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Blair Forlaw
Frank Danzo
Frank Alaniz
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What is BounceBack St. Louis?
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Agenda
• Assessing Your Skills
• Resume Writing
• Networking
• Interviewing
• Questions
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Career Plan
• Explore YOU with skills assessment
• Understand Occupation and Opportunities
• Identify Transferable Skills
• Career Training, Education and Experience
• Putting YOU on paper
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MindMap of Job Search
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Assessing Your Skills
• Read previous performance reviews
• Ask for feedback
• Document key task, activities and
accomplishments for each position
• Think volunteer and day-to-day life, not
just professional
• Understand what you like versus dislike
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Finding Your Occupational Profile
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Understanding Your Skills
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Assess Your Skills
1. Highlight HARD skills (can do when you
walk in the door)
2. Highlight training skills (what they need
to be trained in)
3. Highlight a different color what you don’t
like to do.
4. Mark all you LOVE to do.
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Transferable Skills
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2010 Skills Gap Report
• Conducted by UM – St. Louis College of
Business Administration
• Steve Finkelstein, Sr. Partner at
Experience on Demand
• Conducted Jan. 2010 with 317
respondents
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2010 Critical Skills
• Active Listening
• Customer-
Orientation
• Critical/ Analytical
Thinking
• Oral
Communications
• Time Management
• Teamwork/
Collaborations
• Written
Communications
• Prioritization &
Focus
• Decision Making
• Leadership
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Resume Writing
Property of Frank Danzo
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Agenda
Purpose of your resume
Thirty second thumb test
Constructing your resume
Electronically sending your resume
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Your Resume Sales Brochure
Purpose of a Resume
Support your selling efforts
Communicate two messages
1. What type of job you are looking for
2. Why you are qualified to do this job
Generate Interest in learning more about you
Start a conversation with you
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Fold your contact info towards the
back of the resume
Fold your work history towards the back of the resume
Why? What is left is your 30 second preview
for employers
Skills match employers needs
then they will review the rest of your
resume.
Thirty Second Thumb Test
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Thirty Second Thumb Test
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Thirty Second Thumb Test
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Thirty Second Thumb Test
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Transmitting Your Resume
• Create Word Document and Save
• Save 2nd copy as PDF
• Save 3rd copy as RTF
• If at all possible send as PDF versus DOC
• If required to send as DOC send as RTF
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On-Line Job Applications
• 3 Simple Rules
1. Follow the Directions
2. Have completed Sample Application to
assist in the process
3. Follow the Directions
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Agenda
Networking
Interviewing
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Networking Agenda
How are jobs found?
Elements of a Successful Job Search
Personal Marketing Story
Target companies and people
Networking Tools
Networking Guidelines
Networking Process
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How are Jobs Found?
Ads Less than 2%
Internet Less than 8%
Recruiters Less than 5%
Networking More than 85%
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The biggest mistake that job
seekers make when networking?
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1 - Call to set up meeting
2 - Meet with the person
3 - Send hand written thank you note –personal
4 - Send summary of
meeting by e-mail - business
5 - Send e-mail after meeting each referral
6 - Send e-mail every four
weeks with an update
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Networking Touch Points
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1. Arrive early
2. Introduce yourself and offer to purchase a beverage
3. Spend time getting the know the
person
4. Share and review your agenda
5. Share your Personal Marketing Story and target list
6. Ask for their advice on your job
search
7. Do you know anyone on my target
list?
8. Do you know anyone that works for any of my target
companies?
9. Are there any people or companies that should be on my
target list?
10. Is there anything I can do for you?
11. How would you like me to follow up
with you?
12. Thanks for your assistance
Networking Meeting Process
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Interviewing Agenda
Why interviews fail?
Interviewers goals?
Getting Mentally Prepared
Preparation Tools
Interview Tools
Follow Up
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DODid vs
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Interview Preparation
Prior to your interview
Write answers to toughest interview questions
Write answers to toughest behavioral questions
Write out ACCOMPLISHMENT STORIES
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When Answering Questions
Name
Number
Title
Give the conclusion you
want
Happy ending
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Requirements
vs
Qualifications
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Interview PreparationJob offers are not always given to
the best candidate but the
best….
1. Prepared
2. Performance
3. Follow through
Let this be you!!!!
