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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%)

The Hidden Job MarketPage 44

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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