Sacramento Professional Network Business Cards for the Job Hunter aka Networking Cards aka Resume...

Sacramento Professional Network

Business Cards for the Job Hunteraka Networking Cards

aka Resume Highlights Cards

aka The Mini Resume

Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!

Overview

• Share information on business (networking) cards and spark ideas for your job hunt

• Provide a context to discuss how SacProNet.com can be used as a collaborative tool

• Propose the 15 minute (maybe 30) format for presenting job hunting information

• And as a volunteer organization– Take what you want– Leave what you don’t– Provide feedback and enhancements if you want to


Business Cards as the Mini Resume

• Can use key components from your resume• Can use the front and back of the card• They are the currency of the business world

– a resume says job hunter (nuisance, pest)– a business card says colleague or peer– may help even the playing field if only slightly

• Core tool for networking and finding the hidden job market

• Part of an overall marketing campaign – brand yourself


Additional Benefits

• Limited space forces you to focus on the key things you want to say about yourself

• Less physical space leaves less room to provide potentially damaging information – like gaps in employment

• Focuses more on who you are and what you want to do, less on what you did

• It is another kind of “in” that can help bypass the traditional HR weeding out process

• At our experience level business cards are appropriate – conveys professionalism, seriousness

• May provide relief for a hiring manager or recruiter overwhelmed with resumes

• Can carry cards with you at all times


Samples

Front

Back


More Samples


Even More Samples

Sacramento Professional Network “Hire Experience” SacProNet

John PlanePresident

www.sacpronet.comCell 916-201-3333 [email protected]

John [email protected]

Cell 916-201-3333www.linkedin.com/in/johnplane

www.SacProNet.comResume Committee Chair

Vernon MillerProject Director

Finance and Information Systems

Folsom, CA 95670phone: (916) [email protected]

MBA – FinanceMCSE, MCDBA

combining diverse business and technical knowledge to achieve project success

Selective Accomplishments

Skills and Knowledge Areas

Built and managed IT project teams of up to 20 people in a variety of development environments and across multiple industriesRescued a government transportation asset management system project, reducing operating expenses by over $1.2 million annuallyMigrated an e-commerce startup focused on electronic exchanges to a lower TCO platform saving $1.5 millionDeveloped a professional services organization for a startup providing B2B and B2C electronic billing solutions

Aptitude for leading technical talentTechnical: ERP, business intelligence and reporting, database

management and web applicationsIndustries: Financial Services, Government, Transportation,

e-Commerce, Manufacturing, Data Processing


Couple of “Out There” Samples


Specifications / ChecklistsItem Description

Card size 3.5” x 2”

Font type and size Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana

Weight 80 pound (standard) to 100 pound +

Finish Smooth (most popular), linen, laid

Material / Tactile (feel of card) Cover stock, glossy, plastic?

Basic contact information Name, phone, email, web

Marketing information – what you want to say about yourself

Title, slogan, skills, industry, function, accomplishments, education, objective?

Graphics / logo / image / pictures Optional

Color B&W, 1 color, full color

Quantity Ranges from 50 up to 1,000

Reference checklistBusinessCards.doc on website for a detailed list


Design and Buy Online

Online Only• VistaPrint:www.vistaprint.com• Zazzle:www.zazzle.com• Moo:www.moo.com

• Plastek Cards

www.plastekcards.com

Environmentally friendly:

• GreenerPrinter:www.greenerprinter.com• Pixxlz:www.pixxlz.com

Local and Online

• FedEx Office:

www.fedex.com/us/office/• Office Depot :

www.officedepot.com• Office Max:

www.officemax.com• Staples:

www.staples.com


Make Your Own

Requirements• Computer• Software

– Word– Publisher– Avery DesignPro– Visio– Photoshop– PaintShop Pro

• Printer– Laser – b&w– InkJet – color

Templates• Microsoft

office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/

• Avery Stock – a Standardwww.avery.com

– 5371 – laser– 8371 – inkjet color– 8871 – inkjet color

Examples and templates are posted on the website


Combination

• Design your own on your own computer / software– Word– Publisher

• Take file to local printer for printing– Flash drive– Email

• Printer will do final formatting• May receive a file back for future use• Fast turn times


Electronic Business Cards (EBC)• vCard format

– Virtual card– Internet standard for exchanging business cards– .vcf – virtual card file format / extension

• Using Microsoft Outlook– Create an entry in Contacts with your own information– Add it to your email signature– Recipients can automatically load your information into their contacts from the

attached .vcf file• Training

– Microsoft website – http://office.microsoft.com/training/– Search phrase: “create and use your own electronic business card”

• Alternative media– Mobile / Cell / iPhone– Twitter– Web


Comparison MatrixCategory Buy Make Combo vCard

Cost Free + Shippingup to

$30 / hundredfull color

No shipping

Toner, paper costs

Avoid shipping if done in store

Average $20 to $30 / hundred – full color

No cost

Material Quality As high as you want to pay for

Relatively low

Also limited by what your printer can handle

Relatively low

Referred back to online services for better stock

NA

Print Quality High Depends on your printer High NA

Customization High

Many online templates

Full * Full * Limited

Note: if you create your own cards you will have the benefit of being forced to test / refine your computer skills.


Ideas for Using Business Cards

• Networking events• Meetup groups

– www.meetup.com– Search for local professional networks

• Include with all correspondence, including bill payments back• Include with hand written thank you notes following interviews• Place on bulletin boards at restaurants, supermarkets,

libraries, and your children's schools?• Place a stack in your local dry cleaner?• Business card magnets?• Have them with you all the time, use them anywhere and

everywhere

The SacProNet Website

HTMLCollaboration

Store FilesJob Training

Job Search

Company Websites

Social Media

Links To …Events

eMailGroupsMessaging

CombinationJob Postings Resumes

Conduct SacProNet Business

AttendanceMeeting Minutes

On Website

www.sacpronet.comA Starting Point

http://www.sacpronet.com/


Collaboration

• We work mostly in Microsoft Office – leverage it• SacProNet.com can provide a central storage area for

member contributed content• Members can also go to the website and download

these files for their own use• Files posted:

– Presentations– Templates– Checklists– Samples– Links


Where on the Website?

Menu: Member > Job Resources > Business Cards or URL: http://www.sacpronet.com/businesscards


Proposal - The 15 Minute Presentation

• Monday morning presentation format– Get in– Quickly share ideas– Get out– Get a job

• Standardize (brand) all SacProNet.com presentations on a common theme or template


Subjects for Presentations• Personal website

– Get content ideas from Corporate Warriors – www.corporatewarriors.com• Groups – meetup / trade / user• Use of social media in the job search• Online resources for the job search• Networking• Finding the hidden job market• How to use career events• Job training / continuing education• How to use SacProNet.com• Cover letters• Resumes• Working with recruiters• State employment• Unemployment insurance

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