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Step 1
Review your list of networking contacts and professional associations. Add and delete as necessary. If you don’t have a networking list create one. Begin by brainstorming. Write down everyone you know--friends, family, colleagues, the car salesman who sold you your car, your insurance agent, bank teller, postman, neighbors. Sales persons call this the circle of influence. Get their addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and work address. Then ask them if they can give the name of someone who might be able to help you get a job.
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Step 2
Create letterhead. Keep it clean and simple and consistent. Use the same format as your resume heading. This will be used for all your correspondence.
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Step 3
Revamp the resume. If it has been 6 months or more since you updated or revised your resume, it is time to do so. If you have the money it may be worthwhile to pay a professional to review it with you and write one for you.
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Step 4
Enlist the help of your college’s career advisor. If you are alumni your campus is a very good place to reconnect with your industry. Join the alumni association or simply visit your career advisor.
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Step 5
Keep handy your self-evaluations/analyses. Any evaluations you have, self or employment, keep in a binder.
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Step 6
Build your own website. It may be worth the money to build a 1 page website and create a newsletter and other commentary to invite people to view. This can also be used as an example of your work.
