Month: May 2015

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THIS WEEK… Thursday’s Workshop: Achieving CareerFIT… Thursday, June 4th at 8:45 AM @ The Egg and I in Addison

Thursday, June 4th, we will focus on assessment activity leading to your communication strategies. …  My colleague, Brian Allen has a scheduling conflict so Bob will be presenting.  Your Careerpilot has created collateral development: resumes, correspondence, etc. as a separate topic for our next event.

This is a great place to start for new-comers as the other Core Topics will follow in sequence… THIS WEEK’s Workshop…  Achieving CareerFIT brings focus to those elusive decisions regarding positioning and targeting your efforts.

The first five steps of the 12 step process, from assessment to beginning the evolution of your LinkedIn Profile, will be discussed. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST with your network.

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Just what IS a good CareerFIT for you?

To achieve a good “fit” between you and any future opportunity, you have to ask yourself some basic questions about yourself and your prospective employers. The fit depends on how well the jobs meets your needs and how well your skills and abilities meet the employer’s needs. The employer will make a decision and extend an offer to you: now it is time for you to make your decision.

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Write out the factors that are important to you in a job… actually write out your list.  During your career transition, learn the value of setting your offer criteria, a key element of your Personal Market Plan:

  1. Creates an objective target for your efforts ahead;
  2. Gives you a meaningful set of questions to ask during research and networking;
  3. Provides an objective way to analyze and react to offers as they occur.

To manage your career wisely has you extending the same concept.  Consider some of the factors listed below … Examine each factor through the questions listed – and then ask, “does this opportunity fit me?”

Please let me know you’re planning to attend by filling out this quick RSVP… THX

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THIS Week’s Workshop: Embracing The OTHER Job Market ++… Thursday, May 28th @ 8:45 AM at The Egg and I Restaurant

This is a good place for new comers to start with DFWCAREERPILOT.   To optimize your understanding and use of the DFWCareerpilot message, Thursday, May 28th,  we’ll focus on defining the OTHER Job Market and learning a very different approach to job search activities.  ++ We have a special INTRO presentation by a guest speaker, Ms Kathleen Taylor-Gadsby.  This should give you a terrific way to ramp up your efforts in the summer ahead.

A thought to consider for Thursday:  If you wanted to fail at your career transition…what actual activities could you be doing?  Be prepared for a lively session this week.

We meet  at The Egg and I Restaurant in Addison, located 1 block east of the Dallas N Tollway. See Map on the right ==>

If an individual is under-employed, seeking a change, or actually unemployed, they must be visible to potential employers who are seeking their services.  Creating this visibility is strategic, personal market planning and execution—it can be marketability without rejection!  Remember…

 Personal Marketing is a contact sport.

The one thing you’ll need to know, and understand HOW to execute, for the rest of your career…

Never be a job-hunter again!!!  It’s OK to be an interested, available and highly marketable professional.  Always seek a good CAREER “FIT.” 

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Come prepared to practice your telephone presence.   YOUR “PRE-session HOMEWORK” is to increase your first level contact list on LinkedIn by TEN NEW individuals… and add ONE NEW GROUP to those you have already chosen.

 

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THIS Week’s Workshop: Interview TACTICS… Thursday, May 21st, 8:45 AM @ The Egg and I Restaurant in Addison

Thursday, May 21st we will ‘conduct’ and practice interview strategies in real time, drawing from actual experience of our participants.  Our focus is on effective approaches to turniung an interrogation into a conversation.  This event will be co-facilitated by Brian Allen and Clay Tarpley.

Who Should Attend?

  1. Anyone who wants to perform better in formal interviews!
  2. Job seekers who find themselves in a rut…rapidly crashing into the black hole of depression
  3. Any job seeker looking to create focus within their interview style
  4. Any professional to give substance to their next steps
  5. Newcomers to DFWCareerpilot… including tire-kickers

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THIS WEEK’s Event: CLOSING THE DEAL-Interview STRATEGIES…Thursday, May 14th@ 8:45AM at The Egg and I Restaurant

For years, CORPORATE Recruiters have relied on access to that special stack of resumes or a ‘Rolodex of top candidates’ to recruit from for hard to fill positions. Since the 80s the drive behind recruitment technology has been an effort to replicate and scale this activity by storing these resumes in databases making them available through key word search.

That ‘systematic approach’ is dysfunctional… It hasn’t worked!  Enter the assistance of third party recruitment professionals, headhunters, who charge a fee to the hiring organization to find you and get you placed.

If you are not willing or able to conduct your own personal negotiation with an interested hiring organization, the key is to know how headhunters think. They want one thing: to close the deal.  This is hopefully in synch with your motivation, but not always.  Remember they are already working for the Company who pays them.

What headhunters like least is a passive candidate who doesn’t state their requirements clearly. They want to know exactly what you want. They may not always be able to get it for you, but if it’s reasonable, they will try to satisfy you (and the employer) to get the deal closed. So, if you make things black and white for this headhunter, its easier to work on your behalf.

Pre-Offer Negotiation Tip:  Work with the headhunter… suggest, “This offer is attractive, but I want to make the right decision, here. I’d have to take some time to think about. I’m not sure I’d accept it. If it were 4% higher, maybe $5k more, I’d accept it on the spot. In fact, if you can get the offer raised by $5k, you don’t even need to call me back. You can tell them I accept… What do you think?”

Remember, your placement costs the Company real dollars when they work through a headhunter… make them earn it! 

– The Careerpilot

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Thursday, May 14th, we will focus on Interview concepts and strategies, including MoneySpeak and interviewing–including a PRE-Offer Negotiation Approach.  This stuff is worth your practice time in anticipation of that terrific offer you’ll get!

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Who should attend?

  1. Those who want to perform more effectively in actual interviews–get to the offer!
  2. Those seeking a systematic, focused, more predictable way to conduct any interview and discussion of salary;
  3. “Regulars” who need a ‘booster shot.’… and bring a guest;
  4. New Comers and tire kickers… this is a great session with which to supplement your job search effectiveness!

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THIS Week’s Workshop: Turning OPPORTUNITIES Into INTERVIEWS… Thursday, May 7th @ 8:45 AM at The Egg and I Restaurant

This is a good place for new comers to start with DFWCAREERPILOT.  THIS is what most job seekers call ‘an active job search…’ and is why this is STEP TEN in our Process.  On Thursday, May 7th,  we’ll focus on telephone skills/ scripting, call reluctance, and appropriate follow-up… all wrapped around your ‘value proposition’ for a specific job and networking your way to the decision-maker.

We meet  at The Egg and I Restaurant in Addison, located 1 block east of the Dallas N Tollway. See Map on the right ==>

If an individual is under-employed, seeking a change, or actually unemployed, they must be visible to potential employers who are seeking their services.  Creating this visibility is strategic, personal market planning and execution—it can be marketability without rejection!  Remember…

 Personal Marketing is a contact sport.

The one thing you’ll need to know, and understand HOW to execute, for the rest of your career…

Never be a job-hunter again!!!  It’s OK to be an interested, available and highly marketable professional.  Always seek a good CAREER “FIT.” 

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Please SHARE this Post with a friend or two that you think may benefit from the information and interaction…

Come prepared to practice your telephone presence.   YOUR “PRE-session HOMEWORK” is to increase your first level contact list on LinkedIn by TEN NEW individuals… and add ONE NEW GROUP to those you have already chosen.