WORK Search Strategies

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THIS WEEK’s Event: Thursday, February 23rd @ 9AM at The Egg and I Restaurant (NW Quadrant of Arapaho and Montfort) in Addison

This week Thursday, February 23rd,  we will focus on using LinkedIn in order to develop your network, covering the material from “LinkedIn Task 2- Developing Your Network.”

Map to The Egg and I

Our Location

Come prepared to work on YOUR LinkedIn account–bring your laptop… 1) what does your digital fingerprint look like and… 2) Does it work for you in developing your network?

Let’s explore some of the useful functionality built into LinkedIn: Groups, Box.net, Slideshare, and more.

Who should attend?

  1. Those who might ask… HOW do I get more benefit from LinkedIn?
  2. Those seeking a systematic, focused, more predictable way to conduct an active job search;
  3. “Regulars” who need a ‘booster shot.’… and bring a guest;
  4. New Comers and tire kickers… this is a great session to supplement your job search effectiveness with!

      Schedule of future webinars

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Note to self: Social Media Here To Stay… LinkedIn Task 1, Developing Your Profile!

This week’s Thursday morning session will focus on developing a well-thought out, and effectively ‘branded’ LinkedIn profile.  If you are planning to attend, consider this post your homework assignment.

Your Careerpilot’s high TECH-HIGH TOUCH philosophy comes into play with the explosive growth of business professionals using social networks to build relationships, meet new contacts, and market themselves.  While the Internet provides many choices, diving into the virtual meet-and-greet can represent a real challenge.  Which one is worthy of your start-up investment: learning curve time and actual ROI of your efforts…  Where to begin? The Careerpilot encourages a choice that reasonably assures one’s confidentiality, has a multitude of useful applications, and can serve as your focal point of networking decisions. 

That choice is to create your own personal LinkedIn account.  Before you can begin this digital networking adventure, you must develop your personal profile.  While your page will detail your work history and other facts about you, don’t assume that you can simply cut and paste your resume content and be done with it.  Unlike your resume, your LinkedIn profile page should reflect all your professional interests, passions, and ambitions at this stage of your career.  It becomes the core of your digitalm written collateral

As you proceed, keep your goal in mind…

  • Do you want to have that fully optimized, SEO-centric magnet that attracts interested parties TO you?  -OR- 
  • Do you want that terrific, user-friendly home page and profile that is easy for a reader to navigate?  -OR- 
  • Do you want your profile and homepage to be appealing to both?

A checklist of things to include:

1. A picture. It’s been said that, “People do business with people.”

2. A specific and high impact “headline” with keywords relevant to your industry… your headline follows you around through several of the interactive applications.

3. Preferred contact method and data… At the bottom of your profile, you can let people know how you want to be contacted — through LinkedIn, by e-mail, or over the phone.

4. Desired information, networking “targets…  What you want to be contacted about… At the bottom of your profile, you can select interests like reference requests, consulting offers, or career opportunities.  Be sure to update your profile to stay in synch with your career.

…and don’t overlook the “power” of recommendations… start thinking of who you might want to encourage to endorse you and your services.  Job seekers: your references are a great start!

The LinkedIn site will walk you through filling in the blanks, but you’ll want to think ahead about two areas:

Positioning Yourself

Just like on a GREAT RESUME, directly underneath your name will be a short headline area. More than anything else in your profile, these words are how people find and define you.

Be Clear on What You’ve Done, and What You Want to Do…

>> For more info see the full article in the RESOURCES Page!

Your homework assignment?  Bring your profile up to 100% complete before Thursday morning’s workshop.

 

 

 

 

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REGISTER NOW for this week’s WEBINAR: Wednesday, February 1st @ 4:30 PM

Due to the popular demand of both webinar activity and PRACTICE time, this week we will have a webinar on Wednesday (Feb 1st) afternoon at 4:30 PM followed by our normal Thursday morning session. 

