1. Job Hunt: Finding the Trail 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman

2. Course Inspiration

Personal goal to develop a new business model that allows people to earn good incomes, grow personally, and find balance in their lives.

Current economic climate demonstrates we have been doing it wrong.

• Big Corporations dont get it.

• Government doesnt get it.

• Sustainable growth in a global economy is a lie.

• Small business is critical to economic development

In times of crisis there are significant opportunities to reevaluate who you are, what you do, and how you can make an impact.

You cannot live a life of regrets, only a life filled with joy in the current and hope for the future.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 3. Career What is it?

an occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one'slifework : He sought a career as a lawyer.

a person's progress or general course of actionthrough life or through a phase of life , as in some profession or undertaking: His career as a soldier ended with the armistice.

successin a profession, occupation, etc.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 4. Revival What does it mean?

restoration to life , consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.

restorationto use, acceptance, or currency: the revival of old customs.

a new productionof an old play.

anawakening , in a church or community, of interest in and care for matters relating to personal religion.

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Ways you may not realize how Google may help you find a trail to your next job.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 6. Google Web Search www.google.com Features Paid Listings Organic Listing 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 7. Google Page Ranking Caffeine

Uses more than 200 signals with the goal to get the best signal to noise ratio that provides the best results for users.

PageRank uses links to vote for most popular pages.Uses 500 million variables and 2 billion terms to determine a pages importance.

KeywordMatching analyzes page contentincluding font, frequency and position of words to determine relevancy.

With Caffeine has recently incorporated Speed of a page with the goal of improving the speed of ranking and update.

Focuses on unique content that is updated frequently.

Increasing the importance of Social Media and Blogs as part of the singals they measure.

The overall internet EcoSystem is growing importance with information about videos, images, forums, all playing a part in the results.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 8. Google Web Search Preferences www.google.com-> Click on Search Settings TIPS 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman

Make sure you set Language preference to English

Increase Number of results to 30, 50 or 100

9. Google Web Advanced Search www.google.com->Click Advanced Search 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman

Advanced Search helps you quickly narrow down results

Use Exact wording, exclude words

Set date range to get most recently listed results

Use Geography to get local results

TIPS 10. Google News Search www.google.com > Select News at top 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman

Use Google News Search to keep updated on job market in Austin

Search for companies you are interested in to get the latest up to date information.

Set time period to get most recently listed results

TIPS 11. Google Blog Search www.google.com->Select More>Blogs 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman

Use Google Blog Search to get more personal insights into the job market

Search for companies you are interested in to employee and customer perspectives of company and products.

TIPS 12. Google Trends www.google.com/trends 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman

Use Google Trends to gain insights in to growth areas or areas of decline

Find new opportunities or companies before they become popular

TIPS 13. Google Alerts www.google.com/alerts 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman

Use Google Alerts to get emails when new jobs get posted at a company of interest or for a particular skill

Keep tabs of companies or industries you are interested to keep up to date

Keep track of key people to see what is happening in their job

TIPS 14. Google Insights for Search www.google.com/insights/search 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google. And Im not kidding. 15. Google Adwords Suggest https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 16.

Identifying areas of interest, growth, and opportunity

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 17. We are called to Seek Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. 1 Chronicles 28:9 "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORDsearchesevery heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If youseekhim, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. Jeremiah 29:13 You willseekme and find me when youseekme with all your heart. Luke 11:9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;seekand you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 1 Corinthians 10:24 Nobody shouldseekhis own good, but the good of others.04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 18. Where do you start your Job Hunt?

Know who you are and what your passions are.

Have a clear communications of who you are your Elevator Pitch

Figure out what type of businesses can use your talents.

• Business Size

• Industry

• Region

• Occupation

Determine which are growing/declining

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 19. US Employment by Type Source: http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/smallbus.html 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 20. Employed by Company Size

Most Firms are 1-199 employees

More people employed by small number of firms.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 21. Companies by Size and Industry

Construction and services dominate companies.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 22. Employees by Industry and Company Size

Health care largest employer.

Lodging and Food Services also large

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 23. Austin Employment

Government largest single sector.

Services account for over 39%

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 24. Austin Employment by Occupation

Professional oriented occupations.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 25. Average Occupation Wages 04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman Austin MSA United States Austin/ U.S. Wage Salary Wage Salary All occupations$19.87 $43,330 $19.56 $40,590 102 Management47.26 98,290 46.22 96,150 102 Business & financial operations29.20 60,730 30.01 62,410 97 Computer & mathematical35.95 74,780 34.71 72,190 104 Architecture & engineering32.67 67,960 33.11 68,880 99 Life, physical, & social science29.02 60,350 29.82 62,020 97 Community & social services18.50 38,480 19.49 40,540 95 Legal38.96 81,040 42.53 88,450 92 Education, training, & library20.72 42,170 22.41 46,610 90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media24.21 50,360 23.71 48,410 104 Healthcare practitioners & technical30.65 63,750 31.26 65,020 98 Healthcare support11.73 24,390 12.31 25,600 95 Protective service16.95 35,250 18.63 38,750 91 Food preparation & serving related8.74 18,180 9.35 19,444 93 Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance9.76 20,300 11.33 23,560 86 Personal care & service9.90 20,580 11.53 23,980 86 Sales & related16.97 35,300 16.94 35,240 100 Office & administrative support15.02 31,240 15.00 31,200 100 Farming, fishing & forestry9.64 20,060 10.89 22,640 89 Construction & extraction14.71 30,600 19.53 40,620 75 Installation, maintenance & repair17.88 37,200 19.20 39,930 93 Production14.02 29,160 15.02 31,310 93 Transportation & material moving12.51 26,020 14.75 30,680 85 26. Job Resources

www.Craigslist.com

www.Monster.com

www.Linkedin.com

www.Jigsaw.com

www.Hoovers.com

www.Indeed.com

www.statesman.com

www.job-hunt.org

www.careerbuilder.com

www.Net-temps.com

www.Jobcentral.com

www.hotjobs.com

www.jobs.com

www.truecareers.com

www.career.com

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 27. Unfolding the Hunt

Networking is critical

Ask people how they got their job.

Ask people if they know of anyone that needs help.

Visit businesses and find the owner/manager

• Ask them how they started his business

• Ask them what problems they face

• Ask them if they could hire one person what would they be looking for.

• Ask them what would have to happen for them to hire one person.

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 28. Job Hunting in a tough market

Request face to face meetings

Increase activity - 40 phone calls/week, 15-20 letters

Try to be flexible

Consider relocating

Scour the hidden job market

• Only 20% of available positions are advertised or posted.

Dont focus on the internet job boards and help-wanted.

Take advantage of Social Networking

Offer to work for free as a one month trial

04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 29. Leave a Trail as you go

Send thank you notes.

Leave voice-mails

Be memorable

Use your elevator speech

Use your business cards

Share your passion

Joshua 3:5 Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you." Joshua 4:20-24 20And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.21He said to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, 'What do these stones mean?'22tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'23For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan just what he had done to the Red Sea[ b ]when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.24He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God.04/05/10 Copyright 2010 - Mark Sherman 30. Contact Information

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