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Re-energizing Your Job Search Marcia LaReau, PhD
President, Forward Motion, LLC
January 9, 2013 Simsbury Public Library
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Agenda
• New Career Planning – 5, 10, 25 years
• Situational analysis: New Skill Sets: – Become an expert – Skills you will need – Attributes will you need… to develop
• The new job-search process (2013) – Applications – Interviewing
• Expert help: yes or no, and how much • Keys to success • Q & A
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Agenda • Career Planning
– 5, 10, 25 years
• Situational analysis – Become an expert – Skills you will need – Attributes will you need… to develop
• The job-search process – Applications – Interviewing
• Expert help: yes or no, and how much • Keys to success • Q & A
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Your Career Identity
• Who are you? (as a person) • What unique value do you bring? • Where do you want to work?
(Where you want to make a difference: places, industries, receivers…)
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How to plan your Career Identity
• Your 5 year plan
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Your Career Identity: Considerations
• How often do people change jobs? “People change jobs fairly often— about every 5 years, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).” (White paper: Career Planning, the second time around. http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/summer/art02.pdf)
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How to plan your Career ID
• Your 10 year plan: • Your 4 – 8 year plan:
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Process to find your Career ID
• Keep flexible • Remain versatile • Practice resilience
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Process to find your Career ID
• Keep flexible • Remain versatile • Practice resilience
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Your Career Identity: Considerations
• Now: People will change jobs every 4 years
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Your Career Identity: Additional Considerations
Labor on Demand Model 1099 Independent Contractors
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Your Career Identity: Additional Considerations
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Your Career Identity: Additional Considerations
• By 2040 the largest companies are expected to have no more than 1500 employees. – Flexibility – Versatility – Resilience
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How to plan your Career Identity
• Your five four and eight year employment plan
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A few harbingers of change
• Healthcare – no longer tied to full-time permanent employment.
• Full-time employees opt for part-time jobs.
• 4,000,000 boomers retire annually through 2030.
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Harbinger of change
• Healthcare – no longer tied to full-time permanent position.
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Agenda
• Career Planning – 5, 10, 25 years
• Situational analysis – Become an expert – Skills you will need – Attributes will you need… to develop
• The job-search process – Applications – Interviewing
• Expert help: yes or no, and how much • Keys to success • Q & A
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Situational Analysis: Become an Expert
• Your value • Your irreplaceability • Your industry
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Expert: Your value
Learn to speak about your: • Skills • Experience • Training • Education • Character • Future
• 2-3 sentences on each • Varying degrees of
technical jargon • Ability to demonstrate
your skills and attributes.
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Expert: Your irreplaceability
• Personal branding • Why you are uniquely qualified as the right
candidate. • Identify their pain, tell how you will relieve it.
Answers questions like: – Tell me about yourself. – Why is this a good job for you? – Why should we hire you?
Differentiation
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Expert: Your irreplaceability
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Expert: Your industry. How?
• Trade/Industry magazines (available online) • LinkedIn Groups and LinkedIn Answers • Start a project! • Volunteer in your industry
– Recent references – Current work – Current skills
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Important message:
WHY
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Companies are afraid of long-term unemployed:
• Their skills are not up-to-date. • They are not “work ready”.
• Your materials: Cover Letter, Résumé, LI Profile must have a consistent message that addresses these two concerns.
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Situational Analysis: Skills you will need
• Ability to find opportunities – Online – Offline
• Ability to be found (LinkedIn) – Profile: Be found (Hidden Jobs) – Groups: Keep current – Participate: Keep sharp
• Computer skills – Document management
• Online application systems
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Skills: Ability to find opportunities ON-line
• Use aggregate search engines: – www.indeed.com – www.simplyhired.com – www.juju.com
• Find industry-specific job boards: – www.administrativeassistantjobs.com – www.modernanalyst.com – www.graphic-design.jobs.net – www.6figurejobs.com
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Skills: Ability to find opportunities ON-line
• LinkedIn: – Jobs – Groups
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Skills: Ability to find opportunities OFF-line
• Educate your network: – Friends – Family – Church or Synagogue – Civic, Social, and Fraternal Organizations – Alumni Associations in your area (pay-dirt!!!) – Little league parents – PTA
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Skills: Ability to find opportunities OFF-line
• Educate your network: – Job groups: Internet Search
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Skills: Ability to be found
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Skills: Document Management
• Microsoft Word – Open office – Mac: iWork Pages
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Skills: Online Application Systems
• Filtering Systems • Applicant Tracking Systems
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Situational Analysis: Skills you will need
• Ability to find opportunities – Online – Offline
• Ability to be found (LinkedIn) – Profile: Be found (Hidden
Jobs) – Groups: Keep current – Participate: Keep sharp
• Computer skills – Document management
• Online application systems
How many of these skills use technology?
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Important message:
WHY …do you have to learn these skills?
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Important message:
Where …can you learn these skills?
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Warning: This next session is the hard part.
