SMART JOB HUNTING-BEGINNING YOUR SEARCH • Prepare a Resume -Use resources from NhN or hire a professional if you can afford to • Use an assessment form to determine your career direction-A clear understanding of your skills and those companies • Order personal business cards -Suggested resources: Vistaprint - office supply stores or local printers • Prepare a Marketing Plan. This can be used when you are speaking with colleagues and contacts, who can help you make connections in your industry and/or in companies you want to target. Plan should include: - Professional Objective- Preferred Functions - Areas of Expertise - Representative Accomplishments - Target Characteristics-to include Geographic Locations; Industry or Type of Organization; Organizational Culture -Candidate Networking Profile • Prepare a Target List of companies – establish distances from home, industries, company names, do research on them, bring list to weekly meetings so you can talk from it. • Prepare both a 30 second and a 2-minute written "Elevator Pitch" to share and practice with your friends/family/colleagues (use a template) • Prepare a written list of 6-10 "SOAR" Stories (Accomplishments you can talk about during an interview - Situation/Obstacle/Action/Results) and memorize them for use during interviews. • Create a LinkedIn profile and connect with your professional colleagues and other NhN members to build your network. Note: your local library should have written or electronic tutorials on how to set up and use LinkedIn. (Once you do, join the Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA LinkedIn Group ) linkedin/groups/NeighborshelpingNeighbors-USA-3892534 • Create a profile on LinkedIn, Monster, Careerbuilders etc... • Consider setting up a Job Alert with Indeed, which culls jobs you specify from all sorts of job boards, including Monster and Careerbuilder set up on your specific industry boards. • Create list of companies and save their web address so you can check their career/job listings daily. • Attend other networking events and learning events and industry specific job fairs. (Search Google to find them where you live for this type of listing on internet.) GOOD LUCK!!!
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:35:09 +0000
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