Module 4 – Search Process: Tools, AI Awareness & Guerrilla Methods

Summary

This intensive module equips job seekers with a high-efficiency framework to bypass the “black hole” of online applications. By blending automated infrastructure with “Guerilla” networking tactics and advanced AI strategies, participants learn to stop being passive applicants and start operating as strategic candidates who generate responses through direct influence and technical leverage. You will build search agents that work for you, harness AI (not work against it), use it to maneuver around the HR gatekeepers and develop the outreach, schedule and activity tracking tools to manage it all efficiently.

Content

• The Tactical Job Search
  • Building search engines: setting up infrastructure and automation
  • Using the University Career Center
  • LinkedIn Groups and Community Networking
  • Company Targeting and the “adjacent” search
• Guerilla Job Search Tactics
  • Identifying the Decision Makers
  • Hunting for Direct Contact Information
  • The Value Proposition Email
  • The “Warm” Introduction
  • When LinkedIn runs dry – deep dive tactics
• The AI Arms Race
  • The ATS reality check – how AI is ruining online applications
  • The Double-Edged Sword of resume Training
  • Turning the Tables on AI – gaining strategic advantage
  • Power Prompts for leveraging AI in your search
  • The AI “Red Flag” Checklist
• The 90-Minute “Power Hour” Checklist
  • Managing the daily tactical activities of your search
• The Outreach Messaging Toolkit
  • Messaging and prompts to kick you into gear
• Search Activity Tracker
  • Keeping it organized and actionable