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1by Rob DromgooleJob search, social media & networking
The power of social media
How to network in today's world to manifest your dream job
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Who the heck is this guy anyway?U.S. Army photojournalist ~ 5 years High-tech retained search ~3 yearsInternet start up ~2 years Large finance institution ~3 yearsBattelle/PNNL~10 yearsBachelors University of WashingtonMBA Washington State UniversityPassion for recruiting / headhunting as a profession! But Im not a trainer ..2
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What I hope you hear today .Posting & praying rarely worksNetworking & referrals are STILL the most effective way to find a job.Plug inRed pill vs. Blue Pill thinkingActionable homework
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4Youve appliedYouve interviewedYouve heard nothing back
You are not alone .
5Step #1PLUG IN
Why?
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Social Media nuggets ........LinkedIn 370+-million registered users in 200 countries & territories (July. 2014)Twitter 284-million active users (340-million tweets a day, 1.6 billion search quiries) (Nov. 2014)facebook 1.3 billion active users (June 2014)100% of Fortune 500 companies use LinkedIn to recruitEvery Fortune 500 company is on LIYes, you can be found (low probability) Building a personal brand. MOST important: You can FIND people!!!!
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(Fortune) -- If you need a job, or just want a better one, here's a number that will give you hope: 50,000. That's how many people the giant consulting firm Accenture plans to hire this year. Yes, actual jobs, with pay. It's looking for telecom consultants, finance experts, software specialists, and many more. You could be one of them -- but will Accenture find you? To pick these hires the old-fashioned way, the firm would rely on headhunters, employee referrals, and job boards. But the game has changed. To get the attention of John Campagnino, Accenture's head of global recruiting, you'd better be on the web.
LinkedIn CEO Jeff WeinerTo put a sharper point on it: If you don't have a profile on LinkedIn, you're nowhere. Partly motivated by the cheaper, faster recruiting he can do online, Campagnino plans to make as many as 40% of his hires in the next few years through social media. Says he: "This is the future of recruiting for our company."
The average member is a college-educated 43-year-old making $107,000. More than a quarter are senior executives. Every Fortune 500 company is represented. That's why recruiters rely on the site to find even the highest-caliber executives: Oracle (ORCL, Fortune 500) found CFO Jeff Epstein via LinkedIn in 2008.1/23/201510
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139,000 *Within 100 miles of 99352PNNL: 2,500+Central Washington Univ. 1,204Bechtel: 611Energy Northwest: 529Kennewick School District: 527Yakima Hospital: 527ConAgra Foods: 404State of Washington: 473Kadlec Medical Center: 432WSU: 401
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1,052 *Within 100 miles of 99352
Plugging In ConclusionsEveryone and anyone can (almost) be found. In time all.If they can be found, they can be contacted.If they can be contacted, they can be a resource in a job search or a potential mentor.Which leads to our 2nd hoped for walk away point 18
Networking & referrals is STILL king Referrals are the #1 source in hiring volume *CareerXroadsReferrals are hired 55% faster than candidates from career sites. *CareerXroadsReferrals only represent 6.9% of applicants *JobviteIf you are a referral, your chance at a job offer is 6 times greater. *Dr. John SullivanReferrals account for 44% of job placements in America *CareerXRoads90% of executive roles are filled via networking and referrals. *Wall Street Journal
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So whats the secret to being hired?Become a referred candidate. 20
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Boundary Rationality. Download its too big. Like a flashlight. Point your mind one direction, see blue. Point in another see red. Most important decision is not conscious, its pre-conscious. WHERE POINT. My argument, thousands of years of evolution pointing wrong place.1/23/201523
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Why does the apple fall?1/23/201524
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The price of innocence is impotence.
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Whatever you blame you empower
Its your fault, youre also saying its your power.
Its not your fault, but its in your power.
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What can I do in response to the situation?
Not denying anything.
RESPOND to situation.
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45Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?""That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.""I don't much care where ""Then it doesn't matter which way you go.
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Target your affinity groupsAlumniVeteranInterestsProfessionEthnicity (NSBE, SHPE, AISES, SWE)
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146,350 University of Washington alumni you can call.Full access to LI Recruiter costs $8,000 per seat.LI is free, but search results depends on connections.No phone numbers.No e-mail address.But all you need is a name, company & title.50
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Top internet job boardsIndeed.com (72nd most visited site)Monster.com (150th most visited site)CareerBuilder.com (193rd most visited site)SimplyHired.com (521st most visited site)Google/Bing/Yahoo52
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Yes people search Google & Bing & !Yahoo54
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Call, DO NOT E-mail your list .56
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Need a local business phone #?Provides phone #Provides namesProvides address59
Publicly traded? Go to YAHOO! Finance60
To sum it all up You can find open jobs .You can use social media to find company insiders You can contact company insiders and affinity groups directly 61
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Get on LinkedInConnect with 25-50 peopleCreate a list of contacts Call them. Ask for help. Get an interview.
63Stop looking for the right career, and start looking for a job. Any job. Forget about what you like. Focus on whats available. Get yourself hired. Show up early. Stay late. Volunteer for the scut work. Become indispensable. You can always quit later, and be no worse off than you are today. But dont waste another year looking for a career that doesnt exist. And most of all, stop worrying about your happiness. Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way thats consistent with those beliefs.Many people today resent the suggestion that theyre in charge of the way the feel. But trust me, Parker. Those people are mistaken. That was a big lesson from Dirty Jobs, and I learned it several hundred times before it stuck. What you do, who youre with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.
Good luck - Mike Rowe
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