The Quality Life

I’m spending my time these days hunting for a new job. It’s not the first time, but that doesn’t make it any easier!

It has got me wondering, though, about the quality process and how it could be applied to the job search. If you start with the concept of quality planning, an FMEA approach to identifying the skills you are marketing, the locales you wish to target, the types of jobs you would like…this could (with some tweaking of the RPN methodology) help you focus on the most important areas for your job search.

And then there’s document control. Your resumes and cover letters can get confusing, especially if you keep updating the documents. Knowing the content of each document, and keeping track of to whom you have submitted these documents, is as tricky as any controlled distribution situation.

The product quality is also measured in similar ways. Spelling or grammatical errors in a resume or cover letter can keep the consumer (potential employer) from sampling the product (YOU).

Finally, there’s a customer satisfaction measurement process, in which the thank you letter and interview feedback mechanism can keep you in touch with the customer.

Maybe I ought to write this up…I should certainly take another look at my own product!