{"id":559,"date":"2011-05-24T06:15:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T10:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=559"},"modified":"2011-05-24T05:27:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T09:27:43","slug":"do-you-have-a-100-day-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/do-you-have-a-100-day-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have a 100-day plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/do-you-have-a-100-day-plan\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>The hundred days of summer is just around the corner.\u00a0 It is the time of year, when interesting and focused conversations with VPs, regional managers, area managers, managers and front line associates are often about the detailed plans and prep for the \u201d100 Days of Summer&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hundred days or so between Memorial Day to Labor Day for many is a critical business season. Profits and success during the \u201c100 days of Summer\u201d can make or break the success of a business unit not just for the season but for the year.\u00a0 Having, knowing and executing your plan is not hard but does take good communication, energy and thought.<\/p>\n<p>Last week speaking to an executive looking for his next career opportunity I ask him, &#8220;What is your personal career plan for the &#8220;100 Days of Summer&#8221;, he looked at me and smiled, then said &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a plan, but I think I need one.&#8221;\u00a0 Then he asked for a few suggestions as to how to develop his plan and we agreed to talk in a couple of days to discuss his\u00a0plan in detail.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the key things I suggest you think about and pull together for your &#8220;100 day&#8221; plan.\u00a0 Assess where you are now, think about your value in the marketplace, your reputation, your niche, the\u00a0 opportunities you want to target, clarify your vision, your career goal, and then create a plan for the next 100 days.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t wing your job search and don\u2019t overlook the critical 100 days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help creating a plan, get it.<\/p>\n<p>Think about your plan.\u00a0 Summarize your plan in one page &#8211; that&#8217;s right &#8211; a one-page executive summary.<\/p>\n<p>Want more information about completing your own &#8220;100 Day Plan&#8221; to land the job you want by Labor Day?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sign up and join me on the next Q &amp; A call, ask your question and get an answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in taking action and moving forward and yet you have a question about your career, career transition or search, you can set up a 20 minute chat with me to get your question answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hundred days of summer is just around the corner.\u00a0 It is the time of year, when interesting and focused conversations with VPs, regional managers, area managers, managers and front line associates are often about the detailed plans and prep for the \u201d100 Days of Summer&#8221;.\u00a0 The hundred days or so between Memorial Day to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[9,5,17],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-job-search-focus","tag-accelerate-your-search","tag-focus","tag-simple-job-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}