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step 5 searchingseek to serve
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Prayer
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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?5. Share your Elevator Pitch!
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Questions?
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3-Part Search StrategyPage 42
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All-the-Time Praying
“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.”
MATTHEW 7:7
1-800-Dear-God
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Tracking Your Network
Tools • Outlook Contacts• Rolodex• MS Excel• Networking Log Track the discussions to build rapport
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Reasons for the hidden job market?
(Show pie chart)
The Hidden Job MarketPage 44
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Reasons for the hidden job market?Prefer employee referralsAbout to replace the current personNot reveal competitive strategyOthers?
> 50% is hidden (I heard 85%)
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Increased success with employee referral?
• 42x (I heard 50x) • 4,200% better chance
• Why?
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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
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Four Ways to Connect
• In-person• Phone• E-mail• Social Networking (LinkedIn, Twitter)
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Connect Four More Ways
Job networking groupsAmerican Job CentersCareer and Job FairsRecruitersIndustry associations (two advantages)
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For Networking
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Networking
• Maintain a calendar• Set a goal of number of new people to meet• Deepen the connections• Learn to network
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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?
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Business Card
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Online Searching (page 49)
15-30% of your search time
Job boards and search engines.(Industry specific job boards)
Social media. Email.
Resume posting.
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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.
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Other Leading Job Sites
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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
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List opportunities to pursue(page 51)
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Remember… (page 51)
…opportunity does not necessarily equal God’s will.
Pray and use discernment!
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Questions?
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Extras
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• Most people do not like networking. Learn to do it and practice it.
• 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”
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MeetKnow
Like
Trust
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Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty
The Only Networking Book You’ll Ever Need
by Harvey MacKay
Resources
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How to Work a Room: Your Essential Guide to
Savvy Socializing
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Face to Face:
How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a
Digital World
by Susan RoAne
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The Heart and Art of NetWeaving
by Robert Littell
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