week 3 4 week leadership steps 5 - search

www.CrossroadsCareer.org

step 5 searching

seek to serve


Prayer


Review

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1. What are the 6 items of Marketing Materials?2. What is the tool you can use to determine the

most used keywords? 3. What does PBS stand for and what are the 3

elements?4. How is today’s resume different than your first

resume?


Questions?


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3-Part Search Strategy

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Tracking Your Network

Tools (page 42)

• Outlook Contacts

• Rolodex

• MS Excel

• Networking Log (page 43)

• Track the discussions to build rapport


Reasons for the hidden job market?

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The Hidden Job Market


Reasons for the hidden job market?Prefer employee referrals

About to replace the current person

Not reveal competitive strategy

Others?

> 50% is hidden (I heard 85%)

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Increased success with employee referral? (page 44)

• 42x (I heard 50x)

• 4,200% better chance

• Why?


Networking Tips

• Spend 50-85% networking on-the-ground• Get informational interviews (page 45)

• Seek personal referrals• Always be prepared• Help others! Netweaving

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Netweaving

• Put their interests higher or just as

high as yours

• Try to give before you receive

• Do not take more than you give


For Networking (page 47)


Networking

• Maintain a calendar

• Set a goal of number of new people to meet

• Deepen the connections

• Learn to network


The Basic Elevator Pitch•Hi, my name is ____________

<Insert Name>

• I am a ___________________<Insert Title>

• I am known for ____________<Insert Tag>

• I am seeking a new position in ________<Insert Geography or Industry>

•But enough about me,

who are you and what do you do?


Business Card


Online Searching (page 49)

15-30% of your search time

Job boards and search engines.(Industry specific job boards)

Social media. Email.

Resume posting.


Crossroads Career®

Job Connection

Free postings for employers.

Approved by Crossroads Career ministries.

Easy search keywords and ZIPs.

Track jobs and auto searching.

Free resume posting.


Posting Your Resume

• Keyword rich resume

• Leverage industry specific job boards

• Re-post every 3 weeks (page 50)

• Do not pay extra to “boost resume” or mass distribute

• Use job board alerts


Remember… (page 51)

…opportunity does not necessarily equal God’s will.

Pray and use discernment!


Leaders


Leaders• Most people do not like networking so help

them learn how to do it

• Be sure volunteers greet guests and connect them up with regular attendees

• Job seekers concentrate too much on on-line applications and cut self off from people

• Miriam Salpeter for Twitter Job search advice

“Social Networking for Career Success”


• Only 15% of the Available Jobs are Listed On-Line

• 85% of the Available Jobs are NOT (The

Hidden Jobs)



• Use industry specific job boards

Google: <industry> job boards

• Use a customized T cover letter as the 1st page

of your resume for each job you apply for

• Stay up on your industry

• Have a target company list and work it

Other Success Tips


Other Success Tips

• Identify the LinkedIn Groups to which target company employees belong

• Identify the “In-Person” groups they belong to

• Be active on LinkedIn

• Participate at in-person groups


Questions?