For more information and to preview video clips from the Guerrilla Job Search Home Study Course DVD web page, go to: http://tinyurl.com/crjobsearch

Guest post by Paul Bell, manager of e-learning:

I can speak from experience when it comes to Guerrilla Job Search. Not only have I worked in a previous life as a recruiter and performed a few for myself over the last several years, but I also had the pleasure of recently recording the first 4 in a series of webinars being released exclusively to us by the Guerrilla Job Search team of David E. Perry and Kevin Donlin. It's all being done in conjunction with CollegeRecruiter.com's offering of their Guerrilla Job Search Home Study Course DVD in our online bookstore.

In this first webinar in the series, David and Kevin begin by bemoaning the fact that so many people invest in years of university and college educations to advance their dreams of particular careers; and, then, immediately abandon their goals to take the first job offered, no matter what it is. With over 20 years in the search business, Perry introduces the investment in time and energy that should go directly into advancing your knowledge of and search for companies that support your career ambitions.

And that's where the "Guerrilla" comes in. While everyone is chasing the same classified ad or job posting for one company in your town, a proactive guerrilla job search will have you researching what companies will best meet your goals - and then contacting them, whether they're hiring or not. While the masses will be contacting HR, the guerrilla will be contacting former employees of the company, mining them for information that will assist in a well formulated plan of attack.

Together, Perry and Donlin discuss the best methods of research, how to use the social networks for valuable intel, the need to extract yourself from the keyboard to do a bit of legwork, the companies typically hiding in your own back yard, what to look for in an industrial park, and why the Business section is better than the want ads.

It's a webinar not to be missed by two experts that you'd be hard-pressed to top in terms of sheer experience. David E. Perry is Managing Director of Perry-Martel International, one of North Americas top executive search, recruiting and placement firms. A veteran of more than 950 executive recruiting and search projects who has negotiated over $164 million in salaries, Perry is the co-author of "Guerrilla Marketing for Job-Hunters 2.0" and author of several other books.

As President of Guaranteed Resumes, Kevin Donlin has written and edited more than 10,000 resumes and cover letters, assisted nearly 5,000 clients, and has written a Job Search column for the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 2000. He is a contributing co-author to "Guerrilla Marketing for Job-Hunters 2.0" and has authored several other books.

Together, David and Kevin have created the "Guerrilla Job Search Home Study Course." On DVD and now available through CollegeRecruiter.com for the first time, the course and its creators have been profiled and featured by The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Fortune Magazine, ABC TV, CBS Radio, and many more media outlets too numerous to list here.

As Perry says that Donlin defines it, a "guerrilla job search" is all about zigging when everyone else is zagging. For film buffs like me, Donlin offered an Indiana Jones analogy. "Do you really want to get into the sword fight, or would you rather just shoot the guy to reach your goal faster?"

Good point. Is it smarter to passively wait for the one job to appear that everyone will be fighting you for? Being proactive to find the right job with the perfect company is a direct approach and investment that will pay dividends when you are the only one being considered for a job that - until they met you - may not have existed.

LINKS:

For more information or to download this FREE webinar video, go to: http://findthebestcompanieswebinar.eventbrite.com/

As with all of our webinar videos available to download, you'll receive the complete video and a slide show handout. For more information, video clips and purchase information, check out the Guerrilla Job Search Home Study Course DVD web page, located at: http://tinyurl.com/crjobsearch

To see a linked list of all currently available CollegeRecruiter.com webinars, go to http://www.eventbrite.com/org/228692721?s=1309493