One year later: upgrading, expanding the 90 day Action Plan

In late August of last year I made my “90 day ‘Action Plan’” file available on the FREE Downloads page.  If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a great “seal the deal” tool to bring with you to a second interview:  an outline of how you plan to approach your first three months on the job, should you be hired.  I’ve used this approach several times, and it works. Someone is selling a similar document on the web for $79.

The file has been downloaded over 1,800 times in the last year.  About a dozen readers have either commented or emailed me that it was instrumental in their landing new jobs.

But the file itself is a bare bones, no-frills template, the simplest of Word documents.  And that’s always bothered me; I want this to be as effective a tool for my readers as possible.

That’s why I recently worked with a talented graphic designer to upgrade the appearance and professionalism of the document.  While I was at it, I began thinking about how to bundle the 90 day plan with other, related material to make it even more valuable and useful.

My intention is to offer this “bundle” for sale on Practical Hacks in the the near future.  I’ll charge a nominal amount for it in order to help defray the costs involved in running and maintaining this blog.

In another few weeks I’ll let you know when to expect to see it on the site.  If you’ve used the 90 Day Action Plan and have comments or suggestions, I’d love to hear from you!