• “I knew this would be hard, but I had no idea it would be this difficult or that it could take this long.”
• “I don’t know. I’m at the place where I just don’t know anymore. I’ve done everything I can think of. I’ve been diligent and consistent. I’ve networked, I’ve applied for jobs. I’ve polished my Unique Value Proposition, my cover letters and my résumés…I just don’t know.”
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Attributes: Definition
• A quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something.
• They are a part of the fabric of your being.
• They are with you everywhere you go.
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Attribute: Tenacity, Resolve, Determination
• Maintain dignity • Manager finances • Manage time • Manage your mental traffic
– Ø Negativity – Beware of generalizations!
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Attributes: Emotional Intelligence
• “The ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions." – Anger – Rejection – Frustration – Hope…that gets dashed over and over again
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Attributes: Forgiveness
1. To excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon. 2. To renounce anger or resentment against. 3. To absolve from payment of (a debt, for example). WHAT AND WHY?
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Attribute: Manage relationships
• With family, when they don’t “get it.” • With friends, when they don’t “get it” • With recruiters! • …when they are frustrated with us • …when they insist on having “their say” • …when they are insensitive • …when… • …when…
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Attributes: Discernment – No regrets
• How you spent your • How you spent your • How you managed your
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Important message:
WHY? …the unemployment numbers don’t matter
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• Because there are jobs.
• The economy IS recovering – …but it’s painfully slow.
• It’s about strategy.
• This is NOT a numbers game.
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Agenda • Career Planning
– 5, 10, 25 years
• Situational analysis – Become an expert about your skills and your
industry – Skills you will need – Attributes will you need… to develop
• The job-search process – Applications – Interviewing
• Expert help: yes or no, and how much • Keys to success • Q & A
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Job Applications should lead to interviews
1. Find opportunities (ON or OFF-line) 2. Create Cover Letter and Résumé 3. Apply online (email, online system)
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Opportunity changes for 2013
• Emphasis on Social Job Search • Niche job boards • Social networking It’s not about who you know…
…it’s about who knows you… …it’s about who can find you.
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Job Application changes for 2013
• Emphasis on Social Job Search • More creativity in making applications • Video, Crowdsourcing, Transparency • Social networking
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Interviewing Changes for 2013
• Enhanced (interactive) experience – Group interviews – Try it before you buy it… initial consulting offers
before hiring, possible Part Time
• More about relationship – going deeper on both sides
• Virtual relationship first
It’s not about who you know… …it’s about who knows you.
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Changes for 2013: To-do list
• Watch, listen – what are other people experiencing. • Create a consistent online presence and message. • Do your research. • Broaden what you will consider: • Know your value! (Practice) • Return to relationship building – but different. • Write a cover letter for your references…huh?
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Why don’t jobseekers get interviews?
• A Strategy • A Plan • Tracking progress and troubleshooting • Differentiation: Cover and Résumé • Get through the online application systems • Appeal to hiring professionals so they call for
interviews.
OR: What are the success factors?
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Why don’t jobseekers get job offers?
• Interview Strategy • Interview Plan • Tracking and troubleshooting • Differentiation: Interviewing
– An assistant who has 4 questions? – HR: Can you fit in? Can you get along? – Hiring manager? Can you do the job? How long will it
take for you to ramp up?
OR: What are the success factors?
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Tracking and Troubleshooting
1. Is the industry hiring?
2. Application preparation clear?
3. Is there success with the Online filters?
4. Are there phone screenings?
5. Phone Interviews w/HR? Manager?
6. Face-to-face interviews: HR, Manager, Teams?
7. Interview w/Decision Maker? (Approval)
8. Job Offer?
9. Negotiate Terms.
10. Job Acceptance.
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Reasons people quit
• Unwilling to take the time to learn these skills • Unable to handle and learn from rejection
– Support system – Job groups
• Attitude and Emotional Intelligence • Unwilling to seek help
“I have to want it more than I am afraid of it.”
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Agenda • Career Planning
– 5, 10, 25 years
• Situational analysis – Become an expert about your skills and your
industry – Skills you will need – Attributes will you need… to develop
• The job-search process – Applications – Interviewing
• Expert help: yes or no, and how much • Keys to success • Q & A
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Expert help: Who and How much?
• A defined program. • Current on changes in hiring practices. • Understand the online filtering systems. • Online image management (LinkedIn plus…). • Differentiation is a key element in their program. • Process-driven system to manage progress and
troubleshoot snags. • Expert coach with whom you are comfortable. • Proven RECENT track record. • Cost does not exceed one month’s salary in the new
position.
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Agenda • Career Planning
– 5, 10, 25 years
• Situational analysis – Become an expert about your skills and your
industry – Skills you will need – Attributes will you need… to develop
• The job-search process – Applications – Interviewing
• Expert help: yes or no, and how much • Keys to success • Q & A
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Keys to Success
• Goal setting – Weekly – Daily
• Determination to manage: – Time – Finances – Relationships
• Differentiation • Keep on keeping on – even when it feels awful
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