If you understand just how much 30-60-90-day plans can help you get the job, then your next question is, "How do I write a 30-60-90-Day Plan?"

These do take some work to research and put together, but the investment you make in time and effort is going to pay off big for you in terms of money and job offers.  This plan is going to help you have a wildly successful job interview.  So, now what?

How do you write a 30-60-90-Day Plan?

1.  The first 30 days of your plan is usually focused on training–learning the company systems, products, services, software, vendors, and/or customers.  So, most of the items in your 30-day plan should be along the lines of attending training, mastering product knowledge, learning specific corporate systems, traveling to learn your territory (if you’re in sales), meeting other members of the team, or reviewing accounts.

This part of the plan is all about getting your feet wet.  Not every boss has a lot of time to train you.  If you can show how you can get up to speed on your own, they love it.  No hand-holding necessary for you.

2.  The next 30 days (60-day) are focused on more field or independent time, less training, more customer introductions, more vendor introductions, reviews of customer satisfaction....just getting deeper into things. More details, more responsibility.

A big point here in this 60-day section is getting feedback from your manager to see how you're doing.  Put this in your plan.

3.  The last 30 days (90-day) are the "taking off on your own" part.  By now, you should be up to speed, rolling with some independence, and contributing significantly.  You should know your way around by now and be initiating things on your own:  thinking of ways to increase customers or revenue, generating ideas to save time or money, implementing plans or schedules, fine-tuning your schedule, and continuing  to get performance feedback.
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What is a 30-60-90-day plan? 

If you've heard the term but you don't quite know what all the fuss is about,  read on and discover this job interview miracle tool.

A 30-60-90-day plan is a written outline of your goals in the first 3 months on the job.  It's broken into 3 parts each detailing what you will do in:

• the first 30 days (training, getting to know your way around)
• the next 30 days (the 60-day part...getting deeper into the details, preparing longer-term goals, etc.)
• the next 30 days (the 90-day part...launching off on your own, taking initiative, implementing plans, significantly contributing to the company in your role)

BEFORE your first job interview with a company, you research the job and the company, create one of these plans for the position, and bring it to the interview to discuss with the hiring manager (your potential new boss).

30/60/90-day plans "Wow" hiring managers in a big, big way.  Why? 
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What's your biggest job interview problem?

• Don't have the perfect background or quite enough experience?
• You don't stand out as the "wow" candidate?
• You get lots of interviews, but no offers?

The easiest and best way to get past those very common obstacles is to write a 30-60-90-day plan and bring it to your interview--that's the straightforward, honest truth.  It works if you're a brand-new graduate and it works if you're a seasoned veteran of your career.

I've used it myself (and got 5 offers the last time I was in the job search) and I've had my candidates use it for years--because it gets them hired.

Once you use one of these plans, you will never go to another interview without one.  They're that good.

We have a ton of information about 30-60-90-day plans on this blog you can use to write one, but here are two to start with:

• Why 30-60-90-Day Plans Make Your Interviewer Love You

• How to Find Information for Your 30-60-90-Day Plan

Or, if you want to just cut to the chase and get it done  (or even if you just need the confidence of an expert who's got your back), check out our 30-60-90-day plan samples and templates that come with all my tips and tricks for writing and presenting these plans.  You will be very comfortable using this tool in an interview.  You have two options:

• 30-60-90-Day Sales Plans for Sales Jobs

• 30-60-90-Day Action Plans for everyone else (people always ask if these plans are worth it if you're not in sales, but actually they're even more impressive outside of sales jobs)

These plans really do work.  You will communicate better and sell yourself for the job.

They give you an enormous boost over "you don't have enough experience."

They polish you so that you outshine every other candidate.

They get you job offers.

Create a 30-60-90-Day Plan for your next interview and you'll see what I mean.