PREPARING FOR SUCCESS IN 2012

2012 Job Resolutions -10 Hot Careers for 2012 and Beyond -

10 Frightening Realities of the Post Recession Economy -How Your Perspective Colors Your Job Search -

Finding The Right Mental Attitude For Success -Get out of your Career Rut! -

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10 Frightening Realities of the Post Recession Economy

Ready…. Set… Aim !!

2012 Job Resolutions

10 Hot Careers for 2012 and Beyond

How Your Perspective Colors Your Job Search

Finding The Right Mental Attitude For Success

Get out of your Career Rut!

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2012 CAREER RESOLUTIONS

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Resolutions for Success

1. I will relax before my job interviews2. I will be active during the job search process3. I will snap out of the job search doldrums4. I will search for a workplace culture that makes me happy5. I will get back on my feet6. I will be my best7. I will polish my resume and application materials8. I will take my job search seriously

 

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10 HOT CAREERS FOR 2012

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10 HOT CAREERS FOR 2012 AND BEYOND

1.Information Technology - About 65% of hiring managers said they hope to add tech staff in the first half of 2012.

2.Health Care Professionals - Partly due to the aging of the U.S. population, health care has been hot for a while now, and the trend shows no sign of slowing.

3.Health Care Management and Support Staff – Lots of new openings in General Management, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources and more.

4.Engineers - A whopping 88% of employers in a new poll by the Society for Human Resource Management stated their difficulties with finding enough engineers to hire.

5.Industrial Skills - As more companies go global, demand for expertise in logistics -- the art and science of moving stuff efficiently from one place to another -- will continue to heat up.

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10 HOT CAREERS FOR 2012 AND BEYOND

6. Life Sciences and Biotech – Research states that there will be a 40% jump in job openings for research scientists between now and 2018 (average salary: $76,700).

7. Salespeople - Almost three-quarters (72%) of employers in a large survey said they can't get enough salespeople.

8. Accounting and Finance – Demand (particularly for forensic accountants and compliance specialists) has been climbing steadily for the past several years.

9. Discount Retailers - The big national discount store companies have flourished during this recession, and most of them are hiring managers as well as in-store personnel."

10. Private equity firms - Recruiters report that private equity firms are actively seeking management talent for their portfolio companies "across all industries and all functional areas.”

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A NEW REALITY FOR 2012

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10 FRIGHTENING REALITIES OF THE POST RECESSION ECONOMY

1.Doing more with less – Managers hesitant to hire more, but will increase duties of existing employees.

2.Held back by housing - Unemployed job seekers struggling to pay their mortgage still have fewer options for their job search.

3.Choose your education carefully - There are no jobs, so why not get more training and make yourself a better candidate when there are jobs?

4.Age diversity - People are delaying retirement because of the recession. More older workers are now searching for new careers

5.The Finance Industry - Firms will still be significantly cutting back. Bank of America, for one, is in the midst of a large job cut, and some analysts believe that other banks might not be too far behind.

6.A Second “World” Recession? - The World Bank has issued a financial alert for a the real potential for a 2012 – 2013 4% GDP economic downturn on a global scale due to the European Debt Crisis

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10 FRIGHTENING REALITIES OF THE POST RECESSION ECONOMY

7.More short term jobs - Americans have to look at jobs differently, with many accepting temporary and part-time positions rather than holding out for full-time permanent work.

8.The IT consolidation trend - The major players in the field have lots of incentives to keep adding to their range of offerings. One way they're doing that is by snapping up smaller firms.

9.The importance of internships - Because of the shortage of jobs, landing an internship is going to be more important than ever.

10.Negotiate a package, not a salary - You should value the entire package and quantify everything. How you do that is up to you. Your compensation number should factor in what is essential to you and what is non-essential.

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SO HOW DO YOU PREPARE ??

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YOUR PERSPECTIVE CAN COLOR YOUR JOB SEARCH

Step 1 - See that you're in a Perspective

The first step is simply to identify your current perspective about job searching.

Step 2 - Realize there are many other Perspectives

The second step is to identify additional perspectives.

Step 3 - Consciously choose a Perspective

Once you're done trying on each of the perspectives,it is time to choose one of them.

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YOUR PERSPECTIVE CAN COLOR YOUR JOB SEARCH (Cont.)

Step 4 - Create an Action Plan from the Perspective you Choose

How would you put into action your new perspective?

Step 5 - Commit to the Plan!!

The important thing to see is that taking on negative beliefs will color your job search accordingly and may be the root of your “stuckness.”

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FINDING THE RIGHT MENTAL ATTITUDE

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A poor attitude gets more people fired than any other single factor!

A good attitude gets people jobs and helps them keep those jobs more than any other factor!

Finding the Right Mental Attitude for Success

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pessimismA pessimist looks for difficulty in the opportunity, whereas an optimist looks for opportunity in the difficulty.

Choose optimism over cynicismAlmost half of American workers fall into the cynic category. They mistrust just about everything.

Finding the Right Mental Attitude for Success (Cont.)

Turn interruptions

into opportunities

When other people's schedules don't conform to yours, you can still relax and people-watch or use the extra time to work on ideas.

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guarantee success, but a cynical attitude

guarantees failure !!

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GET OUT OF THE CAREER RUT!

Are you in a career that you dislike but you feel there is nothing you can do about it?

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GET OUT OF THE CAREER RUT! (Cont.)1.You Write Down What You Like To Do – List 10 things that you like or have liked about the careers (or jobs) you have been in.

2.You Write Down What You Dislike To Do List 10 things that you dislike or have disliked about the careers (or jobs) you have been in.

3. You Create Your Ideal Job If you knew the next move in your career would absolutely, positively work, what would you do next?

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GET OUT OF THE CAREER RUT! (Cont.)

4.You Research The Market - Research works effectively when you are using the Internet, books, and people (all three) to help you understand where is the best place for you to go to next.

5.You Create Your Plan - When will your change take place? How will you get there? What steps will you take specifically and when will you take them?

6.You Reward Yourself For Moving Forward - Regardless of the pace you go, reward yourself for moving forward. It really is a big deal.

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THANK YOU!!