CardBrowser for Job Seekers
Are you an account manager, channel sales manager, business development executive, pre-sales engineer, sales manager, vice president, or c-level executive looking for a new career opportunity? Are you having a hard time finding the perfect new position? You are not alone. Headhunters, corporate recruiters, and Job Boards work for the employers, not you.
Read about the problems that today’s high-tech job seekers face…and what you can do to take control of your career search.
Are Headhunters Wasting Your Time?
Search firms often present an employer with dozens of candidates for a single opening. It is not uncommon for four or five contingency search firms to be working on the same assignment. A hundred or more candidates might be presented to an employer for that one position. This can be a huge waste of time and frustrating experience since your fate is in someone else’s hands and you don’t really know what’s going on (and sometimes the search firm doesn’t either!).
Are Job Boards Working For You?
Online Job Boards have many more candidates than jobs…so the deck is stacked against the candidate. It is nearly impossible for even the best candidates to stick out amidst a sea of millions of other candidates. When a candidate is contacted through a job board – it is usually by an HR person or internal recruiter who posted the job…not the decision-maker you really want to be speaking with. Has an entry level HR person or corporate recruiter ever told you that you are not qualified for a position…when you know that you are?
Are You in the Dark about the Best Jobs?
The best positions aren’t advertised until they are formalized. Investors, board members, and company executives are discussing strategic positions right now…and now is the time to get in touch with these senior decision makers. Why wait until the positions are formalized and advertised for competition?
Is Your Personal Network Exhausted?
Networking is limited to your personal industry contacts. They will often lead to where you used to be, and not where you want to go. Reaching out to these people makes sense and something might come of it…but it is not a proactive approach that zeroes in on the companies who are most likely to benefit and pay a premium for your experience.
Trade Shows for your Career Search…
For high-level job seekers, niche tradeshows are the best place to make new contacts. The tradeshows are organized by market sector or industry vertical. So you can make contact with dozens or hundreds of companies that are aligned with your background and experience. Tradeshows are also a great way to find out about new and emerging players in the industry, as well as venture-backed startups and ambitious growth companies.
Business Cards for your Career Search…
It’s great to know about new companies that you might be interested in. But getting inside the company is another story. CardBrowser makes it easy for you. Every record in our database contains all of the contact information found on a person’s business card – plus the tradeshow and date where we collected their card. Now you can call and tell them that you have their business card from an industry trade show. After all, they handed their cards out expecting people to get back in touch with them.
Get in Touch with C-Level Executives…
CardBrowser contains business cards from tens of thousands of CEO, President, GM, EVP, SVP, and VP level contacts. These executives decide on headcount, know where their weak spots are, contemplate backfilling non-performers, and sometimes make room for A+ candidates when there aren’t specific openings. Why waste time talking to HR staff and internal recruiters when you can go straight to the top? The right business cards can make all the difference in your career search.
Network with Your Peers…
CardBrowser contains thousands of business cards from your peers – people at your level…and employed in your industry. Often times this is the best place to find out about new jobs, and to gain introductions to the right people in a target company. It is easy to call these people when you have their business card from an industry tradeshow.
Find out How CardBrowser Can Help…
CardBrowser has a special program just for Job Seekers. Please fill in the form below and use the comments section to tell us about your background and what type of position you are seeking. We will reply back with detailed information and cost.
