Job Search Process & Executing Your Campaign

5/10/16JobCompass Outreach Team

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Agenda

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• Kick-Off and Introductions 10 min.

• What Really Successful Job Seekers do Well 10 min.

• Our Job Compass Ministry Time Together – “Campaign” 20 min.

• Job Search Process & Tips 20 min.

• Why Catholics make Great Job Seekers 10 min.

• Networking & Coaching Time 20 min.

What Really Successful Job Seekers do Well

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• Mindset • Persistence and commitment• Goals and Accountability • Take action • Focus on the “How” vs. the “Why”• Help Others

Our Job Compass Ministry Time Together - Campaign

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• Career Campaign Tool Kit • A Plan with a professional objective• Core message – Why me? • Networking• Marketing Plan with target companies • Social media • Scorecard• Resume and cover letters • Recruiters, Job Boards and other resources

Job Search Process

JobCompassA People for Others Navigating Change

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Conduct Skills & Interest Assessment

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Research Industries and Markets

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Target Organizations and Positions

Leadership Target

Division President

Chief Operating Officer

VP & General Manager

SVP Sales

SVP Operations

Financial Industrial Energy & Utilities Consulting

Capital Equipment Financing Engineering & Construction Services Utilities Energy

Equipment Rental & Leasing Logistics and Transportation Energy Services Change Management

Financial Services Security Renewable Energy Business Transformation

Private Equity Energy & Healthcare Devices Retail Energy Sales Force Effectiveness

Sustainability Organization Development

Leadership Target

Division President

Chief Operating Officer

VP & General Manager

SVP Sales

SVP Operations

Financial Industrial Energy & Utilities Consulting

Capital Equipment Financing Engineering & Construction Services Utilities Energy

Equipment Rental & Leasing Logistics and Transportation Energy Services Change Management

Financial Services Security Renewable Energy Business Transformation

Private Equity Energy & Healthcare Devices Retail Energy Sales Force Effectiveness

Sustainability Organization Development

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Develop & Refine Resume

• Use of a cute email address

• Spelling errors, grammatical errors

• Everything but the kitchen sink

• Use of abbreviations, e.g. UM, UF, FSU

• Omitting city or state of an employer

• Inaccurate dates, overlapping timeframes

• KEY WORDS• POWERFUL VERBS• MEASURABLE

Syndee Feuer, Career Tactics

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Expand Networking “Mind Map”

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Apply for Positions

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• Thoroughly Read Job Descriptions• Create an Original Cover Letter• Identify Key Words and Tailor your Resume• Make Sure your Responses are on Target and Error Free• Maintain One Candidate Profile per Company• Fill Out All Fields within the Application Process• Ensure your Social Media Profile is Current• Clean Up your Public Social Media Profile• Review all the Information you Imported before Submitting

Miriam Salpeter, Keppie Careers

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Prepare for Interview

• Research to Demonstrate Understanding of Organization

• Look the Role & Use Industry Vernacular

• Body Language is Very Important, Smile, Solid Handshake, Eye Contact

• Rehearse Responses to Behavioral based Questions

• Have a Plan; What Would you do the first 90 days on the job?

• Be Prepared to Talk about Each of Your Roles, what did you learn?

• Send a Personal Thank You in 24 Hours

• Recap Current Situation / Desired Results / Impact

• Organizations hire integrity & character, team chemistry, and talent

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Navigate Offer and On-Boarding

15 Rules for Negotiating Job Offer

• Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Likeability• Help them Understand Why You Deserve what You’re

Requesting• Make it Clear They Can Get You• Understand the Person Across the Table• Understand their Constraints• Be Prepared for Tough Questions• Focus on the Questioner’s Intent, Not on the Question• Consider the Whole Deal• Negotiate Multiple Issues Simultaneously, Not Serially• Don’t Negotiate Just to Negotiate• Think Through the Timing of Offers• Avoid, Ignore, or Downplay Ultimatums of any Kind• Remember, They are Not Out to Get You • Stay at the Table• Maintain a Sense of Perspective

Deepka Mahotra

Why Catholics make Great Job Seekers

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• We Believe• We Live within a Framework• We Persist • We Worship as a Community• We Do the Work • We Live on God’s Time • We Embrace Ministry • We Celebrate