Reduce Job Search Anxiety:

Read Yikes! and Follow the

6-Step Process

Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job Book

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Reduce Job Search Anxiety:

Read Yikes! and Follow the

6-Step Process

Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job Book
Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job

Don’t let the title throw you…

“Yikes! I’ve Got to Get a Job” is a

linear, 6-Step Process on how to

execute an efficient job search!

You’ve lost your job, yet the financial responsibilities don’t stop. Food, phone, mortgage, car payments, insurance of all types, and plenty of financial obligations continue. Now you need to start a job search. You want to work smart, not hard, be efficient versus getting sucked into traps.  Like I have experienced, you need to know where to begin, how to allocate time, and how to cope. “Yikes!” is the answer….learn to catalog your market value, create a compelling resume, how to use social media, all the way to how to interview, negotiate an offer, and stay engaged with your valuable network!

Matt helped me manage my job search using the 6 steps. I’m here to tell you that YIKES! will help you land a job!

Anthony ChapmanSales Manager, Aerospace Division

Matt has been an amazing resource for me and other members of my family. He has deep knowledge and expertise in networking, resume building, utilizing digital platforms, interviewing and negotiation. His 6-Step Process is simply brilliant and is loaded with content that is sure to get you more interviews and job offers. It’s like having Matt right next door to help you just like he has helped me.

Aaron StrykerVP Creative

A must have book for job search! It’s packed with dozens of tips and a process that brings peace of mind during a chaotic time.

Sylvia DeMarcoMarketing Manager

Yikes! provided me with clear guidelines that gave me a competitive edge in my search. I found the section on Applicant Tracking Software (ATS) most informative.

Greg JacksonFluid Power Specialist

The section on career and skills assessment led me to consider buying a franchise. I did and never looked back. Great advice!

Greg BernierManufacturers Representative Company

"I learned so much about what employers are looking for from Yikes! Mr. Ostrofsky pinpoints how you can achieve greater success when applying for a position. The 6-Step Process I have learned will be forever embedded in my mind to help me develop my career and optimize my opportunities search."

Daniel LangstonStrategic Brand & Marketing Partnerships
Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job

Don’t let the title throw you…

“Yikes! I’ve Got to Get a Job” is a linear, 6-Step Process on how to execute an efficient job search!

You’ve lost your job, yet the financial responsibilities don’t stop. Food, phone, mortgage, car payments, insurance of all types, and plenty of financial obligations continue. Now you need to start a job search. You want to work smart, not hard, be efficient versus getting sucked into traps.  Like I have experienced, you need to know where to begin, how to allocate time, and how to cope. “Yikes!” is the answer….learn to catalog your market value, create a compelling resume, how to use social media, all the way to how to interview, negotiate an offer, and stay engaged with your valuable network!

Matt helped me manage my job search using the 6 steps. I’m here to tell you that YIKES! will help you land a job!

Anthony ChapmanSales Manager, Aerospace Division

Matt has been an amazing resource for me and other members of my family. He has deep knowledge and expertise in networking, resume building, utilizing digital platforms, interviewing and negotiation. His 6-Step Process is simply brilliant and is loaded with content that is sure to get you more interviews and job offers. It’s like having Matt right next door to help you just like he has helped me.

Aaron StrykerVP Creative

A must have book for job search! It’s packed with dozens of tips and a process that brings peace of mind during a chaotic time.

Sylvia DeMarcoMarketing Manager

Yikes! provided me with clear guidelines that gave me a competitive edge in my search. I found the section on Applicant Tracking Software (ATS) most informative.

Greg JacksonFluid Power Specialist

The section on career and skills assessment led me to consider buying a franchise. I did and never looked back. Great advice!

Greg BernierManufacturers Representative Company

"I learned so much about what employers are looking for from Yikes! Mr. Ostrofsky pinpoints how you can achieve greater success when applying for a position. The 6-Step Process I have learned will be forever embedded in my mind to help me develop my career and optimize my opportunities search."

Daniel LangstonStrategic Brand & Marketing Partnerships
Matt helps people in their job search.
Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job Matt Ostrofsky
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helped by Matt
20
of helping experience

Matt helps people in their job search.

