In this section we're going to be discussing on what you need to do when you start applying. So you already know that you're protected. But going from here, I do want you to know that when you start applying, it's going to take some time in some situations for you to actually get feedback. And I do want you to do a little exercise for yourself. Whenever you start applying for jobs, keep a spreadsheet when you start applying for jobs, you do want to be able to keep track of what you have or have not applied for. Because whether it's zip recruiter or it's monster, or it's indeed you want to know who you apply to and what and this really goes into your market research.

When you think about it. A job posting is nothing more than an advertisement. It's an advertisement for people. And for those people you're trying to get them into the door and reel in, you know high performance people. You have to think that you're high performance That's what employers are looking for. But you also want to put into consideration that you have to remember who you apply to, and why.

So whenever you apply to something, whether you're applying blindly, which I don't recommend, or you're applying strategically, meaning that you're actually doing company due diligence, and you're looking into, you know, why they originated, what they're looking for, that's essentially the the things that if you for whatever job you apply for, you have to keep a spreadsheet. So what I mean is keep a spreadsheet, you want to keep a spreadsheet of who you apply to, why you applied them for what position you applied to, and also any key factors or any, any particular characteristics that stood out. So go ahead and keep a spreadsheet because if you get a call, you want to be able to keep that on hand. And I do want to give you a little bit of an idea. Right now. I have my phone And right here, I have my Google Drive.

If I have my Google Drive set up to where I can have a spreadsheet in my cloud and just say, Who did I apply to when, why characteristics that stood out? When you get a phone screening call or anything like that, it's gonna allow you to just go on your phone, see why you applied a really quick options and you're like, oh, okay, now I know why I applied. And you can continue from there. I say this because a lot of people have gone into situations where they'll pick up the phone and they're like, Who is this? And they're saying, I am Joe Blow from Joe blows air conditioning company, you apply for the position of marketing assistant, and then you're there was a very silent hold and you're like, um, I don't remember applying for that. You don't want that.

You want to know a little bit about the company you applied to and why. So that wraps it up for this section. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, you know where to find Let's go ahead and move to the next one.