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Observations about a job search

Post script- I am now gainfully employed. 60 days ago I found myself unexpectedly unemployed. The purpose of this is to give some observations about my experiences during this time. Ok so I was employed and thought everything was going pretty well. There were some warning signs but I thought I would be able to manage through them. I was wrong and at a later time I will give some additional insight on that. Here are some of my tips and tricks to help get a job as quickly as possible: 1. Be prepared to be judged very quickly by your prospective boss. He/she will be looking at you with essentially one question in mind- how quickly can you solve my immediate problem? If that is sales then how does your background give me confidence that you will be able to produce the fastest. So you as the job seeker better uncover that need before the interview and make sure your every word on the interview is directed towards answering that question. 2. Be prepared to take a really deep dive into y