Is The Job Search a Numbers Game

Is The Job Search a Numbers Game Yes. And no.  Well, kind of. It depends on what numbers you are talking about.  If you are doing the right things consistently, with purpose and focus, then maybe it can be a numbers game.  If you are doing the wrong things just to hit certain numbers, youll be more frustrated than you can imagine. Alison Doyle has a great post titled Job Searching By the Numbers.  In the post she shares numbers tracked by Caryn.  Here are some examples of  things she tracked: Jobs she applied to, and how the 105 she applied to online worked out Networking, and how many opportunities she got from her network How many she got from staffing agencies, and what happened Spoiler: she accepted one of the two opportunities she found from a staffing agency that found her from LinkedIn. So all of the jobs she found and applied to online, or through her network, led to nothing, but someone found her on LinkedIn and she got and accepted an offer. So was it a numbers game?  Maybe she was only 10% into the number of jobs she should have applied to, or the resumes she sent out?  Maybe she didnt meet enough people in networking, and didnt ask who do you know and ask for introductions The reason Im writing this post is because I think that the job search CAN BE a numbers game, if you are doing the right stuff.  Just like a basketball game the more shots you take towards your own basket, the higher the chances are youll make some.  But if you are shooting at the wrong basket, or who-knows-where, you can rack up 10,000 attempts (shots) and NOT get any closer to winning, or scoring. So the answer to the question, is the job search a numbers game, has to consider what numbers you are considering. Thoughts? Is The Job Search a Numbers Game Yes. And no.  Well, kind of. It depends on what numbers you are talking about.  If you are doing the right things consistently, with purpose and focus, then maybe it can be a numbers game.  If you are doing the wrong things just to hit certain numbers, youll be more frustrated than you can imagine. Alison Doyle has a great post titled Job Searching By the Numbers.  In the post she shares numbers tracked by Caryn.  Here are some examples of  things she tracked: Jobs she applied to, and how the 105 she applied to online worked out Networking, and how many opportunities she got from her network How many she got from staffing agencies, and what happened Spoiler: she accepted one of the two opportunities she found from a staffing agency that found her from LinkedIn. So all of the jobs she found and applied to online, or through her network, led to nothing, but someone found her on LinkedIn and she got and accepted an offer. So was it a numbers game?  Maybe she was only 10% into the number of jobs she should have applied to, or the resumes she sent out?  Maybe she didnt meet enough people in networking, and didnt ask who do you know and ask for introductions The reason Im writing this post is because I think that the job search CAN BE a numbers game, if you are doing the right stuff.  Just like a basketball game the more shots you take towards your own basket, the higher the chances are youll make some.  But if you are shooting at the wrong basket, or who-knows-where, you can rack up 10,000 attempts (shots) and NOT get any closer to winning, or scoring. So the answer to the question, is the job search a numbers game, has to consider what numbers you are considering. Thoughts?