Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
– Author Unknown

If I take a risk and try something new and it fails, I don’t think of it as a failure.  I think of it as a learning experience.  Don’t get me wrong…winning is better. 🙂  But we all learn from everything that we do.

Your job search can feel like a time when everything is a risk. For some, that means that they don’t try much…they don’t step out of their comfort zone, and that holds them back.  I encourage you today to step out.  Take a risk.  You can’t win if you don’t at least try.

I run into a lot of job seekers who are afraid to take my advice to directly contact hiring managers.  They feel that it’s too risky.  They don’t want to be a bother.  They don’t want to make anyone mad.  That’s the wrong way to look at it.

Contacting hiring managers is less of a risk than you think.  Great managers always want to know about someone who could be a fantastic solution or a needed resource for their company.  Knowing about you and what you can do for them is always a positive.  And when you do, you exponentially increase your chances of getting interviews.

If you don’t know how to get started contacting hiring managers, or you want a proven way to do it that eliminates the risk, check out my Hidden Jobs Finder, which puts you in front of lots of hiring managers for potential jobs and gets you multiple interviews.