Wednesday afternoon’s Webinar will highlight communication strategy models:  Where does your keyword selection come from and how can you best utilize them in all your collateral development?

Click  >>HERE<< for registration information

Thursday morning’s workshop will focus on assessment and collateral development to assist you in ‘getting the word out’ and communicating yourself effectively… it is one of our Core Topics:

“Achieving CareerFIT.” 

Map to The Egg and I

Our Location

  Come prepared to work on the land mines that you’ve been stepping on during your current job search… We will cover preparing for collateral development, developing your branded message in all your collateral–the core of your Personal Marketing Plan, and turning leads into interviews.

This is a good session for job seekers who feel they have not performed well in their search efforts… or those involved in lengthy searches where they have received inadequate offers. 

 Who should attend this week?

  1. Those who are just starting or re-energizing their active job search;
  2. Those seeking a systematic, focused, more predictable way to conduct an effective job search effort;
  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 Event: Thursday, February 2nd @ 9AM at The Egg and I Restaurant (NW Quadrant of Arapaho and Montfort) in Addison

Due to the popular demand of both webinar activity and PRACTICE time, this week we will have a webinar on Wednesday (Feb 1st) afternoon at 4:30 PM followed by our normal Thursday morning session. 

Wednesday afternoon’s Webinar will highlight communication strategy models:  Where does your keyword selection come from and how can you best utilize them in all your collateral development?

Stay tuned for the REGISTRATION INFORMATION… Members of the Careerpilot’s Personal Services will be FREE, others will be charged $12

Thursday morning’s workshop will focus on assessment and collateral development to assist you in ‘getting the word out’ and communicating yourself effectively… it is one of our Core Topics:

“Achieving CareerFIT.” 

Map to The Egg and I

Our Location

  Come prepared to work on the land mines that you’ve been stepping on during your current job search… We will cover preparing for collateral development, developing your branded message in all your collateral–the core of your Personal Marketing Plan, and turning leads into interviews.

This is a good session for job seekers who feel they have not performed well in their search efforts… or those involved in lengthy searches where they have received inadequate offers. 

 Who should attend this week?

  1. Those who are just starting or re-energizing their active job search;
  2. Those seeking a systematic, focused, more predictable way to conduct an effective job search effort;
  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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The OTHER Job Market?

This Thursday we will be focusing on Embracing The OTHER Job Market (see more info in an earlier post, below) with some emphasis to the closing part of this overview session, negotiating the actual offer…

So, what IS this OTHER job market?

The notion of an “unpublished or hidden” job market is far from new.  However, knowledge of “The OTHER” job market, and your ability to execute your Personal Market Plan in it, will create both focus and productivity in your career transition.  The definition, strategies and tactics of this other market go well beyond those of the “unpublished or hidden” job market that gave birth to a whole industry, Corporate sponsored career consultation—outplacement.

You see, in every marketplace, there are buyers and sellers.  In the traditional job market, the one that our Department of Labor “analyzes,” job seekers are the sellers and their potential employers are the buyers.  The commodity is JOBS and the competition is fierce.

In the OTHER Job Market, buyers and sellers hold equal responsibility for the recruitment process.  When employers have a need for someone to fulfill a specific role, often the most desired candidates are employed individuals with the credentials they seek.  Thus the employer must sell their Company to potential employees in the marketplace in order to attract the best of the lot.  Once identified, they simply select their choice and buy their services. 

In other words, the commodity is productive WORK being assigned to the most qualified individual who ‘fits’ the employers needs.  Often, this WORK has not been clearly defined yet and the employer has not approved an open job requisition.  

