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Managing Your Career
March 25, 2011
Agenda• Today’s Job Market• Managing Your Career• Your Career Goals• How to Present Yourself• Finding Your Next Job • Interview Tips• Resources
Today’s Job Market• Unemployment rates
– 8.9% National– 12.4% California– 12.9% Sacramento
• College Graduate Unemployment Rates– 4.3%
• Ave time to find a job is improving slowly• Still competitive job market
Managing Your Career
• If not you, then who• Be proactive• Be different• Job hunting is a contact sport
Your Career Goals
• Long term– Where do you want to be in 5 yrs– What fits your talents and interests best– Get others opinions
• Geographic preferences• Planning horizon – how long will you work
Presenting Yourself• Resume resources
– www.corporatewarriors.com
– www.visualcv.com
– www.gigtide.com
• Tips– No typos– Focus on accomplishments
• What, how, results– Tailor to the specific job
Finding Your Next Job• Create a Linkedin Profile
– www.linkedin.com– Link to your personal network
• College connections• Prior companies• Every connection you can think of
• Job Boards– Be careful, people want what they can’t easily get
• Indeed.com, simplyhired.com, linkup.com• Business Journal Book of Lists
Finding Your Next Job• Recruiters – do’s and don’ts• Target who you want to approach• Make a list of 100+ companies• Do your research• Intro email followed by a phone call• Create your intro presentation• Practice on others• Mail vs email
Interview Tips• Prepare well ahead of your interview• Do your homework
– Website, articles, news, competition….
• Write our your accomplishments– A few paragraphs on each– Do at least 5-6– Only present what matches their needs and interests
• Prepare a list of strategic questions to ask– You will be measured on the quality of your Q’s
Interview Tips• Arrive 10 minutes before your interview• Bring extra copies of your resume• Dress slightly better than you think
– Sport coat and tie or business suit
• Good handshake• Look them in the eye
Good Questions to Ask• How long have you been with the company• What attracted your originally• What keeps you here• What do you see as critical success factors for
someone in this position• How will you measure my success in
– 3 mos, 6 mos, 1 year
• If I perform above expectations, what growth opportunities might there be
Post Interview• Ask for next steps in the process• Send a thank you note – no typos
– Bring with you and mail it today• Follow up
Resources• www.lorenaslist.com• www.ere.net• Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based
Hiring to Build Great Teams– by Lou Adler (Author)
Dave SandersWorldBridge [email protected](916) 860-2128
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