200
helped by Matt
20
of helping experience
Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job Matt Ostrofsky

This has become his avocation. He wrote “Yikes!” because he learned about several areas that trip people up in job search. These lead to negative outcomes due to steep learning curves. Some of areas where skills can be improved by following tenants he preaches are; opportunity evaluation, resume writing/formatting, applying on-line, and preparing for an interview. Through his on-going mentoring he witnessed people experiencing some of the same frustrations and disappointments he experienced in job search. Matt researched and found there is limitless free and fragmented information, but no “linear process” as to how to manage and execute a job search. That motivated him to write “Yikes! I’ve Got to Get a Job”.  Gainfully employed today, Matt continues to help people better prepare and manage their job search.

Many people blindly apply on-line for opportunities they are not truly experienced or qualified for and get depressed when (literally) they are never contacted.  This book will help you work through these issues, recognize traps and pitfalls to avoid, and get your search working at a realistic and optimal level. Following the 6-Step Process will bring order to a chaotic situation and give you peace of mind that you’re working efficiently and smartly.

The Proven 6-Step Process:

1

Step 1: Career and Skills Assessment

- Introspective evaluation of personal interests, experiences, and career accomplishments the reader “brings to market”
- Assignment to define your experiences, competencies, and skills.
2

Step 2: The Resume

- Builds the Yikes! proven effective resume layout in four parts
- Chronological, Functional, Combination
- Explains the importance of uniquely tailoring the resume to each opportunity
- Shows how keyword match improves your chances to get a call
- Demonstrates how dollars, numbers, and percentages creates IMPACT
3

Step 3: LinkedIn and Applying Online

- Explains the critical nature of LinkedIn and how to optimize social media
- Reviews the traps and pitfalls of blindly applying for jobs online
4

Step 4: Phone Screens and Interviews

- Explains the importance of research, preparation, and practice
- Lists common questions to prepare for and questions the candidate
should have for the interviewer
- Reinforces the interview should be a two-way discussion
- Prospects need determine if the company has a culture, people,
and products I want to be a part of?
5

Step 5: Negotiating the Offer

- Confirms that receiving an offer begins a potential negotiation
- Suggests a benign approach to ask for additional compensation value
- Offers encouragement as not everyone would think to ask
6

Step 6: Networking and Helping Others

- Reinforces networking is the number-one aspect of job search
- Recognizes many folks are afraid to try,
but gives examples and encouragement to try
- Explains how to change your calls from a cry for help to an offer of assistance
- Advocates for helping others now that you learned so much about the job search process
Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job Book

Commit to Follow the 6-Step Process and Get “Yikes!”

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The Proven 6-Step Process
Yikes! I've Got to Get a Job Book
1

Step 1: Career and Skills Assessment

- Introspective evaluation of personal interests, experiences, and career accomplishments the reader “brings to market”
- Assignment to define your experiences, competencies, and skills
2

Step 2: The Resume

- Builds the Yikes! proven effective resume layout in four parts
- Chronological, Functional, Combination
- Explains the importance of uniquely tailoring the resume to each opportunity
- Shows how keyword match improves your chances to get a call

- Demonstrates how dollars, numbers, and percentages creates IMPACT

3

Step 3: LinkedIn and Applying Online

- Explains the critical nature of LinkedIn and how to optimize social media
- Reviews the traps and pitfalls of blindly applying for jobs online
4

Step 4: Phone Screens and Interviews

- Explains the importance of research, preparation, and practice
- Lists common questions to prepare for and questions the candidate
should have for the interviewer
- Reinforces the interview should be a two-way discussion
- Prospects need determine if the company has a culture, people,
and products I want to be a part of?
5

Step 5: Negotiating the Offer

- Confirms that receiving an offer begins a potential negotiation
- Suggests a benign approach to ask for additional compensation value
- Offers encouragement as not everyone would think to ask
6

Step 6: Networking and Helping Others

- Reinforces networking is the number-one aspect of job search
- Recognizes many folks are afraid
to try, but gives examples and encouragement to try
- Explains how to change your calls from a cry for help to an offer of assistance
- Advocates for helping others now that you learned so much about the job search process
Commit to Follow the 6-Step Process and Get “Yikes!”
Get on Amazon

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