The OTHER Job Market
 Characterized by available/needed work being fulfilled by job seekers, contractors, internal candidates, third-party consultants, retirees, part-timers, temporary workers, etc. 
 Work expectations are subjective, defined by mutual agreement, fulfillment of need or contract… reflected through the identification of qualified candidates. 
 Process directed by hiring authorities seeking best available talent at marketplace salary expectations.                                                 
 Qualified and available candidates are sourced and recruited, often through process of endorsement or internal referral.
 Screening accomplished by word of mouth and endorsement, often supplementing the organization’s formal process of recruitment.
 Often selection process has occurred before active recruitment has been fully engaged. 

 Actual selection often a rubber stamp formality to satisfy regulatory requirements.    >>More
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THIS WEEK’s Event: Thursday, January 26th @ 9AM at The Egg and I Restaurant (NW Quadrant of Arapaho and Montfort) in Addison

January 26th we will focus on negotiation models that can help you optimize your offers-AND- overview the entire process in our Core Topic: “Embracing The OTHER Job Market.” 

Map to The Egg and I

Our Location

  Come prepared to work on the land mines that you’ve been stepping on during your current job search… We will cover preparing for job search, developing and executing your Personal Marketing Plan, and turning leads into interviews.

This is a good session for job seekers who feel they have not performed well in their search efforts… or those involved in lengthy searches where they have received inadequate offers. 

 

Who should attend this week?

  1. Those who are just starting or re-energizing their active job search;
  2. Those seeking a systematic, focused, more predictable way to conduct an effective job search effort;
  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 Event: Thursday, January 19th @ 9AM at The Egg and I Restaurant (NW Quadrant of Arapaho and Montfort) in Addison

January 19th we will focus on interviewing effectiveness with our Core Topic: “Closing The Deal.” 

Map to The Egg and I

Our Location

  Come prepared to work on real life examples of land mines that you have stepped on during actual interviews in the past… We will cover handling difficult questions, money-speak, and pre-offer negotiation tactics.

This is a good session for job seekers who feel they have not performed well in past interviews… or those involved in lengthy searches where they have received inadequate offers. 

On January 26th, we will have a practice session revolving about answering questions effectively and using negotiation strategy and tactics.  Yes, this means that you need to anticipate our first webinar on Wednesday afternoon, January 25th!!

This will be the last FREE Webinar… I will be announcing the new service offerings soon.

Who should attend this week?

  1. Those who are not confident in the interview skills;
  2. Those seeking a systematic, focused, more predictable way to conduct an effective interview;
  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 Event: Thursday, January 12th @ 9AM at The Egg and I Restaurant (NW Quadrant of Arapaho and Montfort) in Addison

January 12th we will focus on using LinkedIn and other social media in developing your network, covering the material from “LinkedIn Part 2-Developing Your Network.”

Map to The Egg and I

Our Location

  Come prepared to work on YOUR LinkedIn account–bring your laptop… 1) what does your digital fingerprint look like and… 2) Does it work for you in developing your network?

Let’s explore some of the useful functionality built into LinkedIn: Groups, Box.net, Slideshare, and more.

Who should attend?

  1. Those who might ask… HOW do I get more benefit from LinkedIn?
  2. Those seeking a systematic, focused, more predictable way to conduct an active job search;
  3. “Regulars” who need a ‘booster shot.’… and bring a guest;
  4. New Comers and tire kickers… this is a great session to supplement your job search effectiveness with!
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WEBINAR Registration for Thursday, December 8th at 9 AM… TOPIC: RE-Energizing a “tired” Search

OK, unemployment gets old quickly… hard to stay motivated… hard to stay positive… hard to stay actively PRODUCTIVE…

So NOW WHAT???? Your Career Compass

Analyze your recent activities… actual contact count,   interviews, research time, practice time, etc.

Learn and build from your successes… When did you most recently feel good about RESULTS–what would you repeat?
 
Consider new approaches or develop new skills… Have you overcome call reluctance yet?  Can you deliver your verbal collaterals conversationally?  Do you need to update your use of technology or other professional skills?
 
This week’s REGISTRATION LINK…
 
https://events.meetingbridge.com/Register/?06123277761