p>\n<p>Create an initial list of possible advocates by reviewing your contacts, colleagues and co-workers. \u00a0Create your plan to engage your advocates by writing and sending your Update Letter and following up.<\/p>\n<p>Accelerate your search &#8212; and your success &#8212; today!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have tips that have helped you engage your advocates? \u00a0Feel free to share them here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a target job or employer? \u00a0Are you wondering how to find or increase the number of your personal referrals? The secret is right under your nose &#8212; engage your personal advocates. Your personal advocates are those people who know, like and trust you. \u00a0They want the best for you, but you need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,29,7,25],"tags":[5,141],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-career-management","category-job-search-focus","category-networking","tag-focus","tag-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252","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=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}